Sec. 605. Rules of application to certain mines
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Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by this Act shall not apply to— surface mines, except for surface facilities or impoundments physically connected to— underground coal or underground metal mines; or other underground mines which are gassy mines; or underground mines which are not coal, metal, or gassy mines. Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the amendments made by sections 101, 202, 301(c) and (d), 303(a)(4), 304, 305(a), 401, 509, 601, 602, and 603 shall apply to the mines described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph (1). For purposes of this section, the term gassy mine means a mine, tunnel, or other underground workings in which a flammable mixture has been ignited, or has been determined by air analysis to contain 0.25 percent or more (by volume) of methane in any open workings when tested at a point not less than 12 inches from the roof, face of rib. Title I is further amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to subsection (c), with respect to the mines described in subsection (b), this Act as in effect on the date before the date of enactment of the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2013, shall continue to apply to such mines as then in effect. The mines referred to in subsection
(a)are— surface mines, except for surface facilities or impoundments physically connected to— underground coal or underground metal mines; or other underground mines which are gassy mines; and underground mines which are not coal, metal, or gassy mines. As used in paragraph (1), the term gassy mine means a mine, tunnel, or other underground workings in which a flammable mixture has been ignited, or has been determined by air analysis to contain 0.25 percent or more (by volume) of methane in any open workings when tested at a point not less than 12 inches from the roof, face of rib. Notwithstanding subsection (a), the amendments made by sections 101, 202, 301(c) and (d), 303(a)(4), 304, 305(a), 401, 509, 601, 602, and 603 of the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2013 shall apply to the mines described in subsection (b). Nothing in this section shall impact the authority of the Secretary to promulgate or modify regulations pursuant to the authority under any such provisions as in effect on the date before the date of enactment of the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2013, or shall be construed to alter or modify precedent with regards to the Commission or courts. .