---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.6130"
title: "30"
number: "57.6130"
heading: "Explosive material storage facilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.6130"
---

# §57.6130. Explosive material storage facilities.

- (a) Detonators and explosives shall be stored in magazines.
- (b) Packaged blasting agents shall be stored in a magazine or other facility which is ventilated to prevent dampness and excessive heating, weather-resistant, and locked or attended. Drop trailers do not have to be ventilated if they are currently licensed by the Federal, State, or local authorities for over-the-road use. Facilities other than magazines used to store blasting agents shall contain only blasting agents.
- (c) Bulk blasting agents shall be stored in weather-resistant bins or tanks which are locked, attended, or otherwise inaccessible to unauthorized entry.
- (d) Facilities, bins or tanks shall be posted with the appropriate United States Department of Transportation placards or other appropriate warning signs that indicate the contents and are visible from each approach.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 61 FR 36801, July 12, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 4082, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.