Title 45.1. Mines and Mining
Chapter 14.3. Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines
§ 45.1-161.215. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Notice of monitor tampering prohibition.
The operator or agent, shall display, in bold-faced type, on a sign placed at the mine office, at the bath house, and on a bulletin board at the mine site, the following notice:
NOTICE: IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTURB, DISCONNECT, BYPASS, IMPAIR, OR OTHERWISE TAMPER WITH METHANE MONITORS OR OTHER DEVICES CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF EXPLOSIVE GASES IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE. A VIOLATION IS PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS 6 FELONY.
1993, c. 247, § 45.1-65.2; 1994, c. 28.