Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 351.330 requires the
Department for Natural Resources to compel blasters to keep records. This
administrative regulation specifies what records are to be kept and requires
blasters that do not have a permit issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 350, or an
agreement with the department, to provide notice of its blasting operations to
the Department for Natural Resources.
Section
1. Blasting Records. A record of each blast shall be kept. All
records including seismograph reports shall be retained at least five (5) years
and shall be available for inspection by the Department for Natural Resources
and shall contain the data in subsections (1) through (19) of this section:
(1) Name of company or contractor.
(2) Exact location of the blast, date, and
time of detonation.
(3) Name,
signature, and license number of blaster in charge.
(4) Type of material blasted.
(5) Number of holes, burden, and
spacing.
(6) Diameter and depth of
holes.
(7) Types of explosives
used.
(8) Total amount of
explosives used.
(9) Maximum amount
of explosives per delay period of eight (8) milliseconds or greater.
(10) Method of firing and type of
circuit.
(11) Direction, distance
in feet, and identification of the nearest dwelling house, public building,
school, church, commercial or institutional building neither owned nor leased
by the person conduction the blasting.
(12) Weather conditions.
(13) Type and height or length of
stemming.
(14) A statement as to
whether mats or other protections against flyrock were used.
(15) Type of blasting caps used and delay
periods used.
(16) The exact
location of the seismograph if used and the distance of the seismograph from
the blast.
(17) Seismograph
records, if required, shall include:
(a) Name
of person and firm analyzing the seismograph record; and
(b) Seismograph reading.
(18) Maximum number of holes per delay period
of eight (8) milliseconds or greater.
(19) Sketch of blast pattern including number
of holes, burden, and spacing distance delay pattern, and if decking is used, a
hole profile.
Section 2.
Notification of Blasting Operations on Construction, Demolition, and Industrial
Sites.
(1) Any person conducting blasting
operations at a site that does not have a permit issued pursuant to KRS Chapter
350 or an agreement with the Department for Natural Resources, shall provide
notice of its blasting operations to the Department for Natural Resources at
least twenty four (24) hours prior to the commencement of blasting
activities.
(2) The notice shall
include:
(a) The identification of the person
or company performing the blasting, including current contact
information;
(b) The specific
location of the site where blasting will occur, which may include physical
address, latitudinal and longitudinal, or Global Positioning System
coordinates;
(c) The date and time
blasting operations are expected to commence; and
(d) The projected duration of the blasting
operations.
