5601.3.1 Explosives.
FC § 5601.3.1
It shall be unlawful to: 1. Manufacture any explosive, including small arms ammunition, primers, black powder, smokeless propellants, and binary explosives, unless authorized by the department.
2.Store for sale or display for sale any explosive in an area that is not secured from unauthorized access, including any unsecured display in an area accessible to the public.
3.Store, handle or use any explosive for any purpose other than one authorized by this chapter or other federal, state or city law, rule or regulation.
4.Store, handle or use any explosive in a residential building, or within 100 feet (30 480 mm) thereof, except for approved blasting operations, special effects and lawful storage of small arms ammunition for personal use and not for resale in accordance with FC 5606.
5.Store, handle or use any explosive without the permit, certificate of fitness and/or other approval required by this section.
6.Store, handle, use or sell the following explosives: 6.1. Liquid nitroglycerin. 6.2. Dynamite containing more than 60 percent liquid explosive ingredient. Exception: Gelatin dynamite used for demolition or structural implosions approved by the department. 6.3. Dynamite without an approved absorbent, or in packaging that permits leakage of a liquid explosive ingredient under any conditions liable to exist during storage. 6.4. Nitrocellulose in a dry and uncompressed condition in a quantity greater than 10 pounds (4.54 kg) of net weight in one package. 6.5. Fulminate of mercury in a dry condition and fulminate of all other metals in any condition except as a component of manufactured articles not hereinafter forbidden. 6.6. Explosive compositions that ignite spontaneously or undergo marked decomposition, rendering the products of their use more hazardous, when subjected to a temperature of 167°F (75°C) for a continuous period of 48 hours or less. 6.7. Explosives containing an ammonium salt and a chlorate. 6.8. Explosives that have not been approved or have been forbidden in accordance with the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation, as set forth in 49 CFR Sections 173.51 and/or 173.54. 6.9. Explosives that have not been packaged or marked in accordance with the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation, as set forth in 49 CFR Parts 100-180, and the requirements of FC 5603 and 5606.
7.Use any high explosive that has not been approved by the department.
8.Operate or maintain safe havens and interchange lots for motor vehicles transporting explosives as set forth in NFPA 498.
9.Store, handle, use, or sell pre-packaged products that, when mixed, constitute a binary explosive, unless authorized by the department.
