N.J. Admin. Code § 12:190-6.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 12:190-6.2 - Transportation of explosives off-the-highway in motor vehicles

(a) This section shall apply to the transportation of explosives off-the-highway at the project site.

(b) When the blasting project is being performed in a location where the public, or workers not associated with the blasting, could approach, the explosives on the vehicle shall be kept locked in:

1. An approved transportation day-box meeting the specifications of a Type 3 magazine or complying with IME 22 specifications.

(c) No detonator may be transported on the same motor vehicle with other explosives, unless the provisions of 49 CFR 177.835 are complied with.

(d) No person shall smoke or carry matches or any other flame producing device while in, on, or within 100 feet of a motor vehicle transporting explosives.

(e) No matches, firearms, electric storage batteries, flammable substances, acids, oxidizing materials or corrosive compounds shall be carried in the body of any motor vehicle transporting explosives, except where permitted by 49 CFR Parts 390 through 397.

(f) When carried in a vehicle transporting explosives, tools for the repair of the motor vehicle and tools required to conduct blasting operations shall be so segregated or secured in place in or on the vehicle and separated by bulkheads or other suitable means as to prevent damage to the explosives.

(g) Every motor vehicle transporting any quantity of explosives shall, at all times, be attended by a driver or other person designated by the owner.

(h) The attendant shall be:

1. Made aware of the class of explosives in the motor vehicle and of its inherent dangers;

2. Instructed in the measures and procedures to be followed in order to protect the public from inherent dangers;

3. Familiarized with the motor vehicle he is assigned to attend; and

4. Trained, authorized, and licensed in accordance with Federal "Hazardous Materials Regulations" Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 171, 172, 173, 174, 177, 178, 179 and 180 Revised as of September 26, 1994 where applicable to move the motor vehicle, when required.

(i) For the purpose of (g) above, a motor vehicle shall be deemed "attended" only when:

1. The attendant is physically awake on or in the motor vehicle, or has the motor vehicle within his or her field of vision and can reach the motor vehicle quickly without any interference; or

2. A motor vehicle at a blasting site is within view of the blasting crew.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:190-6.2

Amended by R.1998 d.110, effective 3/2/1998.
See: 29 New Jersey Register 4624(a), 30 New Jersey Register 847(a).
In (b)1, inserted "or complying with IME 22 specifications"; deleted (b)2; in (d), substituted "within 100 feet of" for "near"; in (e) deleted a CFR reference; in (h)4, inserted references to Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations; and in (i)1, inserted "awake" after "physically".