NFPA 495 Explosive Materials Code
NFPA 495 爆炸品規范
1.1.1 This code shall apply to the manufacture, transportation, storage, sale, and use of explosive materials.
1.1.2 This code shall not apply to the transportation of explosive materials where under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). It shall apply, however, to state and municipal supervision of compliance with "Hazardous Materials Regulations," U.S. Department of Transportation, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 100-199.
1.1.3 This code shall not apply to the transportation and use of military explosives by federal or state military agencies, nor shall it apply to the transportation and use of explosive materials by federal, state, or municipal agencies while engaged in normal or emergency performance of duties.
1.1.4 This code shall not apply to the manufacture of explosive materials under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Defense. This code also shall not apply to the distribution of explosive materials to or storage of explosive materials by military agencies of the United States, nor shall it apply to arsenals, navy yards, depots, or other establishments owned by or operated by or on behalf of the United States.
1.1.5 This code shall not apply to pyrotechnics such as flares, fuses, and railway torpedoes. It also shall not apply to fireworks and pyrotechnic special effects as defined in NFPA 1123, Code for Fireworks Display; NFPA 1124, Code for the Manufacture, Transportation, and Storage of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles; and NFPA 1126, Standard for the Use of Pyrotechnics before a Proximate Audience.
1.1.6 This code shall not apply to model and high power rocketry as defined in NFPA 1122, Code for Model Rocketry; NFPA 1125, Code for the Manufacture of Model Rocket and High Power Rocket Motors; and NFPA 1127, Code for High Power Rocketry.
1.1.7 This code shall not apply to the use of explosive materials in medicines and medicinal agents in the forms prescribed by the United States Pharmacopeia or the National Formulary.
Control hazards when handling explosives by following the up-to-date safety provisions in the 2010 NFPA 495.
NFPA 495 Explosive Materials Code identifies reasonable levels of safety for the manufacture, transportation, storage, sale, and use of explosive materials, including blasting agents, water gel and emulsion materials, smokeless propellants, black powder propellants, and small arms ammunition. It does not apply to transportation of such material used for military purposes or when under jurisdiction of the federal government.
Key 2010 Code changes that explosives manufacturers; small arms manufacturers, distributors, or retailers; or enforcers such as fire and building officials need to know about include
· Updated definitions for consistency with changes in federal regulatory provisions
· New requirement that a security plan must be provided as part of the permitting process for explosive materials
· Clarified that certain provisions of the code were not applicable to handloading of small arms ammunition for personal use.
· New rule requires hazard analyses to be performed as part of manufacturing processes.
· New requirement allows the use of quantitative-risk-assessment (QRA) in cases where the quantity-distance (Q-D) requirements cannot be met.
· Recognizing the use of QRA, changes were made permitting the siting of explosive magazines to be based on QRA in addition to the traditional American Table of Distances.
· New section on site control addresses the added aspects of site security.
· Materials of construction for explosives magazines were added to expand the list of permitted materials.
· Modified quantity limits for display or storage of certain small arms primers classified by DOT as 1.4S.
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