34 Pa. Code § 5.62 - Location

(a) No fireworks plant may be located nearer than 2,000 feet from any inhabited building, 1,300 feet from railroad tracks or 650 feet from the nearest highway. For quantities of explosives greater than 25,000 pounds, the American Quantity and Distance Tables shall be used to govern the location of the fireworks plant, under act of April 27, 1927 (No. 291) (35 P. S. § 119.4) (Repealed).

(b) No fireworks factory building shall be located nearer than 80 feet from any other fireworks factory building, 100 feet from any fireworks storage building, or 300 feet from any magazine.

(c) No magazine containing up to and including 5,000 pounds of explosives shall be located nearer than 300 feet from any other magazine or fireworks storage building. No fireworks storage building shall be located nearer than 100 feet from any other fireworks storage building.

(d) Factory buildings, storage buildings, and magazines for quantities of fireworks in excess of 5,000 pounds shall be subject to the Intraplant Quantity and Distance Table in subsection (e).

(e) Unbarricaded factory buildings and magazines shall conform with the following:

(1) All unbarricaded factory buildings shall be located one from the other and from other buildings on explosives plants in which persons are regularly employed, and all unbarricaded magazines shall be located from factory buildings and buildings on explosives plants in which persons are regularly employed, in conformity with the following table:

Intraplant Quantity and Distance Table

Explosives (in pounds)	Distance (in feet)
0-10	See paragraph (2)
10-25	40
25-50	60
50-100	80
100-200	100
200-300	120
300-400	130
400-500	140
500-750	160
750-1,000	180
1,000-1,500	210
1,500-2,000	230
2,000-3,000	260
3,000-4,000	280
4,000-5,000	300
5,000-6,000	320
6,000-7,000	340
7,000-8,000	360
8,000-9,000	380
9,000-10,000	400
10,000-12,500	420
12,500-15,000	450
15,000-17,500	470
17,500-20,000	490
20,000-25,000	530
25,000-30,000	560
30,000-35,000	590
35,000-40,000	620
40,000-45,000	640
45,000-50,000	660
50,000-55,000	680
55,000-60,000	700
60,000-65,000	720
65,000-70,000	740
70,000-75,000	770
75,000-80,000	780
80,000-85,000	790
85,000-90,000	800
90,000-95,000	820
95,000-100,000	830
100,000-125,000	900
125,000-150,000	950
150,000-175,000	1,000
175,000-200,000	1,050
200,000-225,000	1,100
225,000-250,000	1,150

(2) If up to ten pounds of explosives are involved, the only requirement is that they be stored in a separate building or within substantial dividing walls.

(f) Barricaded factory buildings and magazines shall conform with the following:

(1) The term means a physical barrier, natural or artificial, around the building or magazine to protect life and limb in buildings and on highways, railroads, and railways from damage by premature explosion.

(2) The methods of barricading are as follows:

(i) The building or magazine shall be located in an isolated ravine.

(ii) An excavation at the foot or side of a mountain shall be made sufficiently deep to provide protection on the sides and end of the building or magazine. A 2 foot space will be allowed between the building or magazine and the excavated sides.

(iii) A substantial barricade of concrete or timber shall be constructed.

(3) Barricaded magazines or factory buildings shall be located not less than 1/2 the distance from buildings, magazines, highways, railroads and railways as required for unbarricaded factory buildings or magazines, in subsection (e).

Notes

34 Pa. Code § 5.62

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 5.120 (relating to cleanliness); 34 Pa. Code § 5.122 (relating to tables of quantity and distance); 34 Pa. Code § 5.145 (relating to machine mixing house); 34 Pa. Code § 5.191 (relating to distance limitations); and 34 Pa. Code § 5.192 (relating to operation).