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HOUSE
BILL 1308
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Passed
Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State
of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/21/97. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
Providing additional exemptions from state law for the handling of
hazardous devices.
AN
ACT Relating to hazardous devices; and amending RCW 70.74.191.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
70.74.191 and 1993 c 293 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
The
laws contained in this chapter and ((the ensuing)) regulations
prescribed by the department of labor and industries pursuant to this
chapter shall not apply to:
(1)
Explosives or blasting agents in the course of transportation by way of
railroad, water, highway, or air under the jurisdiction of, and in
conformity with, regulations adopted by the federal department of
transportation, the Washington state utilities and transportation commission,
and the Washington state patrol;
(2)
The laboratories of schools, colleges, and similar institutions if
confined to the purpose of instruction or research and if not exceeding the
quantity of one pound;
(3)
Explosives in the forms prescribed by the official United States Pharmacopoeia;
(4)
The transportation, storage, and use of explosives or blasting agents in
the normal and emergency operations of federal agencies and departments
including the regular United States military departments on military
reservations, or the duly authorized militia of any state or territory, or to
emergency operations of any state department or agency, any police, or any
municipality or county;
(5)
A hazardous devices technician when carrying out normal and emergency
operations, handling evidence, and operating and maintaining a specially
designed emergency response vehicle that carries no more than ten pounds of
explosive material or when conducting training and whose employer possesses the
minimum safety equipment prescribed by the federal bureau of investigation for
hazardous devices work. For purposes of this section, a hazardous devices
technician is a person who is a graduate of the federal bureau of investigation
hazardous devices school and who is employed by a state, county, or
municipality;
(6)
The importation, sale, possession, and use of fireworks, signaling devices,
flares, fuses, and torpedoes;
(((6)))
(7) The transportation, storage, and use of explosives or blasting
agents in the normal and emergency avalanche control procedures as conducted by
trained and licensed ski area operator personnel. However, the storage,
transportation, and use of explosives and blasting agents for such use shall
meet the requirements of regulations adopted by the director of labor and
industries; and
(((7)))
(8) Any violation under this chapter if any existing ordinance of any
city, municipality, or county is more stringent than this chapter.
Passed the House January 16, 1998.
Passed the Senate March 3, 1998.
Approved by the Governor
March 18, 1998.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 18, 1998.
