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 Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017)
 Title 4. Conservation and Natural Resources
 Agency 25. Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
 Chapter 20. Board of Coal Mining Examiners Certification Requirements

  Section 70. Surface foreman  

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  • A. Applicants shall possess five years of surface coal mining experience.

    B. Applicants shall pass the surface foreman, first aid, and gas detection examinations.

    C. Beginning August 20, 1997, certified persons shall complete the continuing education requirements in this section within two years from the date of their certification and every two years thereafter. The holder of the certificate shall submit documentation to the division indicating the required continuing education has been completed prior to these deadlines.

    D. The holder of the certificate, in order to receive continuing education credit, shall satisfactorily complete a surface foreman continuing education course approved by the chief and taught by a certified instructor or other instructor approved by the chief.

    E. The surface foreman shall complete at least four hours of continuing education every two years.

    F. The content of the continuing education course shall include, but is not limited to, the:

    1. Coal Mine Safety Act, Chapter 14.2 (§ 45.1-161.7 et seq.) of Title 45.1 of the Code of Virginia;

    2. Virginia coal mine safety regulations;

    3. Responsibilities of surface foreman;

    4. Virginia coal mine safety policies and division operators' memos; and

    5. Review of fatalities and accident trends in Virginia surface coal mines.

    G. A maximum of four hours in excess of the required hours may be carried over to the next continuing education period.

    H. Failure to complete continuing education requirements shall result in suspension of a person's certification pending completion of continuing education. If the continuing education requirement is not met within two years from the suspension date, the certification shall be revoked by the BCME.

    I. The division shall send notice of any suspension to the last known address of the certified person reported to the division in accordance with 4VAC25-20-20 I. Upon request, DMME will provide the mine operator and other interested parties with a list of individuals whose certification is in suspension or has been revoked.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR480-04-2 § 2.3, eff. June 30, 1994; amended, Volume 13, Issue 22, eff. August 20, 1997; Volume 20, Issue 23, eff. August 25, 2004.

Statutory Authority

§§ 45.1-161.28, 45.1-161.29, and 45.1-161.34 of the Code of Virginia.