---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1719"
title: "30"
number: "75.1719"
heading: "Illumination; purpose and scope of §§ 75.1719 through 75.1719-4; time for compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1719"
---

# §75.1719. Illumination; purpose and scope of §§ 75.1719 through 75.1719-4; time for compliance.

- (a) Section 317(e) of the Act ([30 U.S.C. 877(e)](/usc/30/877.md?p=e)) directs and authorizes the Secretary to propose and promulgate standards under which all working places in a mine shall be illuminated by permissible lighting while persons are working in such places [§§ 75.1719 through 75.1719-4](/cfr/30/75.1719..75.1719-4.md) prescribe the requirements for illumination of working places in underground coal mines while persons are working in such places and while self-propelled mining equipment is operated in the working place.
- (b) Mine operators shall comply with [§§ 75.1719 through 75.1719-4](/cfr/30/75.1719..75.1719-4.md) not later than July 1, 1978.

## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 43534, Oct. 1, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 13564, Mar. 31, 1978]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[41 FR 43534, Oct. 1, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 13564, Mar. 31, 1978]