Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 120 - OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER AND INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMMISSIONER
Chapter 120-3 - RULES OF SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER
Subject 120-3-10 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS
Rule 120-3-10-.02 - Definitions
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
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.
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-2-4, 25-2-17, 25-8-9.
