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Subchapter 7. General Industry Safety Orders
Group 18. Explosives and Pyrotechnics
Article 123. Small Arms Ammunition and Primers, and Smokeless and Black Powder Propellants

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§5373. Black Powder Propellants.
(a) All black powder propellants shall be stored in shipping containers approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

(b) Quantities of black powder propellant in excess of 50 pounds shall be stored in an outdoor magazine.

(c) If smokeless propellants are stored in the same magazine with black powder propellants, the total quantity shall not exceed that permitted for black powder propellants.

NOTE

Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

HISTORY

1. Repealer of subsections (b) and (c), subsection relettering and new Note filed 7-11-2003; operative 8-10-2003 (Register 2003, No. 28).

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