New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 6 - MINE SAFETY
Part 2 - EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION
Section 19.6.2.8 - REQUIREMENT TO FILE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION PLAN
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. All operators of existing mines must prepare an emergency notification plan and submit the plan to the state mine inspector for approval. All operators of new or reopened mines shall submit an emergency notification plan to the state mine inspector prior to opening or reopening the mine.
B. Each emergency notification plan must contain procedures for notifying the state mine inspector within 30 minutes of an accident.
C. Any changes made by a mine operator to an approved emergency notification plan shall be submitted by the operator, within no less than seven working days from date of the change, to the state mine inspector for review and approval. The inspector shall no less than annually, from the date of approval of an operator's emergency notification plan, notify the operator to ensure that the plan on file with the state mine inspector is current.
D. The inspector shall retain a copy of each mine operator's approved emergency notification plan at the mine accident emergency operations center.
