225 ILCS 210/3002
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 210/ - Illinois Explosives Act.|Article 3 - Storage

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1-3002)Sec. 3002. Storage Certificates.(a) No person shall store explosive  materials until he has obtained a storage certificate from the Department.  No storage certificate shall be required, however, where holes are drilled  and the explosive materials are upon delivery, immediately and continuously  loaded into the holes for blasting from the mobile container in which they  were delivered. The container shall at  all times be attended by an  authorized agent or employee of the seller or the user of the explosive  materials.  In no event shall the mobile container of explosive materials  be exempt unless it is completely unloaded for blasting.  Every person to  which this Section applies shall submit an application to the Department, on forms  furnished by the Department, containing the following information:(1) the location or proposed location of a magazine;(2) the  kind and maximum quantity of explosive      materials intended to be stored in the magazine;(3) the distance or intended distance of the magazine     from the  nearest magazine, building, railroad and highway;(4) the name, explosive license number, and residence     and business addresses of the person designated as "magazine keeper";(5)      a description of the purposes for which     explosive materials are intended to be stored or used; and(6) any other information that the Department deems     necessary to implement the requirements of this Act.(b) All storage  certificate application fees collected under this Act shall be deposited into  the Explosives Regulatory Fund.  Following receipt of an application, the Department shall inspect the  magazine.  If it finds that the magazine is located and constructed in  accordance with this Act and rules adopted by the Department, then it shall   issue a storage certificate to the applicant.(c) A storage certificate holder's authority to store explosives shall be limited to the type, maximum quantity, and purpose specified in his or her application to the Department, unless the certificate holder is granted a modification to the storage certificate. The Department shall approve any modification to the storage certificate if the certificate holder requests a modification and he or she meets the requirements of this Act. If any person to whom the certificate has been issued keeps or  stores explosive materials in excess of the amount authorized by the  certificate, or stores explosives material for a different purpose than indicated in the application without first obtaining the Department's approval to modify the certificate, then the Department may cancel the certificate or initiate an enforcement action.   Whenever there  are changes  in the physical conditions surrounding a magazine, such as the  erection of buildings, operation of railways or opening of highways near  such magazine, the Department shall, in accordance with the changed  conditions, modify or cancel the certificate.  Upon cancellation of the  certificate, the magazine keeper shall immediately remove all explosive materials  from the magazine.  The magazine keeper of a magazine shall promptly notify  the  Department of any  change in conditions.(d) Storage certificates issued under this Act are not transferable.  In  the event of the lease, sale or other transfer of the business or  operations covered by the certificate, the new owner, tenant or successor  in interest must obtain the storage certificate required by this Article  before storing explosive materials.(e) No individual may act as a magazine keeper unless licensed under Article 2 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1194, eff. 1-1-11.)