---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 77.308"
title: "30"
number: "77.308"
heading: "Structures housing other facilities; use of partitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/77.308"
---

# §77.308. Structures housing other facilities; use of partitions.


Thermal dryer systems installed after June 30, 1971 in any structure which also houses a tipple, cleaning plant, or other operating facility shall be separated from all other working areas of such structure by a substantial partition capable of providing greater resistance to explosion pressures than the exterior wall or walls of the structure. The partition shall also include substantial, self-closing fire doors at all entrances to the areas adjoining the dryer system.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted.