                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 STATE-DESIGNATED MINE RESCUE TEAMS (§ 45.2-551)

The Director may, upon the request of an operator or agent who employs a mine
rescue team, designate two or more mine rescue teams as &#8220;state-designated
mine rescue teams.&#8221; Any team that is certified as a mine rescue team by
MSHA under 30 C.F.R. Part 49 shall be eligible to be a state-designated mine
rescue team. Following the designation of any such teams, the Director shall,
upon the payment to the Department of an annual fee set by the Director based on
current costs for maintaining mine rescue stations and personnel, assign two or
more state-designated mine rescue teams to the operator. An operator who has
paid the rescue fee is entitled to the rescue services of a state-designated
mine rescue team at no additional charge.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 496, § 45.1-33.5:1; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.73; 1996, c.
774; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.