This article shall apply to the manufacture,
possession, storage, sale, transportation and use of explosives and
blasting agents, except that nothing in this article shall be construed
as applying to:
A.
The Armed Forces of the United States or the state
militia.
B.
Explosives in forms prescribed by the Official United
States Pharmacopeia.
C.
The sale or use of fireworks.
D.
The possession, transportation and use of small arms
ammunition or special industrial explosive devices.
E.
The possession, storage, transportation and use of
not more than 15 pounds of smokeless powder and 1,000 small arms primers
for hand loading of small arms ammunition for personal use.
F.
The manufacture, possession, storage and use of not
more than 15 pounds of explosives or blasting agents in educational,
governmental or industrial laboratories for instructional or research
purposes when under direct supervision of experienced, competent persons.
G.
The transportation and use of explosives or blasting
agents by the United States Bureau of Mines, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the United States Secret Service or Police and Fire
Departments acting in their official capacity.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A person who engages in the transportation of articles or
materials by air, water, rail or highway.
Those facilities used by carriers for the receipt, transfer,
temporary storage or delivery of articles or materials.
Permits shall be obtained to:
A.
Manufacture, possess, store, sell or otherwise dispose
of explosives or blasting agents.
B.
Transport explosives or blasting agents.
C.
Use explosives or blasting agents.
D.
Operate a terminal for handling explosives or blasting
agents.
E.
Deliver to or receive explosives or blasting agents
from a carrier at a terminal between the hours of sunset and sunrise.
A.
The manufacture of explosives or blasting agents shall
be prohibited unless such manufacture is authorized by the Chief Fire
Marshal. This shall not apply to hand loading of small arms ammunition
for personal use when not for resale.
B.
The storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited
within the limits established by law as the limits of the district
in which such storage is to be prohibited, except for temporary storage
for use in connection with approved blasting operations; provided,
however, that this prohibition shall not apply to wholesale and retail
stocks of small arms ammunition, explosive bolts, explosive rivets
or cartridges for explosive-actuated power tools in quantities involving
less than 500 pounds of explosive material.
C.
The Chief Fire Marshal may limit the quantity of explosives
or blasting agents to be permitted at any location.
D.
No person shall sell or display explosives or blasting
agents on highways, sidewalks, public property or in places of public
assembly.
E.
The Chief Fire Marshal may designate the location
and specify the maximum quantity of explosives or blasting agents
which may be loaded, unloaded, reloaded or temporarily retained at
each terminal where such operations are permitted.
F.
Shipments of explosives or blasting agents delivered
to carriers shall comply with Interstate Commerce Commission regulations.
G.
Carriers shall immediately notify the Chief Fire Marshal
when explosives or blasting agents are received at terminals.
The manufacture, storage, transportation and
use of all materials in this article shall be in accordance with the
appropriate standards of the NFPA.
