Section 69-05.2-09-04 - Permit applications - Operation plans - Blasting Each application must contain a blasting plan explaining how the applicant intends to comply with chapter 69-05.2-17 and subsection 4 of North Dakota Century Code section 38-14.1-14 and including:
1. Types and approximate amounts of explosives for each type of blasting operation. The plan must identify the maximum amount of explosives to be detonated within any eight millisecond period and the maximum allowable limit on ground vibration for all structures not listed in subsection 7 of section 69-05.2-17-05. 2. Procedures and plans for recording and retaining information on: a. Drilling patterns, including size, number, depths, and spacing of holes. b. Charge and packing of holes. c. Types of fuses and detonation controls. d. Sequence and timing of firing holes. 3. Blasting warning and site access control equipment and procedures. 4. Types, capabilities, sensitivities, and locations of blast monitoring equipment and procedures. 5. Plans for recording and reporting results of preblasting surveys, if required. 6. The public notice content, procedure for changing the public notice, and a listing of landowners, government agencies, and other interested parties that will receive the notices. 7. Unavoidable hazardous conditions needing deviations from the blasting schedule and a general procedure outlining implementation of an emergency blasting process. 8. A map showing areas in which: a. Blasting is prohibited under section 69-05.2-17-05. b. The maximum permissible weight of explosives to be detonated is established by subsection 7 of section 69-05.2-17-05. The map must show the maximum weight of explosives at intervals not exceeding four hundred feet [121.92 meters] and continue until the maximum amount specified in subsection 1. N.D. Admin Code 69-05.2-09-04
Effective August 1, 1980; amended effective June 1, 1983; May 1, 1990.General Authority: NDCC 38-14.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-14.1-14