Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XV - Office of Conservation-Surface Mining
Subpart 5 - Permanent Program Performance Standards
Chapter 53 - Permanent Program Performance Standards: Surface Mining Activities
Section XV-5363 - Use of Explosives: Records of Blasting Operations
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XV-5363
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The operator shall retain a record of all blasts for at least three years. Upon request, copies of these records shall be made available to the office and to the public for inspection. Such records shall contain the following data:
1. name of
the operator conducting the blast;
2. location, date and time of the
blast;
3. name, signature and
certification number of the blaster conducting the blast;
4. identification, direction and distance, in
feet, from the nearest blast hole to the nearest dwelling, public building,
school, church, community or institutional building outside the permit area,
except those described in
§5361 E;
5. weather conditions, including those which
may cause possible adverse blasting effects;
6. type of material blasted;
7. sketches of the blast pattern including
number of holes, burden, spacing, decks and delay pattern;
8. diameter and depth of holes;
9. types of explosives used;
10. total weight of explosives used per
hole;
11. the maximum weight of
explosives detonated in an 8-millisecond period;
12. initiation system;
13. type and length of stemming;
14. mats or other protections used;
15. seismographic and airblast records, if
required, which shall include:
a. type of
instrument, sensitivity and calibration signal or certification of annual
calibration;
b. exact location of
instrument and the date, time and distance from the blast;
c. name of the person and firm taking the
reading;
d. name of the person and
firm analyzing the seismographic record; and
e. the vibration and/or airblast level
recorded;
16. reasons
and conditions for each unscheduled blast.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.
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