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Such regulations shall require that the air in each travel way in which diesel equipment is used, and in any active workings connected thereto, be of a quality necessary for a safe, healthful working environment. The minimum quantity of ventilating air that shall be supplied for a permissible diesel machine in a given time shall conform to the quantity shown on the approval plate attached to the machine. Every diesel machine or piece of equipment shall be maintained in such manner that the exhaust emissions meet the standards to which the machine or equipment was manufactured.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":212504,"text":"Diesel-powered equipment may be utilized underground with the written approval of the Chief. The Chief shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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, chapter 729; in 1981, chapter 131; in 1984, chapter 639; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 774<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58016,"identifier":"45.2-824","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/3\/45.2-824","url":"\/45.2-824\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-824\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/3\/45.2-824","dublin_core":{"Title":" Diesel-powered equipment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-824","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Diesel-powered equipment may be utilized underground with the written approval of the Chief<\/span>. The Chief<\/span> shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall require that the air in each travel way in which diesel equipment is used, and in any active workings connected thereto, be of a quality necessary for a safe, healthful working environment. The minimum quantity of ventilating air that shall be supplied for a permissible diesel machine in a given time shall conform to the quantity shown on the approval plate attached to the machine. Every diesel machine or piece of equipment shall be maintained in such manner that the exhaust emissions meet the standards to which the machine or equipment was manufactured.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n DIESEL-POWERED EQUIPMENT (\u00a7 45.2-824)\n\nDiesel-powered equipment may be utilized underground with the written approval\nof the Chief. The Chief shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the\nprovisions of this section. Such regulations shall require that the air in each\ntravel way in which diesel equipment is used, and in any active workings\nconnected thereto, be of a quality necessary for a safe, healthful working\nenvironment. The minimum quantity of ventilating air that shall be supplied for\na permissible diesel machine in a given time shall conform to the quantity shown\non the approval plate attached to the machine. Every diesel machine or piece of\nequipment shall be maintained in such manner that the exhaust emissions meet the\nstandards to which the machine or equipment was manufactured.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-43; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-90; 1978, c.\n729; 1981, c. 131; 1984, c. 639; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.206; 1996, c. 774;\n2021, 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}}