§ 60-8. Time and manner of blasting.  


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  • A. 
    No blasting shall be permitted except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays. There shall be no blasting on legal holidays.
    B. 
    Blasting operations shall be conducted by the permittee in a safe, careful manner with full, proper and adequate safety precautions and protection to all persons and property and after suitable public warning at the expense and responsibility of the permittee.
    C. 
    The use of explosives for the purpose of blasting in the neighborhood of any public highway, stream of water, dwelling house, public building, school, church, commercial or institutional building or pipeline shall be done in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Act of July 10, 1957, P.L. 685.
    Editor's Note: See 73 P.S. § 166.
    D. 
    In blasting operations, the ground displacement shall not be in excess of .03 inch at or near any dwelling house, public building, school, church, commercial or institutional building.
    E. 
    When blasting operations, other than those conducted at a fixed site as a part of an industry or business operated at such site, are to be conducted within 200 feet of a pipeline, the blaster or person in charge of the blasting operations shall take due precautionary measures for the protection of the line and shall notify the owner of the line or his agent that such blasting operations are intended.
    F. 
    Blasting operations near streams shall be prohibited in all cases where the effect of the blasting is liable to change the course or channel of any stream without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Labor and Industry which has been approved by the Water and Power Resources Board.
    G. 
    Blasting operations shall not be conducted within 800 feet of any public highway unless due precautionary measures are taken to safeguard the public.
    H. 
    Mudcapping in blasting operations shall be permitted only where it would endanger the safety of the workmen to drill the rock or material to be blasted. If mudcapping is necessary, no more than 10 pounds of explosive shall be used for each charge.
    I. 
    All trunk lines of detonating fuse may be covered, except that trunk lines of detonating fuse shall be covered if located within 800 feet of any public highway, dwelling house, public building, school, church, commercial or institutional building.