(1) The office of active and inactive mines shall assist operators in complying with the mine rescue team requirements of the "Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977", Pub.L. 95-164, as amended. Such assistance may include, but need not be limited to:
(a) The establishing, equipping, and, where funds are available, training and maintaining of mine rescue teams;
(b) The acquisition of funds for sustaining mine rescue centers;
(c) Any assistance with rescue costs, where funds are available, at abandoned mines;
(d) Making application for funds in cooperation with the division of emergency management to pay rescue costs; and
(e) Technical assistance and training in mining rescue procedures for local officials.