1. (a) Blasting shall be conducted to prevent injury to persons or damage to private or public property except for property owned or leased by the permittee or its customer. If damage to property or injuries to persons occurs, the blaster-in-charge shall notify the Department within 4 hours of learning of the damage or injuries occurring.
2. (b) Blasting may not cause flyrock. If flyrock occurs, the blaster-in-charge shall notify the Department within 4 hours of learning of the flyrock.

3. (c) Blasts shall be designed and conducted in a manner that achieves either a scaled distance of 90 at the closest building or other structure designated by the Department or meets the allowable particle velocity as indicated by Figure 1 at any building or other structure designated by the Department. The scaled distance and allowable particle velocity does not apply at a building or other structure owned or leased by the permittee or its customer.

   

4. (d) Blasts shall be designed and conducted to control airblast so that it does not exceed 133 dBL at any building or other structure designated by the Department unless the building is owned or leased by the permittee or its customer.

5. (e) Except on permits issued under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. § § 1396.1—1396.19b), the Department may establish an alternative particle velocity or airblast level at a building or other structure if it determines that either:

   1. (1) The alternative standard will provide for adequate protection of the building or other structure.
   2. (2) The owner of the building or the other structure waives the ground vibration limit in subsection (c) or the airblast limit in subsection (d).
6. (f) The blasting activity permittee shall notify the Department within 24 hours of learning that the allowable particle velocity or the maximum allowable airblast level are exceeded at any building or other structure designated by the Department.
7. (g) All blasting activities shall be conducted in a manner which prevents damage to utility lines.

Figure 1.

Authority

The provisions of this § 211.151 amended under sections 1917-A and 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § § 510-17 and 510-20); section 4.2 of the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. § 1396.4b); section 11(e) of the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. § 3311(e)); sections 7 and 11 of the act of July 1, 1937 (P.L. 2681, No. 537) (73 P.S. § § 157 and 161); sections 3 and 4 of the act of July 10, 1957 (P.L. 685, No. 362) (73 P.S. § § 166 and 167); Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1981 (71 P.S. § 751-35); section 2(f) of the act of May 18, 1937 (P.L. 654, No. 174) (43 P.S. § 25-2(f)); and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1975 (71 P.S. § 751-22).

Source

The provisions of this § 211.151 amended June 22, 2018, effective June 23, 2018, 48 Pa.B. 3711. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (281311) to (281313).

Cross References

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code 25 Pa. Code § 211.102 (relating to scope); and § 211.173 (relating to monitoring records).