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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="10-207" title_number="10" title_name="Fireworks and Sparklers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Fireworks Plants">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “explosive composition” or “pyrotechnic composition” includes raw materials, materials being processed, and finished products.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>By regulation, the State Fire Prevention Commission shall determine the maximum amount of explosive composition or pyrotechnic composition that may be safely kept in any building in a fireworks plant at any time.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A licensee shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>post conspicuously on each building in the fireworks plant, the limits on the amount of explosive composition or pyrotechnic composition authorized under this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>strictly comply with the limits.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensee shall keep each building in a fireworks plant clean, orderly, and free from accumulated dust or rubbish.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If powder or other explosive materials are spilled on the floor of a building in a fireworks plant, the licensee shall ensure that the floor is cleaned immediately and that the powder or materials are removed immediately from the building.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensee shall ensure that rags, combustible and explosive scrap, and paper are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>kept separate from each other; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>placed in approved marked containers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A licensee shall ensure that waste and rejected hazardous materials are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>removed daily from each building;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>removed at regular intervals from the fireworks plant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>destroyed by submersion in water or by burning.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A licensee shall ensure that nonhazardous waste is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>removed at regular intervals from the fireworks plant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>disposed of in a landfill system or by other suitable means.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A licensee shall ensure that adequate and appropriate fire extinguishers that meet the State Fire Prevention Code are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>kept in each building in a fireworks plant; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>readily accessible at all times.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless an individual has signed into a log and has stated in writing the purpose of the individual’s visit to the fireworks plant, a licensee may not allow entry into a fireworks plant by an individual other than:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an authorized employee; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a representative of a unit of the federal government, a state government, or a political subdivision, having jurisdiction over the fireworks plant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A licensee shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>maintain the log of visitors to the fireworks plant for at least 2 years; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>make the log available for inspection by the State Fire Marshal or a representative of the State Fire Marshal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>All visitors shall wear conductive footwear.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There shall be at least one competent security guard present on duty whenever any explosive composition is located within a fireworks plant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The security guard:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may not sleep on duty; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall patrol the entire fireworks plant regularly when the fireworks plant is not in operation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
