2022 -- H 8042

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXPLOSIVES

     Introduced By: Representative Blake Anthony Filippi

     Date Introduced: March 23, 2022

     Referred To: House State Government & Elections

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 23-28.28-37 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-28.28 entitled

"Explosives" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     23-28.28-37. Notice to adjoining landowners.

     (a) Prior to the commencement of blasting operations, any person, firm, corporation, or

other entity that is regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall notify any abutter and/or

the owner or owners of record of any improved real property, in writing, by registered mail, within

five hundred (500') feet, as measured from the nearest borehole to the closest improved real

property, of an intended blast or detonation, excluding road, bridge, utility, and public works

construction, no less than twenty-four (24) hours two (2) weeks prior to the blast or detonation.

Notice shall also be sent to the local police and fire department and town fire marshal, and the

building and zoning offices of the town where the property is located. Provided further, the state

fire marshal is authorized to establish rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of

this section.

     (b) Exceptions to subsection (a) of this section shall be provided to any utility or public

works department acting in an emergency capacity that requires blasting operations and under such

conditions no less than twenty-four (24) hours' notice prior to a blast or detonation shall be required.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXPLOSIVES

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     This act would require two weeks' notice to all abutters within five hundred feet of the

commencement of any blasting operations. Notice would also be sent to the local police and fire

department and city or town fire marshal, and the building and zoning offices of the town where

the property is located.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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