N.J. Admin. Code § 12:190-1.8

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 12:190-1.8 - Security and safety of explosives

(a) The manufacture of any explosive material shall be prohibited unless such manufacture is authorized by Federal license, when required, and is conducted in accordance with recognized safe practices.

(b) No person shall manufacture, store, sell, transport, use, dispose of, or possess explosives in any manner that creates a recognized hazard that is causing or is likely to cause physical harm to any person or property.

(c) The commissioner may restrict the quantity of explosive materials that may be handled at any location.

(d) All explosives materials and newly developed and unclassified explosives shall meet the provisions of this chapter.

(e) Every person who manufactures, sells, transports, stores, uses, disposes or possesses explosives shall take the following precautions:

1. Suspend operations at the approach of and during an electrical storm;

2. Comply with Radio-Frequency Radiation Hazards, IME Safety Library Publication No. 20-1978;

3. Have testing performed for extraneous electric currents by a competent person using instrumentation designed for the purpose when any operation is in the vicinity of high voltage electric lines;

4. Utilize only approved testing equipment for use in connection with electric detonators; and

5. Utilize only effective grounding methods to eliminate the buildup of static electric charges.

(f) Every person who manufactures, sells, transports, stores, uses or possesses explosives shall not permit:

1. Smoking, unguarded lights, fire, or flame producing devices, except devices specifically designed for use with explosives, within 100 feet of any explosive; and

2. Any person under his control to stay in the danger zone when there is imminent danger of explosives detonating from any source of fire.

(g) Every person who manufactures, sells, transports, stores, uses or possesses explosives shall have such explosives accounted for at all times; and any such explosives shall not be abandoned, buried or covered over by any materials as a means of disposal.

(h) The manufacturer's markings or labels on explosives shall not be changed or destroyed, except by detonation during use or disposal.

(i) No person, other than security or law enforcement personnel, shall carry firearms in the immediate vicinity of explosives.

(j) Any person holding a permit in accordance with N.J.A.C. 12:190-3 shall prohibit any person under the influence of alcohol, narcotics or other dangerous drugs from performing any activity associated with the explosives under his or her control.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:190-1.8

Administrative correction.
See: 29 New Jersey Register 566(a).
Amended by R.1998 d.110, effective 3/2/1998.
See: 29 New Jersey Register 4624(a), 30 New Jersey Register 847(a).
In (e), added "disposes" and deleted "which are sensitive to electric charges".