A.
"Blasting agent": Shall mean any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and
oxidizer, intended for blasting, not otherwise classified as an explosive, and
of which none of the ingredients are classified as an explosive, provided that
the finished product, as mixed and packaged for use or shipment, cannot be
detonated when unconfined by means of a No. 8 test blasting cap. This test
should be conducted at a temperature range between 70° and 75° F.
Note 1. A No. 8 test blasting cap is one containing two grams
of a mixture of 80% mercury fulminate and 20% potassium chlorate, or a cap of
equivalent strength.
Note 2. Nitro carbo nitrate. This term applies to any
blasting agent which has been classified as nitro carbo nitrate under the
Department of Transportation regulations, and which is packaged and shipped in
compliance with the regulations of the Department of Transportation.
B. "Explosives": The term
"explosive" or "explosives" shall mean any chemical compound, mixture or
device, the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion,
i.e., with substantially instantaneous release of gas and heat, unless such
compound, mixture or device is otherwise specifically classified by the
Department of Transportation. The term "explosives" shall include all material
which is classified as Class A, Class B, and Class C explosives by the
Department of Transportation.
Note 1. Classification of explosives by the United States
Department of Transportation is as follows:
1. "Class A explosives": Possessing
detonating hazards; such as dynamite, nitroglycerin, TNT, black powder blasting
caps and cast detonating primers and boosters.
2. "Class B explosives": Possessing flammable
hazard; such as propellant explosives, including some smokeless
propellants.
3. "Class C
explosives": Includes certain types of manufactured articles which contain
Class A or Class B explosives, or both, as components but in restricted
quantities.
4. "Fuel": A fuel is a
substance which may react with the oxygen in the air or with the oxygen yield
by an oxidizer to produce combustion.
5. "Magazine": Shall mean any building or
structure, other than an explosives manufacturing building, approved for the
storage of explosives.
6.
"Oxidizer": An oxidizer is a substance such as a nitrate that yields oxygen
readily to stimulate the combustion of organic matter or other fuel.
