New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 8 - COAL MINING
Part 33 - TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF BLASTERS
Section 19.8.33.3303 - QUALIFICATION
Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.8.33.3303
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The director shall ensure that candidates for blaster certification are examined by reviewing and verifying the:
(1) competence
of persons directly responsible for the use of explosives in surface coal
mining operations through a written examination in technical aspects of
blasting and state and federal laws governing the storage, use, and
transportation of explosive; and
(2) practical field experience of the
candidates as necessary to qualify a person to accept the responsibility for
blasting operations in surface coal mining operations; such experience shall
demonstrate that the candidate possesses a minimum of one year of practical
field experience and knowledge of blasting techniques, understands the hazards
involved in the use of explosives, and otherwise has exhibited a pattern of
conduct consistent with the acceptance of responsibility for blasting
operations.
B. Applicants for blaster certification shall be examined, at a minimum, in the topics set forth in 19.8.33.3302 NMAC and receive a minimum score of 80%.
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