---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1902"
title: "30"
number: "75.1902"
heading: "Underground diesel fuel storage—general requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1902"
---

# §75.1902. Underground diesel fuel storage—general requirements.

- (a) All diesel fuel must be stored in:
  - (1) Diesel fuel tanks in permanent underground diesel fuel storage facilities;
  - (2) Diesel fuel tanks on diesel fuel transportation units in permanent underground diesel fuel storage facilities or in temporary underground fuel storage areas; or
  - (3) **Safety cans.**
- (b) The total capacity of stationary diesel fuel tanks in permanent underground diesel fuel storage facilities must not exceed 1000 gallons.
- (c)
  - (1) Only one temporary underground diesel fuel storage area is permitted for each working section or in each area of the mine where equipment is being installed or removed.
  - (2) The temporary underground diesel fuel storage area must be located—
    - (i) Within 500 feet of the loading point;
    - (ii) Within 500 feet of the projected loading point where equipment is being installed; or
    - (iii) **Within 500 feet of the last loading point where equipment is being removed.**
  - (3) No more than one diesel fuel transportation unit at a time shall be parked in the temporary underground diesel fuel storage area.
- (d) Permanent underground diesel fuel storage facilities and temporary underground diesel fuel storage areas must be—
  - (1) At least 100 feet from shafts, slopes, shops, or explosives magazines;
  - (2) At least 25 feet from trolley wires or power cables, or electric equipment not necessary for the operation of the storage facilities or areas; and
  - (3) **In a location that is protected from damage by other mobile equipment.**
- (e) Permanent underground diesel fuel storage facilities must not be located within the primary escapeway.

## 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.