Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 120 - OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER AND INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMMISSIONER › Chapter 120-3 - RULES OF SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER › Subject 120-3-10 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS › Rule 120-3-10-.02 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The definitions contained herein are in addition to or in
				  clarification of those contained in the adopted standards.
(1) "Applicant"is any person representing or
				affiliated with the owner of a facility that requires the possession or use of
				explosives.
(2) "Authority Having
				Jurisdiction"means the State Fire Marshal of Georgia or his/her
				designee.
(3) "Blasting
				Operation"means the use of explosives in the blasting of stone, rock, ore, or
				any other natural formation or in any construction or demolition work, but
				shall not include the use of explosives in agricultural operations and private
				and personal use of explosives in remote areas for such operations as ditching,
				land clearing, destruction of beaver dams and other such operations when not
				within a 750 feet of a roadway or inhabited structure.
(4) "Blasting Report"is a report that
				includes the requirements of O.C.G.A. Section
				25-8-8 and meets the requirements
				of 120-3-10-.06.
(5) "Bulk storage"means storage of any
				explosive materials or blasting agents.
(6) "Commissioner"means the Georgia Safety
				Fire Commissioner.
(7) "Competency
				Card"means the picture identification card issued by the State Fire Marshal
				establishing an individual's competency in a chosen field of blasting or other
				use of explosives.
(8) "DOT"means
				the United States Department of Transportation.
(9) "GPSC"means the Georgia Public Service
				Commission.
(10) "Individual"means
				any person, firm, business, partnership, organization, association,
				corporation, or individual.
(11)
				"License"or "Explosives License"means the written authority of the State Fire
				Marshal, issued pursuant to these rules and regulations to manufacture,
				possess, store, sell, use, or transport explosives and blasting agents and is
				required by any person who manufactures, buys, sells, possess, stores, uses, or
				transports explosives.
(12)
				"Licensed Blaster"is a person who through training and experience is qualified
				to supervise blasting activities in a specific field of blasting and possesses
				a Level III Competency Card.
(13)
				"Manufacturing"means mixing, blending, extruding, assembling, disassembling,
				chemical synthesis, and other functions involved in making a product or device
				that is intended to explode.
(14)
				"Permit"or "Explosives Permit"means the written authority of the judge of the
				probate court or designated elected county official, issued pursuant to these
				regulations to purchase for use, and use only, of a designated amount of
				explosives. A permit is a single or one-time transaction authorization and may
				not be used for repeated purchase or for a location other than that specified
				on the permit.
(15) "Responsible
				Person"means the individual or individuals, designated on an explosive license
				application, that possess, store, or transport explosives and are approved by
				the State Fire Marshal's Office to engage, under the direct supervision of an
				explosives license holder, in any use of explosives.
(16) "Smokeless Propellant"means the
				propellant referred to in NFPA 495 (2018 Edition) as solid propellants,
				commonly referred to as smokeless powders, used in small arms ammunition,
				cannons, rockets, or propellant-actuated devices.
O.C.G.A.
				  §§
											25-2-4,
				  25-2-17,
				  25-8-9.