45.1-161.206 - Diesel powered equipment. - Virginia Statutes

§ 45.1-161.206. Diesel powered equipment.

Diesel powered equipment may be utilized underground with the writtenapproval of the Chief. The Chief shall promulgate regulations necessary tocarry out the provisions of this section. The regulations shall require thatthe air in each travel way in which diesel equipment is used, and in anyactive workings connected thereto, be of a quality necessary for a safe,healthful working environment. The minimum quantity of ventilating air thatmust be supplied for a permissible diesel machine in a given time shallconform to that shown on the approval plate attached to the machine. Alldiesel machines and equipment shall be maintained in such manner that theexhaust emissions meet the same standards to which the machine or equipmentwas manufactured.

(Code 1950, § 45-43; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-90; 1978, c. 729;1981, c. 131; 1984, c. 639; 1994, c. 28; 1996, c. 774.)