Safety rules (available from the Department) covering the operations of magazines shall be posted on the interior of the magazine door.
The premises upon which all outdoor magazines are located shall be posted with signs reading "Explosives - Keep Off" or "Explosives - Magazine - Dangerous" or bearing other similar words of warning. Signs shall be located so that a bullet passing directly through the sign cannot strike the magazine.
Magazines shall be used exclusively for the storage of explosive materials and blasting accessories. No metal tools, other than nonferrous conveying equipment, may be stored in the magazine unless protected by a non-sparking paint. Combustible materials shall not be stored within 50 feet of magazines.
Smoking, matches, open flames, spark-producing devices, and firearms shall not be permitted inside of, or within 50 feet of, magazines, except that authorized persons may carry firearms within 50 feet of, but not inside, a magazine.
Smoking, matches, open flames, spark-producing devices not intended for initiation, and firearms shall not be permitted within 50 feet of any person possessing or handling explosive materials.
When explosive materials have deteriorated to an extent that they are in an unstable or dangerous condition, or leaked explosive components are present, then the person in possession of the explosive material shall immediately proceed to deal with the explosive material in accordance with the instructions of the manufacturer. Only authorized persons shall direct the work of destroying explosive materials. If the person does not or is unable to dispose of the hazard immediately, the Department may seize the explosive materials and have them rendered safe by a certified bomb technician.
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 62, § 200.602
Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 14090, effective August 26, 2013