Authority: IC 14-34-2-1

Affected: IC 14-34

Sec. 42. (a) Each application shall contain a blasting plan for the proposed permit area. The blasting plan shall include the following:

1. (1) The maximum ground vibration and airblast limits the permittee will not exceed during blasting operations.
2. (2) The bases for the establishment of the proposed ground vibration and airblast limits.
3. (3) The methods to be applied to control the adverse effects of blasting operations.
4. (4) Description of the blasting warning and site access control equipment and procedures to be used.
5. (5) Description of the procedures for recording and retention of the information required by 312 IAC 25-6-33.

(b) Each application shall contain a description of any system to be used to monitor compliance with the standards of 312 IAC 25-6-32. The description shall include the types, capabilities, sensitivities, and proposed locations of all blast monitoring equipment proposed to be used.

(c) Blasting operations proposed to be conducted within five hundred (500) feet measured horizontally of an active underground mine must be jointly approved by the director, the Indiana bureau of mines and mining, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 25-4-42; filed Jun 21, 2001, 2:53 p.m.: 24 IR 3453, eff Dec 1, 2001; readopted filed May 29, 2007, 9:51 a.m.: 20070613-IR-312070146RFA; readopted filed Sep 19, 2013, 10:12 a.m.: 20131016-IR-312130125RFA; readopted filed Mar 26, 2019, 3:40 p.m.: 20190424-IR-312190011RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)