---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1901"
title: "30"
number: "75.1901"
heading: "Diesel fuel requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1901"
---

# §75.1901. Diesel fuel requirements.

- (a) Diesel-powered equipment shall be used underground only with a diesel fuel having a sulfur content no greater than 0.05 percent and a flash point of 100 °F (38 °C) or greater. Upon request, the mine operator shall provide to an authorized representative of the Secretary evidence that the diesel fuel purchased for use in diesel-powered equipment underground meets these requirements.
- (b) Flammable liquids shall not be added to diesel fuel used in diesel-powered equipment underground.
- (c) Only diesel fuel additives that have been registered by the Environmental Protection Agency may be used in diesel-powered equipment underground.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 61 FR 55527, Oct. 25, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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