Section 200.11  Definitions

 

For purposes of this Part the term:

 

            "Acceptor" means a charge of explosives or blasting agent receiving an impulse from an exploding donor charge.

 

            "Act" means the Illinois Explosives Act [225 ILCS 210].

 

            "Ammonium Nitrate" means the ammonium salt of nitric acid represented by the formula NH4NO3.

 

            "ANFO" means an explosive material consisting of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil.

 

            "Artificial Barricade" means an artificial mound or revetted wall of earth of a minimum thickness of three feet at the top of the mound or wall, or a mound or revetted wall of other material offering equivalent protection.  Artificial barricades which are vegetated shall be of sufficient slope to enable mowing.

 

            "Barricaded" means the effective screening of a building containing explosives from a magazine or other building, railway, or highway by a natural or an artificial barrier.  A straight line from the top of any sidewall of the building containing explosives to the eave line of any magazine or other building or to a point twelve feet above the center of a railway or highway shall pass through such barrier.

 

            "BATF" means the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, U.S. Department of Treasury.

 

            "Black Powder" means a deflagrating or low explosive compound of an intimate mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and an alkali nitrate, usually potassium or sodium nitrate.

 

            "Blast or Blasting" means the firing of explosive materials for such purposes as breaking rock or other material, moving material, or generating seismic waves.  The assembly of explosive materials for such purpose.

 

            "Blast Area" means the area of a blast within the influence of flying rock missiles, gases, and concussion.

 

            "Blasting Agent" means any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer intended for blasting, not otherwise defined as an explosive, provided that the finished product, as mixed and packaged for use or shipment, cannot be detonated by means of a No. 8 blasting cap, as defined by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S. Department of Treasury, when unconfined.

 

            "Blasting Cap" means a detonator which is initiated by a safety fuse.

 

            "Bulk Mix" means a mass of explosive material prepared for use in bulk form without packaging.

 

            "Bulk Mix Truck or Delivery Equipment" means equipment (usually a motor vehicle with or without a mechanical delivery device) that transports explosive materials in bulk form for mixing or loading directly into blastholes, or both.

 

            "Bullet-Resistant" means magazine walls or doors of construction resistant to penetration of a bullet of 150-grain M2 ball ammunition having a nominal muzzle velocity of 2700 feet per second fired from a .30 caliber rifle from a distance of 100 feet perpendicular to the wall or door.  When a magazine ceiling or roof is required to be bullet-resistant, the ceiling or roof shall be constructed of materials comparable to the side walls or of other materials which will withstand penetration of the bullet described above when fired at an angle of 45 degrees from the perpendicular.  Tests to determine bullet resistance shall be conducted on test panels or empty magazines which shall resist penetration of 5 out of 5 shots place independently of each other in an area at least 3 feet by 3 feet.

 

            "Bullet-Sensitive Explosive Material" means explosive materials that can be detonated by 150-grain M2 ball ammunition having a nominal muzzle velocity of 2700 feet per second when the bullet is fired from a .30 caliber rifle at a distance of not more than 100 feet and the test material, at a temperature of 70 to 75 F, is placed against a backing material of 1/2 inch steel plate.

 

            "Cap Sensitivity" means the sensitivity of an explosive to initiation by a detonator.  An explosive material is considered to be cap sensitive if it detonates with a No. 8 Test Detonator.

 

            "Deflagration" means an explosive reaction such as a rapid combustion that moves through an explosive material at a velocity less than the speed of sound in the material.

 

            "Department" means Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

 

            "Detonating Cord" means a flexible cord containing a center core of high explosive and used to initiate other explosives.

 

            "Detonation" means an explosive reaction that moves through an explosive material at a velocity greater than the speed of sound in the material.

 

            "Detonator" means any device containing any initiating or primary explosive that is used for initiating detonation.  A detonator may not contain more than 10 grams of total explosives by weight, excluding ignition or delay charges.

 

            "Director" means Director of the Department of Natural Resources.

 

            "Donor" means an exploding charge producing an impulse that impinges upon an explosive "acceptor" charge.

 

            "Emulsion" means an explosive material containing substantial amounts of oxidizers dissolved in water droplets, surrounded by an immiscible fuel.

 

            "Explosive" means any chemical compound, mixture or device, the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion and includes high or low explosives.  Manufactured articles, including, but not limited to, fixed ammunition for small arms, fire crackers, safety fuses, and matches are not explosives when the individual units contain explosives in such limited quantity and of such nature or in such packing that it is impossible to produce a simultaneous or a destructive explosion of such units which would be injurious to life, limb or property.

 

            "Explosive materials" means explosives, blasting agents, and detonators.

 

            "Fire-Resistant" means construction designed to offer reasonable protection against fire.

 

            "Grains" means a system of weight measurement where 7000 grains are equivalent to one standard 16-ounce pound (0.45 kg).

 

            "Hardwood" means red oak, white oak, hard maple, ash or hickory, free from loose knots, wind shakes, or similar defects.

 

            "High Explosive" means explosives which are characterized by a very high rate of reaction, high pressure development, and the presence of a detonation wave in the explosive.

 

            "Highway" means any public street, public highway, or public alley.

 

            "Inhabited Building" means a building regularly occupied in whole or part as a habitation for human beings, or any church, schoolhouse, railroad station, store, or other structure where people are accustomed to assembly, except any building or structure occupied in connection with the manufacture, transportation, storage or use of explosive materials.

 

            "Inventory" means a listing of all explosive materials stored in a magazine.

 

            "Low Explosive" means explosives which are characterized by deflagration or a low rate of reaction and the development of low pressure.

 

            "Magazine" means any building or other structure or container, other than a factory building, used to store explosive materials.  Where mobile or portable type 5 magazines are permissible and used, "magazine", for the purpose of obtaining certificates and calculating fees, means the site on which such magazines are located.

 

            "Magazine Keeper" means a person responsible for the inventory and safe storage of explosive materials, including the proper maintenance of explosive materials, storage magazines and areas.

 

            "Natural Barricade" means natural features of the ground, such as hills, or timber of sufficient density that the surrounding exposures which require protection cannot be seen from the magazine when the trees are bare of leaves.

 

            "Nonsparking Metal" means a metal that will not produce a spark when struck with other tools, rock, or hard surfaces.

 

            "Person" means any individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, or other legal entity, except that, with reference to individual licenses or when the context otherwise requires, person means a natural person.

 

            "Plywood" means exterior construction-grade plywood.

 

            "Propagation" means the detonation of explosive charges by an impulse received from adjacent or nearby explosive charges.

 

            "Railway" means any public steam, electric or other railroad or rail system which carries passengers for hire, but shall not include auxiliary tracks, spurs and sidings installed and primarily used in serving any mine, quarry or plant.

 

            "Softwood" means Douglas fir or other wood of equal bullet resistance and free from loose knots, wind shakes or similar defects.

 

            "Steel" means general purpose (hot or cold rolled) low-carbon steel or equivalent.

 

            "Theft-Resistant" means construction designed to deter illegal entry into facilities used for the storage of explosive materials.

 

            "Unbarricaded" means the absence of a natural or artificial barricade around explosive storage areas of facilities.

 

            "Weather-Resistant" means construction designed to offer reasonable protection against weather.