---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1905"
title: "30"
number: "75.1905"
heading: "Dispensing of diesel fuel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1905"
---

# §75.1905. Dispensing of diesel fuel.

- (a) Diesel-powered equipment in underground coal mines may be refueled only from safety cans, from tanks on diesel fuel transportation units, or from stationary tanks.
- (b) Fuel that is dispensed from other than safety cans must be dispensed by means of—
  - (1) Gravity feed with a hose equipped with a nozzle with a self-closing valve and no latch-open device;
  - (2) A manual pump with a hose equipped with a nozzle containing a self-closing valve; or
  - (3) **A powered pump with—**
    - (i) An accessible emergency shutoff switch for each nozzle;
    - (ii) A hose equipped with a self-closing valve and no latch-open device; and
    - (iii) **An anti-siphoning device.**
- (c) Diesel fuel must not be dispensed using compressed gas.
- (d) Diesel fuel must not be dispensed to the fuel tank of diesel-powered equipment while the equipment engine is running.
- (e) Powered pumps shall be shut off when fuel is not being dispensed.

## 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.