New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

COAL MINES (UNDERGROUND) REGULATION 1999 - REG 14

14 Monitoring for diesel exhaust emissions

(1) The exhaust emissions of diesel engines in use underground at a mine must be regularly monitored to ensure that the emissions do not present a risk to health or safety.

(2) The Chief Inspector may specify:

(a) the maximum permissible limits for raw undiluted exhaust components from a diesel engine to be used underground at a mine, and

(b) the maximum permissible limits for diluted components of diesel engine exhaust in mine air, and

(c) the frequency and means by which the raw undiluted exhaust components of any diesel engine operating underground at a mine or the diluted components of diesel engine exhausts in the mine air are to be measured and recorded, and

(d) the steps to be taken if permissible limits are exceeded.

(3) The manager of a mine to which a specification applies must ensure that it is complied with.