Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 351.330
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 351.335(1) authorizes
the Department for Natural Resources to promulgate any administrative
regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of KRS 351.315 to 351.375.
KRS 351.330 requires the Department for Natural Resources to limit ground
vibrations. This administrative regulation establishes specifications and
guidelines for equipment used to monitor ground vibrations and air blasts from
blasting operations and provides guidelines for the use of this equipment to
ensure that the reading taken from this equipment is accurate.
Section 1. Instrumentation.
(1) A direct reading velocity instrument
shall not be approved by the Department for Natural Resources unless it:
(a) Has a frequency range equal or greater
than five (5) cycles per second to 150 cycles per second;
(b) Has a velocity range from zero to two
(2.0) inches per second or greater; and
(c) Meets the standards established by the
Department for Natural Resources.
(2) Any seismic reports submitted to this
office for compliance or petition shall be made using a direct-reading velocity
seismograph and accompanied by the most recent calibration report of the
seismograph.
(3) All velocity
seismographs used for compliance or petition shall have internal calibration
capability and shall be operated in accordance with the recommendations
included in the "ISEE" Field Practice Guidelines for Blasting
Seismographs".
Section
2. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) The "ISEE Field Practice Guidelines for
Blasting Seismographs" published by the International Society of Explosive
Engineers and included as Appendix K of the ISEE Blaster's Handbook, 17th
edition, Second Printing, 2000, is incorporated by reference.
(2) This material may be inspected, copied,
or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Department for Natural
Resources, 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, KY 40601, Monday through Friday, 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 351.330,
351.335(1)
