### Question
What does average concentration mean?


### Answer
**Average concentration** has the following meaning in *30 U.S.C. § 842*:

> a determination which accurately represents the atmospheric conditions with regard to respirable dust to which each miner in the active workings of a mine is exposed (1) as measured, during the 18 month period following December 30, 1969, over a number of continuous production shifts to be determined by the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and (2) as measured thereafter, over a single shift only, unless the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services find, in accordance with the provisions of section 811 of this title, that such single shift measurement will not, after applying valid statistical techniques to such measurement, accurately represent such atmospheric conditions during such shift

#### Citation:
  - *30 U.S.C. § 842*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 22-MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH > SUBCHAPTER II-INTERIM MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS**

