House of Representatives
State of Utah
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX . 350 STATE CAPITOL
Graphic file number 0 named letter~1.jpg with height 78 p and width 81 p Left aligned
P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029
February 10, 2012 (3:58pm)
Madam Speaker:
The House Rules Committee recommends, with written request of the sponsor, that H.B. 102,
Blasting Regulations (Rep. R. Edwards) be amended as follows and further recommends it be
assigned to the House Natural Resources, Agriculture & Environment Standing Committee:
Rep. Wayne A. Harper, Chair
1. Page
1, Lines 8 through 10
:
8
General Description:
9
This bill provides for the regulation of explosives use by a mining operation that
blasts
10
within
one
}
one-half
mile of a residential structure.
2. Page
1, Lines 11 through 19
:
11
Highlighted Provisions:
12
This bill:
13
. requires a mining operation that blasts within
one
}
one-half
mile of a
residential structure to
14
comply with local, state, and federal law;
15
. grants rulemaking authority to the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining to regulate a
16
mining operation that blasts within
one
}
one-half
mile of a residential
structure; and
17
. grants rulemaking authority to the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining to make rules,
in
18
order to prevent injury or damage, that impose further, specific limitations on
a
}
19
blasting mining operation that blasts within
one
}
one-half
mile of a residential
structure
{
.
}
, that address certain considerations.
3. Page
2, Lines 31 through 32
:
31
(1) A mining operation that uses explosives within
one
}
one-half
mile of
a residential structure
32
may only use explosives in accordance with local, state, and federal law.
4. Page
2, Lines 33 through 44
:
33
(2) The board shall, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
34
Rulemaking Act, make rules that regulate a mining operation's use of explosives within
one
}
one-half
35
mile of a residential structure, including rules that require a mining operation to:
36
(a) provide notice of upcoming blasting:
37
(i) generally to the local public; and
38
(ii) specifically to residents living within
one
}
one-half
mile of the
proposed blasting site;
39
(b) maintain a blasting record;
40
(c) mitigate explosives use to meet industry-standard vibration limits;
41
(d) monitor air blasts and ground vibration to ensure operation within
industry-standard
42
limits; and
43
(e) upon request of a person who lives in or owns a structure within
1/2
}
one-half
mile of the
44
mining operation, conduct a preblasting survey of that structure.
5. Page
2, Lines 45 through 50
:
45
(3)
In order to prevent injury or damage caused by a mining operation's
use of
46
explosives within one mile of a residential structure, the
}
47
63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make rules that
limit
}
address, for a mining operation that uses explosives within one-half
mile of a residential structure
:
48
(a) the type of explosives or detonating equipment used by a mining operation;
49
(b) the size or timing of blasting at a mining operation; or
50
(c) the frequency, in inches per second, of blast vibrations at a mining operation.
Respectfully,