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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 928<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 390<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":80286,"section_number":"45.2-1148","catch_line":" Frequency of mine inspections","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1148\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224669,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60029,"identifier":"45.2-1505","token":"45.2\/III\/C\/15\/45.2-1505","url":"\/45.2-1505\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1505\/","token":"45.2\/III\/C\/15\/45.2-1505","dublin_core":{"Title":" Health regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1505","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Director<\/span> may adopt regulations requiring that sources of dust at surface mineral mines be wetted down unless controlled by dry collection measures or other means approved by the Director<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Director<\/span> may adopt regulations providing that no miner at a surface mineral mine that is subject to inspection by the Department<\/span> pursuant to § 45.2-1148<\/a> shall be exposed to noise levels that exceed the federal limit adopted by MSHA for non-coal miners. Such regulations shall provide that if such exposure exceeds the federal limit, the Director<\/span> may require the operator to employ feasible engineering and administrative control measures. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n HEALTH REGULATIONS (\u00a7 45.2-1505)\n\nA. The Director may adopt regulations requiring that sources of dust at surface\nmineral mines be wetted down unless controlled by dry collection measures or\nother means approved by the Director.\n\nB. The Director may adopt regulations providing that no miner at a surface\nmineral mine that is subject to inspection by the Department pursuant to §\n45.2-1148 shall be exposed to noise levels that exceed the federal limit adopted\nby MSHA for non-coal miners. Such regulations shall provide that if such\nexposure exceeds the federal limit, the Director may require the operator to\nemploy feasible engineering and administrative control measures.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 928, \u00a7 45.1-161.309; 1997, c. 390; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}