Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 319 - General Safety Requirements
Section 319.324 - State blasting safety board created, members, terms, officers, meetings, duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007
319.324. State blasting safety board created, members, terms, officers, meetings, duties. — 1. The "State Blasting Safety Board" is hereby created and assigned to the division of fire safety under the state fire marshal. There shall be seven members of this board, as appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, to be comprised of:
(1) One representative of a municipality or county governed by sections 319.300 to 319.345 who serves in the capacity of director of public works or a similar position;
(2) One representative of a person using explosives that is engaged in mining that is subject to the requirements of section 319.300 to 319.345;
(3) One representative of a person using explosives that is engaged in construction;
(4) One person who is in the business of providing contract blast monitoring services;
(5) Two persons who manufacture or distribute explosives; and
(6) The state fire marshal or his or her designee.
2. Each board member shall serve for a term of six years, except for the members initially appointed one term shall be for one year, one term shall be for two years, one term shall be for three years, one term shall be for four years, one term shall be for five years, and one term shall be for six years. Members appointed and serving shall serve until their successor is named and shall be eligible for reappointment. The state fire marshal or his or her designee shall be a standing member of the board and shall have the power to vote.
3. Members of the board shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed by the division of fire safety for reasonable and necessary expenses. Meetings of the board shall be held in facilities arranged by the division of fire safety. Hearings of the board may be held at a location in Missouri agreed upon by the state fire marshal and the chairman of the board.
Upon agreement by the licensee, the state fire marshal, and the chairman of the state blasting safety board, hearings may be conducted by conference call.
4. The board shall annually by January thirty-first elect a chairman from one of the members other than the state fire marshal or his or her designee. The chairman shall be elected by majority vote of the board and shall preside over all meetings and hearings and perform any specific duties set out in sections 319.300 to 319.345.
5. The state fire marshal or his or her designee shall perform the duties of secretary of the board.
6. The board shall meet as needed at the call of the chairman or upon written notice by the state fire marshal. The board shall meet at least once each calendar year.
7. It shall be the duty of the board to:
(1) Advise the state fire marshal in the development of application and registration forms, training and examinations, and setting fees for the filing of required applications, registrations, and reports;
(2) Approve or disapprove any examination for licensing of blasters;
(3) Hold hearings and make decisions by majority vote upon appeals under subsection 10 of section 319.306 and upon notices of violation under subsection 7 of section 319.318 or section 319.333;
(4) Approve or disapprove any rule proposed by the division of fire safety for the administration of sections 319.300 to 319.345;
(5) Advise or assist the division of fire safety in any other matter regarding administration or enforcement within the scope and requirements of sections 319.300 to 319.345.
8. For any matter upon which a hearing is held under subdivision (3) of subsection 7 of this section, any referral of a notice of violation or request for criminal or civil enforcement action or injunctive relief shall be made by the state fire marshal to the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney, only upon a majority vote by the board.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 298)

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals

Chapter 319 - General Safety Requirements

Section 319.010 - Short title.

Section 319.015 - Definitions.

Section 319.022 - Notification centers, participation requirements and eligibility — names of owners and operators made available, when.

Section 319.024 - Public notice of excavations, duties of owner and operator.

Section 319.025 - Excavator must give notice and obtain information, when, how — notice to notification center, when — clarification of markings, response — permit for highway excavation required.

Section 319.026 - Notice of excavator, form of — written record maintained — incorrect location of facility, duty of excavator — visible markings necessary to continue work — damage, dislocation, or disturbance, notification and reporting requirement...

Section 319.027 - Design requests, how made — marking location required.

Section 319.030 - Notification of location of underground facility, when, how — failure to provide notice of location, effect.

Section 319.031 - Sewer system owner duties upon notification of intent to excavate.

Section 319.033 - Public right-of-way, installation within, requirements.

Section 319.035 - Compliance with law still requires excavation to be made in careful and prudent manner — failure to give notice or mark facilities, rebuttable presumption of negligence.

Section 319.037 - Excavation sites included in requirements — equipment prohibited at such sites.

Section 319.042 - No abrogation of contractual obligations with railroads.

Section 319.045 - Civil penalties — attorney general may bring action and shall make public number of enforcement actions.

Section 319.046 - Arbitration of disputes, when.

Section 319.050 - Exemptions from requirement to obtain information.

Section 319.075 - Citation of law.

Section 319.078 - Definitions.

Section 319.080 - Activities within ten feet of power lines prohibited, exceptions.

Section 319.083 - Special devices and precautions required — costs.

Section 319.085 - Presumption of negligence, when, rebuttable.

Section 319.088 - Exemptions from law.

Section 319.090 - Violations, penalty.

Section 319.100 - Definitions.

Section 319.103 - Tank owners to register with department of natural resources, information required — exceptions — forms — out of service tanks permanently or temporarily, required information and registration — sale of tanks, seller to inform purch...

Section 319.105 - Standards to be developed by department for all new tanks and for upgrading existing tanks — no tanks to be installed until standards established, exceptions.

Section 319.107 - Leak detection system and inventory control system, standards of performance and records, department to establish — owner to be reimbursed for testing and monitoring costs from storage tank insurance fund.

Section 319.109 - Releases and corrective actions to be reported, standards — rules authorized.

Section 319.111 - Closure of tanks, requirements — notice — department to establish.

Section 319.114 - Evidence of financial responsibility required to cover certain damages — rules to be established by department.

Section 319.117 - Information and records to be available to department for inspection, monitoring and testing — certain information to be confidential and not available to the public — department of agriculture to conduct inspections.

Section 319.120 - Certificate of registration required — issued when — term of certificate — application, forms — owner may operate prior to certification until issue or denial.

Section 319.123 - Fee for certification, amount, deposit — underground storage tank regulation program fund established, purpose.

Section 319.125 - Certificate denied or invalidated by department, procedure, grounds.

Section 319.127 - Violations, procedure — penalty, disposition.

Section 319.129 - Petroleum storage tank insurance fund created — fees — state treasurer may deposit funds where, interest credited to fund — administration of fund — board of trustees created, members, meetings — expires when — continuation after ex...

Section 319.130 - Public hearings required, when — training program requirements — record keeping — rulemaking authority.

Section 319.131 - Owners of tanks containing petroleum products may elect to participate — advisory committee, members, duties — applications, content, standards and tests — financial responsibility — deductible — fund not liability of state — defens...

Section 319.132 - Board of trustees to assess surcharge on petroleum products per transport load, exceptions, deposit in fund, refund procedure — rate of surcharge — suspension of fees, when.

Section 319.133 - Annual payments by owners, amount established by rule, limitation — change of ownership, no new fee required — installment payments authorized, when — applicable rules — site assessment required, when.

Section 319.135 - No liability for release of petroleum at direction of coordinator, exception.

Section 319.136 - Tank ineligible for delivery, deposit, or acceptance, when — violation, procedure — red tag to be affixed, when.

Section 319.137 - Rules, authority to adopt federal rules or to provide more stringent rules, when — procedure to promulgate.

Section 319.138 - Fund shall provide moneys for cleanup of petroleum storage tank contamination, when.

Section 319.139 - Administrative penalties, assessment, procedure — rules — payment, appeal — collection.

Section 319.140 - Task force on the petroleum storage tank insurance fund established, members, duties, meetings — expiration date.

Section 319.200 - Notice to cities and counties subject to earthquake to adopt seismic construction and renovation ordinances, when — standards.

Section 319.203 - Ordinance to apply to certain buildings, structures and state leases.

Section 319.205 - Notice to cities and counties required to adopt ordinance, contents.

Section 319.207 - Noncompliance to affect eligibility for state aid, loans, grants — attorney general to bring action to recover.

Section 319.300 - Citation of law — purpose statement.

Section 319.303 - Definitions.

Section 319.306 - Blaster's license required, when — application, contents — fee — qualifications — expiration — documentation required — training required — rulemaking authority.

Section 319.309 - Explosives, use of, calculation of scaled distance to nearest uncontrolled structure required.

Section 319.312 - Ground vibration limits to be followed, when — alternative compliance method — limit on acoustic values from blasting.

Section 319.315 - Retention of seismographic recordings, how long — records to include certain information.

Section 319.318 - Compliance with state and federal law — registration with division of fire safety required — annual report required, fees — audit of records — violations, penalty.

Section 319.321 - Inapplicability of law, when.

Section 319.324 - State blasting safety board created, members, terms, officers, meetings, duties.

Section 319.327 - Duties of the division — enforcement.

Section 319.330 - Missouri explosives safety act administration fund created, use of moneys.

Section 319.333 - Notice of violation, procedure.

Section 319.336 - Grievance procedure.

Section 319.339 - Notification of division prior to use of explosives required — exception.

Section 319.342 - Municipalities to be notified of use of explosives, when, procedure — certain owners and businesses to be notified — ordinances authorized.

Section 319.343 - Inapplicability of prohibition on local preemption, when.

Section 319.345 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 319.500 - Pipelines transporting hazardous liquids to submit periodic reports to department of natural resources — content.

Section 319.503 - Emergencies created by hazardous liquids being transported — powers of director — civil actions, penalties, deposit — no liability for owners, when.