§ 29.10 - Application procedures.

(a) Inspection, examination, and testing leading to the approval of portable coal dust/rock dust analyzers and continuous duty, warning light, portable methane detectors shall be undertaken by MSHA only pursuant to written applications which meet the minimum requirements set forth in this Subpart B.

(b) Applications shall be submitted in duplicate to Approval and Certification Center, Box 201 B Industrial Park Road, Dallas Pike, Triadelphia, W. Va. 20659 and shall be accompanied by a check, bank draft, or money order in the amount specified in Subpart C of this part payable to the order of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.

(c) Except as provided in §§ 29.54, 29.61(e), and 29.76(b), the examination, inspection, and testing of all portable coal dust/rock dust analyzers and continuous duty, warning light, portable methane detectors shall be conducted at Approval and Certification Center, Box 201 B Industrial Park Road, Dallas Pike, Triadelphia, W.Va. 26059.

(d) Applicants, manufacturers, or their representatives may visit or communicate with Approval and Certification Center in order to discuss the requirements for approval of any portable coal dust/rock dust analyzer, or continuous duty, warning light, portable methane detector or the proposed designs thereof. No charge shall be made for such consultation and no written report shall be issued by MSHA as a result of such consultation.