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Timestamp: 2020-08-11 14:08:38
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 816', '§816', '§816', '§816', 'art 850', '§816']

Title 30 → Chapter VII → Subchapter K → Part 816 → §816.61
§816.61 Use of explosives: General requirements.
(a) Each operator shall comply with all applicable State and Federal laws and regulations in the use of explosives.
(b) Blasts that use more than 5 pounds of explosive or blasting agent shall be conducted according to the schedule required under §816.64.
(c) Blasters. (1) No later than 12 months after the blaster certification program for a State required by part 850 of this chapter has been approved under the procedures of subchapter C of this chapter, all blasting operations in that State shall be conducted under the direction of a certified blaster. Before that time, all such blasting operations in that State shall be conducted by competent, experienced persons who understand the hazards involved.
(i) Be familiar with the blasting plan and site-specific performance standards; and
(i) 1,000 feet of any building used as a dwelling, public building, school, church, or community or institutional building outside the permit area; or
(ii) 500 feet of an active or abandoned underground mine.
(3) The blast design shall contain sketches of the drill patterns, delay periods, and decking and shall indicate the type and amount of explosives to be used, critical dimensions, and the location and general description of structures to be protected, as well as a discussion of design factors to be used, which protect the public and meet the applicable airblast, flyrock, and ground-vibration standards in §816.67.
[48 FR 9492, Mar. 4, 1983, and 48 FR 9806, Mar. 8, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 19461, May 29, 1986; 81 FR 93392, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54979, Nov. 17, 2017]