Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part I - State Police › Chapter 15 - Explosives Code › Subchapter A - General › Section I-1505 - General Administrative Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All incidents or accidents involving
				  explosives which resulted in property damage, injuries, or fatalities shall be
				  reported to the Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Services, Explosives Control
				  Unit through the State Police Hot Line (225-925-6595) immediately!
B. No person under the age of 21 shall
				  purchase or acquire explosives or explosive supplies.
C. No person shall store, handle, or
				  transport explosives or blasting agents when such storage, handling and
				  transportation of explosives or blasting agents constitutes an undue hazard to
				  life and property.
D. No person or
				  business shall possess, keep, store, sell, or offer for sale, give away, use,
				  transport, or dispose of, or otherwise handle in any manner any explosive or
				  blasting agent except in conformity with the provisions of
				  R.S.
				  40:1472.2 et seq. Nothing in this Subsection
				  shall be so construed as to prevent hand-loaders of ammunition from giving
				  small quantities of black powder or smokeless propellant to one another in
				  quantities of one pound or less.
E.
				  Nothing in these rules and regulations shall be construed to prohibit the use
				  of explosives in the form prescribed by the official United States
				  Pharmacopoeia.
F. Prior to the sale
				  of any explosives, manufacturers and dealer-distributors are to possess a copy
				  of the purchasing company's current explosives license. Manufacturers and
				  dealer/distributors shall be required to retain copies of sales of explosives
				  for a period of not less than 24 months. These sale slips or invoices must be
				  legible, correct and complete.
G.
				  Persons having explosives in their possession that were purchased prior to the
				  serialization requirements set forth in this Chapter must notify the Deputy
				  Secretary of Public Safety Services through Explosive Control, Baton Rouge,
				  Louisiana.
H. No explosives or
				  blasting agents shall be manufactured within this state unless the persons
				  engaged therein possess a valid and subsisting license issued by the Office of
				  the Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Services, in accordance with the
				  provisions of
				  R.S.
				  40:1472.1 through
				  40:1472.19.
I. Nothing contained in these rules and
				  regulations shall be in conflict with provisions of the National Security Act
				  of 1947, as amended, or the Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954, as amended, or
				  the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 " PL 91-452, Chapter 40."
J. Each manufacturer, dealer-distributor,
				  user, blaster, or handler shall possess a valid and subsisting license issued
				  by the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Services, in accordance
				  with the provisions of
				  R.S.
				  40:1472.1 through
				  40:1472.19.
				  If requested by the deputy secretary, applicants for a license shall submit
				  with their application two complete, legible, and classifiable FBI applicant
				  fingerprint cards taken by a person employed by a law enforcement agency who is
				  appropriately trained in recording fingerprints. Cost incurred by the
				  department for processing, Louisiana State Police and Federal Bureau of
				  Investigation fingerprint cards shall be borne by the applicant.
K. A photo license issued by the Office of
				  the Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Services shall be in the possession of
				  the licensee while actively engaged in explosive handling. An original or copy
				  of the paper license issued by the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Public
				  Safety Services must be maintained at the licensee's local office. A fee of $25
				  shall be paid to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Explosives
				  Control Unit for any necessary replacement or modification of a license.
1. The photo license shall not be required to
				  be in the possession of the licensee only when the presence of the license
				  would create a danger of physical injury to the licensee or others and only
				  while the licensee is actually working with explosives on his employer's
				  facility. However, when this exception is invoked, the license shall be on file
				  or otherwise available at the site of the employer's facility and, upon
				  request, shall be produced for inspection within a reasonable amount of
				  time.