New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 8 - COAL MINING
Part 20 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS
Section 19.8.20.2030 - USE OF EXPLOSIVES: BLASTING SCHEDULE
Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.8.20.2030
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. General requirements.
(1) The operator shall conduct blasting
operations at times approved by the director and announced in the blasting
schedule. The director may limit the area covered, timing, and sequence of
blasting as listed in the schedule, if such limitations are necessary and
reasonable in order to protect the public health and safety or
welfare.
(2) All blasting shall be
conducted between sunrise and sunset, unless nighttime blasting is approved by
the director based upon a showing by the operator that the public will be
protected from adverse noise and other impacts. The director may specify more
restrictive time periods for blasting.
(3) Unscheduled blasts may be conducted only
where public or operator health and safety so require and for emergency
blasting actions. When an operator conducts an unscheduled blast, the operator,
using audible signals, shall notify residents within 1/2 mile of the blasting
site and document the reason for the unscheduled blast in accordance with
19.8.20.2033 NMAC.
B. Blasting schedule publication and distribution.
(1) The operator shall publish the blasting
schedule in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality of the blasting
site at least 10 days, but not more than 30 days, before beginning a blasting
program.
(2) The operator shall
distribute copies of the schedule to local governments and public utilities and
to each local residence within 1/2 mile of the proposed blasting site described
in the schedule.
(3) The operator
shall republish and redistribute the schedule at least every 12 months and
revise and republish the schedule at least 10 days, but not more than 30 days,
before blasting whenever the area covered by the schedule changes or actual
time periods for blasting significantly differ from the prior
announcement.
C. Blasting schedule contents. The blasting schedule shall contain, at a minimum:
(1) name, address, and telephone number of
operator.
(2) identification of the
specific areas in which blasting will take place;
(3) dates and time periods when explosives
are to be detonated;
(4) methods to
be used to control access to the blasting area; and
(5) type and patterns of audible warning and
all-clear signals to be used before and after blasting.
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