Explosives Rulemaking: Safety standards for possession, handling, and use of explosives

The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is conducting rulemaking related to Chapter 296-52 WAC, Safety standards for possession, handling and use of explosives.

See all the rulemaking activity for Explosives on our L&I Rulemaking page.

Status

L&I filed a preproposal (CR-101) (41 KB PDF) with the Washington State Code Reviser January 23, 2018, to officially begin the rulemaking process. We are currently working with the Explosives Safety Stakeholder group (ESSG) Stakeholder Group to develop the proposed rule language.

Learn more about our rulemaking process and terminology.

Meetings

Upcoming Meetings:

The next Explosives Safety Stakeholder Group (ESSG) meeting will take place Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at 9:00 am.

The purpose of this meeting is to share the updated draft language related to physical condition found in WAC 296-52-23010 and WAC 296-52-23070 and Appendix D with stakeholders.

Meeting Information:

Date:  Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Time:  9:00 am; 8:45 am sign-in.

Location:  Virtual-via Teams

Topic: Physical Condition requirements: chapter 296-52 WAC, Safety standards for possession, handling, and use of explosives

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Interested parties may review the draft for WAC 296-52-23010 and WAC 296-52-23070 and Appendix D prior to the meeting.  If unable to attend, you may send comments to the individuals listed above.

Previous meetings reports

Rulemaking activity

Preproposal (CR-101) filed Jan. 23, 2018

Rules and Laws Resources

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An email list has been set up for L&I to share information about this workgroup and the meetings. Select the "Explosives Rulemaking" topic when you sign up to receive email updates.

Please contact Cathy Coates with any rulemaking questions: Cathy.coates@Lni.wa.gov or 360-902-5432.

Please contact Dan Massey with any technical questions about this rule: Daniel.massey@Lni.wa.gov or 360-902-5569.