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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 1RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 12COAL MINING REGULATIONS
SUBCHAPTER GSURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS, PERMITS, AND COAL EXPLORATION PROCEDURES SYSTEMS
DIVISION 6SURFACE MINING PERMIT APPLICATIONS--MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR RECLAMATION AND OPERATION PLAN
RULE §12.141Operation Plan: Blasting

Each application shall contain a blasting plan for the proposed permit area, explaining how the applicant will comply with the requirements of §§12.357-12.360 and 12.362 of this title (relating to Use of Explosives: General Requirements, to Use of Explosives: Pre-Blasting Survey, to Use of Explosives: Blasting Schedule, to Use of Explosives: Control of Adverse Effects, and to Use of Explosives: Records of Blasting Operations) and including the following:

  (1) types and approximate amounts of explosives to be used for each type of blasting operation to be conducted;

  (2) description of procedures and plans for recording and retention of information on the following during blasting:

    (A) drilling patterns, including size, number, depths, and spacing of holes;

    (B) charge and packing of holes;

    (C) types of fuses and detonation controls; and

    (D) sequence and timing of firing holes;

  (3) description of blasting warning and site access control equipment and procedures;

  (4) description of types, capabilities, sensitivities, and locations of use of any blast monitoring equipment and procedures proposed to be used;

  (5) description of plans for recording and reporting to the Commission the results of pre-blasting surveys, if required;

  (6) description of unavoidable hazardous conditions for which deviations from the blasting schedule will be needed under §12.360 of this title (relating to Use of Explosives: Control of Adverse Effects);

  (7) description of limitations the applicant will meet with regard to ground vibrations and airblast, and the bases for those limitations; and

  (8) description of methods to be applied in controlling the adverse effects of blasting operations.


Source Note: The provisions of this §12.141 adopted to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3093.

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