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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1978, chapters 120 and 729; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223389,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84238,"identifier":"45.2-768","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/9\/45.2-768","url":"\/45.2-768\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-768\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/9\/45.2-768","dublin_core":{"Title":" Controlling dust at the surface","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-768","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In each surface structure, enclosure, or facility at any excessively dusty mine, every electric motor, switch, lighting fixture, and control shall be protected by dust-tight construction. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each surface structure and piece of equipment shall be kept free of coal dust accumulations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If mining operations raise an excessive amount of dust into the air, such dust shall be allayed at its sources by the use of water, water with a wetting agent added to it, or another effective method. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n CONTROLLING DUST AT THE SURFACE (\u00a7 45.2-768)\n\nA. In each surface structure, enclosure, or facility at any excessively dusty\nmine, every electric motor, switch, lighting fixture, and control shall be\nprotected by dust-tight construction.\n\nB. Each surface structure and piece of equipment shall be kept free of coal dust\naccumulations.\n\nC. If mining operations raise an excessive amount of dust into the air, such\ndust shall be allayed at its sources by the use of water, water with a wetting\nagent added to it, or another effective method.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 45-77, 45-85.5; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7\u00a7\n45.1-34, 45.1-67; 1978, cc. 120, 729; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.240; 2021, Sp.\nSess. 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}}