Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 120-3-10-.02 - Definitions
The definitions contained herein are in addition to or in clarification of those contained in the adopted standards.
(1) "Applicant"is any person representing or
affiliated with the owner of a facility that requires the possession or use of
explosives.
(2) "Authority Having
Jurisdiction"means the State Fire Marshal of Georgia or his/her
designee.
(3) "Blasting
Operation"means the use of explosives in the blasting of stone, rock, ore, or
any other natural formation or in any construction or demolition work, but
shall not include the use of explosives in agricultural operations and private
and personal use of explosives in remote areas for such operations as ditching,
land clearing, destruction of beaver dams and other such operations when not
within a 750 feet of a roadway or inhabited structure.
(4) "Blasting Report"is a report that
includes the requirements of O.C.G.A. Section
25-8-8 and meets the requirements
of 120-3-10-.06.
(5) "Bulk storage"means storage of any
explosive materials or blasting agents.
(6) "Commissioner"means the Georgia Safety
Fire Commissioner.
(7) "Competency
Card"means the picture identification card issued by the State Fire Marshal
establishing an individual's competency in a chosen field of blasting or other
use of explosives.
(8) "DOT"means
the United States Department of Transportation.
(9) "GPSC"means the Georgia Public Service
Commission.
(10) "Individual"means
any person, firm, business, partnership, organization, association,
corporation, or individual.
(11)
"License"or "Explosives License"means the written authority of the State Fire
Marshal, issued pursuant to these rules and regulations to manufacture,
possess, store, sell, use, or transport explosives and blasting agents and is
required by any person who manufactures, buys, sells, possess, stores, uses, or
transports explosives.
(12)
"Licensed Blaster"is a person who through training and experience is qualified
to supervise blasting activities in a specific field of blasting and possesses
a Level III Competency Card.
(13)
"Manufacturing"means mixing, blending, extruding, assembling, disassembling,
chemical synthesis, and other functions involved in making a product or device
that is intended to explode.
(14)
"Permit"or "Explosives Permit"means the written authority of the judge of the
probate court or designated elected county official, issued pursuant to these
regulations to purchase for use, and use only, of a designated amount of
explosives. A permit is a single or one-time transaction authorization and may
not be used for repeated purchase or for a location other than that specified
on the permit.
(15) "Responsible
Person"means the individual or individuals, designated on an explosive license
application, that possess, store, or transport explosives and are approved by
the State Fire Marshal's Office to engage, under the direct supervision of an
explosives license holder, in any use of explosives.
(16) "Smokeless Propellant"means the
propellant referred to in NFPA 495 (2018 Edition) as solid propellants,
commonly referred to as smokeless powders, used in small arms ammunition,
cannons, rockets, or propellant-actuated devices.
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