West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 38 - Mining And Reclamation › Title 38 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MINING AND RECLAMATION › Series 38-02C - Rules For Standards For Certification Of Blasters - Surface Coal Mines › Section 38-2C-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1.
"Active
				Blasting Experience"
means experience gained by a person who has worked
				on a blasting crew, supervised a blasting crew, or worked on a drilling crew
				which performed blasting operations. Two hundred forty working days constitutes
				one year of experience.
Experience may only be gained by "first-hand" participation
				  in activities associated with the storing, handling, transportation and use of
				  explosives or the immediate supervision of those activities within surface coal
				  mines, and the surface areas of underground coal mines. Experience should be
				  related to surface mine blasting;
Provided
that other related
				  blasting experience (quarrying operations, etc.,) may be accepted by the
				  Director on a case-by-case basis as qualifying experience.
2.2. "
Blast"
means any
				detonation(s) of an explosive(s) being initiated simultaneously by a single
				energy source.
2.3.
"certified Blaster"
means a person who has taken and passed the
				examination described in subsection 5.2 of this rule, and has been issued a
				certification card by the Division of Environmental Protection.
2.4.
"Certified
				Examiner/Inspector"
means a person employed by the Division of
				Environmental Protection who administers training or examinations to applicants
				for certification as certified blasters, or who inspects surface mining
				operations and who has taken and passed the examination described in subsection
				5.1 of this rule.
2.5.
"Detonation"
means a chemical reaction resulting in rapid release
				of energy.
2.6.
"Explosive(s)"
means any chemical compound, mixture or device, the
				primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion; including, but
				not limited to, water gel, slurries, emulsions, dynamites, permissibles, pellet
				powder, blasting caps, cast primers and boosters, detonating cord, detonating
				cord delay connectors, and blasting agents.
2.7.
"Supervised a Blasting
				Crew"
means that a person assumed responsibility for the conduct of a
				blasting crew(s) and that the crew(s) reported directly to that
				person.
2.8.
"Surface Mine
				and Surface Area of Underground Mines"
means all areas except
				underground workings surface mined or being surface mined, including adjacent
				areas ancillary to the operations, i.e., preparation and processing plants,
				storage areas, shops, haulageways, roads, and trails, which are covered by the
				provisions of West Virginia Code §
									22-3-1 et
				sea and rules promulgated under that article.
2.9.
"Worked on a Drilling Crew"
means that a person has directly participated in the loading, connecting, and
				preparation of blast holes and has detonated blasts.
2.10.
"Worked on a Blasting
				Crew"
means that a person has first-hand experience in storing,
				handling, transporting, and using explosives.