---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1702"
title: "30"
number: "75.1702"
heading: "Smoking; prohibition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1702"
---

# §75.1702. Smoking; prohibition.


No person shall smoke, carry smoking materials, matches, or lighters underground, or smoke in or around oil houses, explosives magazines, or other surface areas where such practice may cause a fire or explosion. The operator shall institute a program, approved by the Secretary, to insure that any person entering the underground area of the mine does not carry smoking materials, matches, or lighters.


## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, as amended at 60 FR 33723, June 29, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 813(h), 957.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, as amended at 60 FR 33723, June 29, 1995]