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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78688</law_id><section_number>45.2-841</section_number><catch_line> Permanent stoppings</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Underground Coal Mines</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="8">Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines; Electricity, Safety, Etc</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="4">Ventilation, Mine Gases, and Other Hazardous Conditions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Permanent stoppings shall be built and maintained: <a id="paragraph-281982" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-841/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Between each intake and return air course, except that temporary controls may be used in any room that is located 600 feet or less from the centerline of the entry from which the room was developed. Unless otherwise approved by the <span class="dictionary">Chief</span>, such stoppings shall be maintained to and inclusive of the third connecting crosscut outby the working face. <a id="paragraph-281983" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-841/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> To separate each belt conveyor haulage entry from any return air course, except where a belt entry is used as a return air course. <a id="paragraph-281984" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-841/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> To separate the primary escapeway from any belt or trolley haulage entry, unless otherwise approved by the <span class="dictionary">Chief</span>. <a id="paragraph-281985" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-841/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> In each return air course to direct air into adjacent worked-out areas. <a id="paragraph-281986" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-841/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Permanent stoppings shall be built of substantial, incombustible <span class="dictionary">material</span> such as concrete, concrete block, brick, tile, or other approved <span class="dictionary">material</span>; however, where physical conditions prohibit the use of such <span class="dictionary">materials</span>, timbers laid longitudinally &#x201C;skin to skin&#x201D; may be used. <a id="paragraph-281987" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-841/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The use of an air lock in the permanent intake stopping line near the section loading point is permitted to access the belt and transport supplies. <a id="paragraph-281988" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-841/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Stoppings shall be maintained to serve the purpose for which they were built and shall be reasonably airtight. <a id="paragraph-281989" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-841/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 45-60.4; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-59; 1978, c. 729; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.224; 1996, c. 774; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
