New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 6 - MINE SAFETY
Part 4 - CERTIFICATION OF COAL MINE OFFICIALS
Section 19.6.4.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. "Board" means the state mining safety board.
B. "Certificate" means a document issued by the state mine inspector, or certifying agency from another state, allowing the holder to be employed as a coal mine official in the state of origin.
C. "CFR" means Code of Federal Regulations.
D. "Days" means calendar days.
E. "Deputy state mine inspector" means a senior employee of the New Mexico bureau of mine safety who has knowledge and understanding of the 19.6 NMAC mine safety rules.
F. "Extended absence" means the state mine inspector cannot perform their duties due to illness, medical condition, is on family medical leave (FMLA) or other circumstances for a period of 30 days or longer.
G. "Inspector" means the state mine inspector.
H. "Mining engineering graduate" means a person having a B.S. degree in mining or mineral engineering from an accredited college or university.
I. "Official" means coal mine official, including underground coal mine foreman, underground coal mine examiner, general underground coal mine foreman, or surface coal mine foreman Table in Subsection G of 19.6.4.9 NMAC.
J. "Revoke" means to permanently invalidate a certification.
K. "Service" means providing any document, paper or pleading to a person either personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested.
L. "Suspend" means to invalidate a certification for a specified period of time.
M. "Vacant" means there is not a state mine inspector because the incumbent state mine inspector has resigned, retired, been terminated or is decease and a new state mine inspector has not been appointed or assumed the office.
