(1)The owner, agent or manager of the mine shall provide and maintain mud tanks and mud pumps of sufficient capacity for effective control of the well.(2)The owner, agent and manager of a mine shall ensure that-(a)the mud tanks are so designed and installed as to provide positive suction to mud pumps;(b)the mud pumps connected to a drilling rig are equipped with a pressure relief valve and an operating gauge in the system;(c)the pressure relief valve is set to discharge at a pressure not more than ten per cent in excess of the established maximum working pressure of the pump, pipes and fittings;(d)the discharge from a pressure relief valve is piped to such a place which does not endanger persons and the discharge line is anchored securely; and(e)there is no valve between a pump and its pressure relief valve.
