Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 03 - MARYLAND AVIATION ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.03.01 - Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport › Section 11.03.01.03-1 - Dangerous Articles

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A.
				Explosives, Corrosives, Poisons, and Radiological Materials. The storing,
				retaining, handling, using, dispensing, or transporting of any Class A
				explosive or hazardous material (as defined by the "Hazardous Material
				Regulation of the U.S. Department of Transportation") requires a Special Use
				permit authorized by the Airport Director and issued by the fire marshal under
				COMAR 29.06.01.
B. Detonators such
				as blasting caps, electric blasting caps, and detonating primers shall be
				stored in a separate magazine for blasting supplies and may not be stored in a
				magazine with other explosive materials.
C. Detonators shall be stored in a Type 1, 2,
				or 3 magazine, except that electrical blasting caps having leg wires at least 4
				feet long may be stored in a Type 4 magazine. Whenever specific types of
				magazines are required by COMAR 29.06.01, magazines of higher classifications
				may be permitted to be substituted.
D. Explosive materials that are
				bullet-sensitive shall be stored in a Type 1, 2, or 3 magazine.
E. Explosive materials that are not
				cap-sensitive shall be stored in a Type 4 or 5 magazine.
F. Magazines shall be in the charge of a
				competent person at all times who shall be at least 21 years old or a member of
				the Armed Services, and who shall be held responsible for the enforcement of
				all safety precautions.
G. Magazine
				doors shall be kept locked, except during the time of placement and removal of
				stocks of explosives or during inspection.
H. Safety rules governing the operation of
				magazines shall be posted on the interior of the magazine door.
I. Smoking, carrying lighted matches, open
				flames, spark-producing devices, and firearms (except firearms carried by
				authorized guards) are prohibited inside or within 50 feet of
				magazines.
J. The land surrounding
				magazines shall be kept clear of brush, dried grass, leaves, and similar
				combustibles for a distance of at least 25 feet.
K. Combustible materials may not be stored
				within 50 feet of magazines.
L.
				Aircraft involved in loading, unloading, reloading, or temporarily retaining
				Class A explosives or blasting agents shall be parked on the Airport in areas
				designated by the Administration. Class B and C explosives shall be handled in
				the same manner when compliance is considered necessary by the Administration
				to ensure public safety.
M.
				Explosive cargo shall be transported to and from the designated parking areas
				in vehicles equipped in accordance with federal regulations.
N. A carrier of explosive cargo shall notify
				the Administration at least 12 hours before the scheduled arrival of the
				aircraft involved. The Administration will then issue the appropriate
				NOTAMs.
O. Carriers of explosive
				cargo shall notify the Administration immediately upon arrival of explosives at
				the Airport and shall also notify a consignee or handling agent who shall
				remove the explosive cargo from the Airport within 48 hours of
				notification.
P. Clothes Lockers.
				Only metal clothes lockers may be used.