Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Dangerous Goods (Explosives) Regulations 2000 - SECT 327

Location of ammonium nitrate stores

327. Location of ammonium nitrate stores



(1) The holder of a licence under this Part must ensure that the relevant
separation distances specified in AS2187.1 are maintained between any ammonium
nitrate store and-

   (a)  any magazine; and

   (b)  any central mixing point; and

   (c)  any process building-

where explosives are likely to be present.

(2) For the purposes of determining safety distances between an ammonium
nitrate store and a central mixing point, the NEQ is the sum of-

   (a)  the maximum quantity of explosives; and

   (b)  half the ammonium nitrate-

likely to be present at the central mixing point.