{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-850.12","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 850.12","heading":"Responsibility.","body":"(a) The regulatory authority is responsible for promulgating rules governing the training, examination, certification and enforcement of a blaster certification program for surface coal mining operations. When the regulatory authority is a State, the State shall submit these rules of the Office of Surface Mining for approval under parts 731 and 732 of this chapter.\n(b) The regulatory authority shall develop and adopt a program to examine and certify all persons who are directly responsible for the use of explosives in a surface coal mining operation within 12 months after approval of a State program or implementation of a Federal program or within 12 months after March 4, 1983 of this rule, whichever is later. The Director may approve an extension of the 12-month period upon a demonstration of good cause.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER VII—OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER M—TRAINING, EXAMINATION, AND CERTIFICATION OF BLASTERS","PART 850—PERMANENT REGULATORY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS—STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION OF BLASTERS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"0ea6b5146fc8c081d3fc4c7bc04ebef9508858314e8fa4dc8fc6cccf661db0c5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-850.10","next":"us/30-cfr-850.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}