TITLE 62: MINING
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
PART 200 THE ILLINOIS EXPLOSIVES ACT
SECTION 200.401 CLASSIFICATION OF MAGAZINES


 

Section 200.401  Classification of Magazines

 

a)         Type 1 Magazine.  A permanent magazine for the storage of high explosives.  Type 1 magazines are bullet resistant, fire resistant, theft resistant and weather resistant.

 

b)         Type 2 Magazine.  A portable or mobile magazine for outdoor or indoor storage of high explosives.  Type 2 magazines are bullet resistant, fire resistant, theft resistant and weather resistant.

 

c)         Type 3 Magazine.  A portable magazine for the temporary containment of explosive materials while attended.  An example is a "day box" at the site for blasting operations.  Type 3 magazines are fire resistant, theft resistant and weather resistant. A storage certificate is not required for a Type 3 magazine.

 

d)         Type 4 Magazine.  A permanent, portable or mobile magazine for outdoor or indoor storage of low explosives.  Type 4 magazines are fire resistant, theft resistant and weather resistant.

 

e)         Type 5 Magazine.  A permanent, portable or mobile magazine for the storage of blasting agents.  Type 5 magazines include tanks, tank trailers, tank trucks, semi-trailers, bulk mix trailers, bulk mix trucks and bins. Type 5 magazines are theft resistant, and outdoor Type 5 magazines are also weather resistant.

 

(Source:  Amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 4490, effective March 26, 2021)