H.B.
102
BLASTING REGULATIONS
House Committee
Amendments
Amendment 1 February 8, 2012 12:03 PM
Representative Rebecca P. Edwards proposes the following amendments:
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 }
for 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 }
The
board may, in accordance with Title
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.
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