Current through Register Vol. 54, No.43, October 26, 2024
(a) This chapter applies to persons using or storing explosives and engaging in blasting activities in this Commonwealth. Persons storing explosives underground at permitted underground mines are exempt from this chapter. Persons conducting blasting underground at underground mines shall comply with § 211.151 (relating to prevention of damage or injury). The storage of explosives in magazines on the surface at an underground mine is subject to the applicable requirements of this chapter. The provisions of this chapter that are more stringent than the blasting provisions in Chapters 77, 87 and 88 (relating to noncoal mining; surface mining of coal; and anthracite coal) apply to blasting activities at coal or noncoal surface mines.(b) Compliance with this chapter does not relieve a person who is engaged in blasting activities from compliance with other applicable laws or regulations of the Commonwealth.The provisions of this §211.102 adopted July 13, 2001, effective 7/14/2001, 31 Pa.B. 3751; amended June 22, 2018, effective 6/23/2018, 48 Pa.B. 3711.The provisions of this §211.102 amended under sections 1917-A and 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §§ 510-17 and 510-20); section 4.2 of the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. § 1396.4b); section 11(e) of the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. § 3311(e)); sections 7 and 11 of the act of July 1, 1937 (P.L. 2681, No. 537) (73 P.S. §§ 157 and 161); sections 3 and 4 of the act of July 10, 1957 (P.L. 685, No. 362) (73 P.S. §§ 166 and 167); Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1981 (71 P.S. § 751-35); section 2(f) of the act of May 18, 1937 (P.L. 654, No. 174) (43 P.S. § 25-2(f)); and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1975 (71 P.S. § 751-22).