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• § 555.63 Explosives magazine changes.

  (1) The requirements of this section are applicable to magazines used for other than temporary (under 24 hours) storage of explosives.

• § 555.11 Meaning of terms.

  Approved storage facility. A place where explosive materials are stored, consisting of one or more approved magazines, conforming to the requirements of this part and covered by a license or permit issued under this part.

• § 555.24 Right of entry and examination.

  (a) Any ATF officer may enter during business hours the premises, including places of storage, of any licensee or holder of a user permit for the purpose of inspecting or examining any records or documents required to be kept under this part, and any facilities in which explosive materials are kept or stored.

• § 555.49 Issuance of license or permit.

  (vi) The applicant has storage for the class (as described in § 555.202) of explosive materials described on the application, unless he establishes to the satisfaction of the Chief, Firearms and Explosives Licensing Center, that the business or operations to be conducted will not require the storage of explosive materials;

• § 555.141 Exemptions.

  (5) The manufacture under the regulation of the military department of the United States of explosive materials for, or their distribution to or storage or possession by, the military or naval services or other agencies of the United States.

• § 555.217 Lighting.

  (a) Battery-activated safety lights or battery-activated safety lanterns may be used in explosives storage magazines.

• § 555.41 General.

  (i) A separate license will not be required for storage facilities operated by the licensee as an integral part of one business premises or to cover a location used by the licensee solely for maintaining the records required by this part.

• § 555.220 Table of separation distances of ammonium nitrate and blasting agents from explosives or blasting agents.

  (2) When the ammonium nitrate and/or blasting agent is not barricaded, the distances shown in the table must be multiplied by six. These distances allow for the possibility of high velocity metal fragments from mixers, hoppers, truck bodies, sheet metal structures, metal containers, and the like which may enclose the “donor.” Where explosives storage is in bullet-resistant magazines or where the storage is protected by a bullet-resistant wall, distances and barricade thicknesses in excess of those prescribed in the table in § 555.218 are not required.

• § 555.223 Table of distances between fireworks process buildings and other specified areas.

  |Distance from Passenger Railways, Public Highways, Fireworks Plant Buildings used to Store Consumer Fireworks and Articles Pyrotechnic, Magazines and Fireworks Shipping Buildings, and Inhabited Buildings. [^3](This table does not apply to the separation distances between fireworks process buildings \(see § 555.222\) and between magazines \(see §§ 555.218 and 555.224\).)[^4](The distances in this table apply with or without artificial or natural barricades or screen barricades. However, the use of barricades is highly recommended.)[^5](No work of any kind, except to place or move items other than explosive materials from storage, shall be conducted in any building designated as a warehouse. A fireworks plant warehouse is not subject to § 555.222 or this section, tables of distances.)|Net weight of fireworks [^1](Net weight is the weight of all pyrotechnic compositions, and exposive materials and fuse only.) (pounds)|Display fireworks [^1](Net weight is the weight of all pyrotechnic compositions, and exposive materials and fuse only.) (feet)|Consumer fireworks [^2](While consumer fireworks or articles pyrotechnic in a finished state are not subject to regulation, explosive materials used to manufacture or assemble such fireworks or articles are subject to regulation. Thus, fireworks process buildings where consumer fireworks or articles pyrotechnic are being processed shall meet these requirements.) (feet)| |---|---|---|---| |0-100|200|25| |101-200|200|50| |201-300|200|50| |301-400|200|50| |401-500|200|50| |Above 500|Not permitted|Not permitted.|

• § 555.1 Scope of regulations.

  (5) The storage of explosive materials;