WAC
296-52-61010 License applicants must provide this information.
(1) Applicants must provide the following information to the
department:
An individual must provide:
Their name, address, and citizenship.
A partnership must provide:
The name, address,
and citizenship for each partner
The name and address
of the applicant.
An association or corporation must provide:
The name, address,
and citizenship for each officer and director
The name and address
of the applicant.
(2) Applicants must:
Meet the requirements
of WAC 296-52-610, Explosives licensing
Meet any license
specific requirements
Provide their Social
Security number (RCW 26.23.150)
Provide any information
requested by the department before a new or renewal license
will be issued.
WAC
296-52-61015 License applicants must complete department forms.
Applications must be completed on department forms.
License application forms may be obtained from and submitted
to:
Department of Labor
and Industries, WISHA Services Division
Post Office Box
44655,
Olympia, WA 98504-4655.
Note: Purchaser and blaster license applications
may also be obtained from explosive dealers or department service
locations. (You will find a complete list of L&I service locations
at www.lni.wa.gov.)
(1) Licenses won't be issued for the manufacture, retail sale
or purchase of explosives to any applicant who is any of the following:
Doesn't provide proof
of a valid explosive license or permit issued by the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
Under 21 years of age
Whose license is
suspended or revoked, except as provided in this section
Convicted in any
court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding
one year
Legally determined at the time of application to be:
Mentally ill
Insane
Committed to a mental institution
Incompetent due to any mental disability or disease at
the time of application.
Note: The department won't reissue a license
until competency has been legally restored.
Physically ill or disabled, and cannot use explosives safely.
Disqualifying disabilities may include, but aren't limited to:
Blindness
Deafness
Epileptic or diabetic seizures or coma.
Note: The department won't reissue a license
until the applicant's physical ability is verified by a qualified
physician through the appeal process (WAC 296-52-60065, Violation
appeals).
Who is an alein, unless:
They are lawfully admitted for permanent residence
They are in lawful nonimmigrant status
Who has been dishonorably discharged from the United States
armed forces
Who has renounced their citizenship from the United States.
(2) A user (blaster) license won't be issued if the applicant
is denied a receiver or employee possessor designation by ATF.
All licenses, including storage licenses, are valid for one
year from the date of issue, unless revoked or suspended by the
department prior to the expiration date.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or public agency
wanting to purchase explosives (including black powder and blasting
agents) for resale, must have a valid dealer's license issued
by the department and a valid license or permit issued by the
ATF.
Any package, cask, or can containing any explosive, nitroglycerin,
dynamite, or black and/or smokeless powder put up for sale or
delivered to any warehouse worker, dock, depot, or common carrier,
must be properly labeled with its explosive classification.
(1) Sale documentation. A dealer must document the following
information when an explosive materials order is placed. A dealer's
record must include the:
Date explosive materials were sold
Purchaser's name and license number
Name of the person authorized by the purchaser to physically
receive the explosive materials
Kind of explosive materials sold
Amount of explosive materials sold
Date code.
Note: Black powder sales less than 5 pounds
aren't required to be reported to the department.
(2) Retention of records and receipts. Dealers must keep:
Signed receipts for a minimum of one year from the date explosives
were purchased
Records of explosives purchased and sold for a minimum of
5 years.
(3) Monthly report.
A monthly report of the dealer's records must be submitted
to the department at the following address:
Department of
Labor and Industries
WISHA Services
Division
Post Office Box
44655
Olympia, WA 98504-4655
Dealer records must be received by the 10th day of each month.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or public agency
wanting to purchase explosives or blasting agents must have a
valid purchaser's license or permit issued by the department and
a valid license issued by the ATF.
No one may conduct a blasting operation without a valid blaster's
license issued by the department.
Note: A blaster's license isn't required
for a “hand loader.”
Blaster license
classifications table. The following information shows classification
for blasting licenses.
Classification
list assignment. Classification list assignment is determined
by the use of single or multiple series charges; and the knowledge,
training, and experience required to perform the type of blasting
competently and safely.
Multiple list applications.
When an applicant wants to apply for multiple classifications
and the classifications desired are from 2 or more classification
table lists:
All classifications must be requested on the application
Qualifying documentation for all classifications being
applied for must be included in the applicant's resume (WAC
296-52-64050, Applicant information). Training and experience
may fulfill qualification requirements in multiple classifications.
Request classifications
not lists. Applicants must request specific classifications
(not list designations) on their blaster application. Licenses
are not issued or endorsed for Classification Table lists A,
B, or C.
License additions.
To add a classification to an existing license, see WAC 296-52-64085,
Changes to a blaster's license classification.
License
Classifications Table
list a
list b
list c
AB
Aerial Blasting
AG
Agriculture
DE
Demolition
BT
Bomb
Technician*
AV
Avalanche
Control
SB
Surface
Blasting*
UL
Unlimited.*
ED
Explosives
Disposal*
UB
Underground
Blasting
FO
Forestry*
UW
Underwater Blasting
LE
Law
Enforcement*
IO
Industrial
Ordnance
SE
Seismographic
TS
Transmission
Systems
WD
Well
Drilling
* Detailed classification
information.
Aerial blasting. Will require experience
and passing aerial blasting test.
Bomb Technician. Disposal of bombs, illegal
fireworks and explosive devices.
Explosives disposal.
Disposal of explosive materials by licensed blasters.
Forestry. Includes
logging, trail building, and tree topping.
Law enforcement.
Diversionary devices, explosive detection K-9 dog handlers,
crowd control devices (stingers) requires taking a handlers
test. Tactical entry (breaching) requires taking the tactical
entry test.
Surface blasting.
Includes construction, quarries, and surface mining.
Unlimited.
Includes all classifications except underground blasting and
law enforcement.
(1) Physical condition. An applicant must be in good physical
condition.
(2) Drug use. An applicant cannot be addicted to narcotics, intoxicants,
or similar types of drugs.
Note: This rule doesn't apply to physician
prescribed drugs and/or narcotics when taken as directed if their
use will not place the blaster, or other employees in danger.
(3) Knowledge, experience, and performance in transportation,
storage, handling, and use of explosives. A blaster applicant
must:
Have working knowledge of state and local explosives laws
and regulations
Have adequate blaster training, experience, and knowledge
Be able to:
Safely perform the type of blasting to be used
and
Recognize hazardous conditions
Be competent in the use of each type of blasting method to
be used
Have the ability to understand and give written and oral directions.
To be considered for a blaster's license, limited to one or
more List A classifications, an applicant must have a minimum
of 40 hours documented training accrued during the previous 6
years.
The training must include a minimum of one of these 3 requirements:
8 hours basic blaster safety classroom training and 32 hours
classification specific field training experience under a qualified
blaster
16 hours basic blaster safety classroom training and 24 hours
classification specific field training experience under a qualified
blaster
12 months classification specific field training experience.
Aerial blasting classification shall require:
Standard avalanche control blaster's license
Experience requirements of 5 missions under the supervision
of a licensed aerial blaster
Successful completion of a written exam.
Note: Additional personnel
on board with a standard avalanche control blaster's license may
log each mission toward the aerial blasting endorsement experience
requirement.
To be considered for a blaster's license, which includes one
or more List B classifications, the applicant must meet one of
the following requirements listed below:
18 months of documented blasting experience which includes
a minimum of 12 months of documented experience in List A and
6 months documented blasting experience in each classification
being applied for in List B
12 months of documented blasting experience in the past 6
years in the specific classification being applied for in List
B.
Note: Up to 80 hours of classroom training
may be substituted for experience.
(1) Unlimited classification. To be considered for unlimited
classification, the applicant must submit a detailed resume documenting:
Experience in the majority of the classifications in Lists
A and B
A minimum of 5 years of continuous full time blasting experience
in the explosives industry where blasting has been the applicant's
primary responsibility during the previous 5 years.
(2) Bomb technician. To be considered for a bomb technician
classification, the applicant must:
Submit a copy of the certificate of graduation from the FBI
Hazardous Devices School (HDS) basic course in Redstone, Alabama.
Submit a copy of the applicant's FBI Bomb Technician Certification
identification card. The FBI Bomb Technician Certification card
must bear a date that indicates that it is current at the time
of application.
Submit a letter from the applicant's law enforcement agency's
head (chief or sheriff) stating that the applicant is a full
time employee assigned to perform bomb technician duties as
part of an FBI accredited bomb squad.
A blaster must provide their blaster's license and a valid identification
card to the department or other law enforcement representatives
upon request.
The following requirements are for List C renewal qualifications:
(1) Unlimited classification. To be considered for a
renewal of an unlimited license, an applicant must submit a detailed
resume documenting:
Experience in the majority of classification in List A and
B
Full-time blasting experience in the explosives industry,
where blasting has been the applicant's primary responsibility.
(2) Bomb technician. To be considered for a renewal of
the bomb technician classification, an applicant must:
Have continuous employment as a law enforcement bomb technician
accrued during the previous year
Submit a copy of their FBI Bomb Technician Certification identification
card bearing the name of the person making application and an
expiration date that indicates that the card is current and
valid as of the date of renewal.
Submit a letter from the applicant's law enforcement agency's
head (chief or sheriff) stating that the applicant is a full
time employee assigned to perform bomb technician duties as
part of an FBI accredited bomb squad.
Note: If the applicant's card has expired
at the time of renewal, they need to show that they're enrolled
in the next available course at Redstone, Alabama.
WAC
296-52-65005 Responsibility to obtain a manufacturer's license.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or public agency
wanting to manufacture explosives or blasting agents, or use any
process involving explosives as a component part in the manufacture
of any device, article, or product must have a valid manufacturer's
license from the department and a valid permit or license issued
by the ATF.
The manufacturer applicant must provide the following information
to the department:
The reason the applicant wants to manufacture explosives
The manufacturing or processing location
The kind of explosives manufactured, processed, or used
The distance that the explosives manufacturing building is located,
or intended to be located, from other buildings, magazines, inhabited
buildings, railroads, highways, and public utility transmission
systems
A site plan. The site plan must:
Include the distance each manufacturing building is located
from:
Other buildings on the premises where people are employed
Other occupied buildings on adjoining property
Buildings where customers are served
Public highways
Utility transmission systems
Demonstrate compliance with:
Applicable requirements of the Washington State Explosives
Act
The separation distance requirements of this chapter
Identify and describe all natural or artificial barricades
used to influence minimum required separation distances
Identify the nature and kind of work being performed in
each building
Specify the maximum amount and kind of explosives or blasting
agents to be permitted in each building or magazine at any
one time
Information required by WAC 296-52-61010, License applicants
must provide this information.
Other pertinent information required by the department.
(1) A copy of the site plan and manufacturer's license must be
posted in the main office of each manufacturing plant.
(2) The site plan must be maintained and updated to reflect the
current status of manufacturing facilities, occupancy changes,
or other pertinent information.
(3) Notifying the department:
When a significant change occurs in the site plan
For a consultation before changing operations if the change is
of such nature or magnitude that compliance with requirements
of this chapter is questionable.
Applicants must provide the following information to the department:
The address or a legal description of the existing or proposed
magazine or mobile storage site must be clearly identified
The reason explosive materials will be stored
The kind of explosives or blasting agents that will be stored
The maximum quantity of explosive materials that are or will
be stored
Identify the total weight, in pounds, of all explosive materials
to be stored on site
The distance that the magazine is located or intended to be
located from other magazines, inhabited buildings, explosives
manufacturing buildings, railroads, highways, and public utility
transmission systems
How long the storage license is needed
Information required by WAC 296-52-61010, License applicants
must provide this information
Any other pertinent information requested by the department.
Semi-trailers or other mobile facilities used to transport blasting
agents on site or on highways are considered adequate for blasting
agent storage, provided they meet:
(1) U.S. DOT requirements for transportation of blasting agents.
(2) The requirements of Table H-20, Table of Distances for Storage
of Explosives with respect to inhabited buildings, passenger railways,
and public highways.
(3) The requirements of Table H-22, Separation Distances of Ammonium
Nitrate and Blasting Agents from Explosives or Blasting Agents
with respect to one another.
(1) When a magazine is moved the owner of the magazine must
notify the department with:
(a) The license number of the magazine
(b) The new location of the magazine
(2) A magazine may be moved on a job site within a reasonable
distance from the original location stated on the application
without notifying the department, provided the:
(a) New location complies with the requirements of this chapter
and the Washington State Explosives Act
(b) Magazine can be quickly located for an inspection.
(1) When a magazine is altered, the licensee must notify the
department with:
The license number of the magazine
The specific alterations made to the magazine.
(2) When a magazine is destroyed, the licensee must notify the
department with the license number of the magazine.
WAC
296-52-66057 Transfer, sale or lease of a magazine or mobile
storage site.
(1) When a magazine or mobile storage site is leased, the owner
of the magazine or mobile storage site must notify the department
with:
(a) The magazine license number or site license number
(b) The name of the individual or company leasing the magazine
or mobile storage site.
(2) When a magazine or mobile storage site is transferred or
sold from one entity to another, the previous owner/licensee shall
notify the department with:
(a) The magazine license number or site license number
(b) The date of the sale or transfer
(c) The name of the individual or company to whom the magazine
or mobile storage site was sold or transferred to
(d) Who will be licensing the magazine or mobile storage site
(3) A new owner/licensee of a magazine or mobile storage site:
(a) Is responsible for the safe operation of the magazine or
mobile storage site
(b) They must also:
Submit a magazine storage application to the department
Pay the license fee for a minimum of one year
Obtain a storage license prior to storing explosive materials
in the magazine or at the mobile storage site.
Any change in conditions around a magazine, mobile storage site,
or manufacturing plant that could adversely affect compliance
with any requirement of this chapter must be promptly reported
to the department. Examples of reportable changes include:
(1) Construction of occupied buildings.
(2) Public utilities transmission systems.
(3) Roads or railroads that have been built closer to the manufacturing
plant or magazine.
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