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§951a Health, Safety, and Mining Technology Research Program
Title 30 › Chapter 22— MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH › Subchapter V— ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › § 951a
Summary
Every 5 years the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Mines Director, must prepare a five-year plan for health, safety, and mining technology research. The plan must set goals and guide research, and the Director must seek project ideas from industry, labor, academia, and other interested parties. Coal and other mine health work must also be done through the Director and must not duplicate Bureau or NIOSH research.
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Title 30, §951a
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(a)(1)Every 5 years, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Director”), shall develop a Plan for Health, Safety, and Mining Technology Research (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the “Plan”).
(2)The Plan shall identify the goals and objectives of the Health, Safety, and Mining Technology program of the Bureau of Mines, and shall guide research and technology development under such program, over each 5-year period.
(3)In preparing the proposed Plan referred to in paragraph (1), the Director shall solicit suggestions, comments and proposals for research and technology development projects from the mining industry, labor, academia and other concerned groups and individuals.
(b)For the purposes of section 951(b) of this title, as amended, activities in the field of coal or other mine health under such section shall also be carried out by the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines. Nothing in this subsection is intended to preclude or duplicate the ongoing research activities of the Bureau of Mines on health hazards safety technology or research conducted by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health on coal mine safety and health effects.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Bureau of Mines redesignated United States Bureau of Mines by section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102–285, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. For provisions relating to closure and
Transfer of Functions
of the United States Bureau of Mines, see
Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 1 of this title.
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Citation
30 U.S.C. § 951a
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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