N.D. Admin Code 69-05.2-17-03 - Performance standards - Use of explosives - Public notice of blasting schedule
1. Blasting
schedule publication. Each operator shall:
a.
Publish the blasting schedule required by subdivision a of subsection 13 of
North Dakota Century Code section
38-14.1-24 at least ten days, but
not more than twenty days, before beginning a blasting program in which blasts
that use more than five pounds [2.27 kilograms] of explosive or blasting agent
are detonated.
b. Distribute
copies of the schedule by mail to local governments, public utilities, and each
residence within one-half mile [0.85 kilometers] of the blasting site described
in the schedule.
c. Republish and
redistribute the schedule every twelve months, or more frequently if necessary
to meet the requirements of subsection 2.
d. Republish and redistribute a revised
blasting schedule at least ten days but not more than twenty days before
blasting whenever the area covered by the schedule changes or the actual time
periods for blasting significantly differ from the prior announcement.
2. Blasting schedule
contents:
a. A schedule may not be so general
as to cover the entire permit area or all working hours, but identify the
location of the blasting sites and the periods when blasting will occur.
b. The blasting schedule must
contain:
(1) Identification of the specific
areas in which blasting will take place.
(2) Days and periods when explosives are to
be detonated.
(3) Methods used to
control access to the blasting area.
(4) Types of audible warnings and all-clear
signals used before and after blasting.
(5) A description of unavoidable hazardous
situations referred to in section
69-05.2-17-05 approved by the
commission for blasting at times other than those in the schedule.
3. Revisions to
blasting notices must be submitted to the commission.
4. The commission may limit the area covered,
timing, and sequence of blasting as listed in the schedule if the limitations
are necessary and reasonable to protect public health and safety or welfare.
Notes
General Authority: NDCC 38-14.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-14.1-24
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