Sec.29-349-263. Facilities used for mixing blasting agents  


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  • (a) Buildings or other facilities used for mixing blasting agents shall be located, with respect to inhabited buildings, passenger railroads and public highways, in accordance with the American Table of Distances.

    (b) Any ammonium nitrate stored at a closer distance to the blasting agent storage area than as provided in (c) below shall be added to the quantity of blasting agents to calculate the total quantity involved for application of the aforementioned Table.

    (c) Minimum intra-plant separation distances between mixing units and the ammonium nitrate storage areas and blasting agent storage areas shall be in conformity with the Table of Recommended Separation Distances of Ammonium Nitrate and Blasting Agents from Explosives or Blasting Agents.

(Effective December 24, 1987)