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Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Held on desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0505. Explosives - Revises definition of and requirements to be a handler, blaster, or limited blaster under the Tennessee Blasting Standards Act of 1975; requires any action to collect a civil penalty to be initiated within one year of the alleged violation. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105. Fiscal Summary for HB0656 / *SB0505Decrease State Revenues - Net Impact - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB0656 / *SB0505 Under present law, unless otherwise exempted, no person may detonate explosives in any blasting operation, unless the person is registered with the department of commerce and insurance. The minimum requirements for registration are the following: (1) Previous practical experience, obtained under the supervision of a registered, experienced blaster, the adequacy [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - Withdrawn. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0871. Explosives - Authorizes a municipality or county to adopt local blasting standards that are more stringent than those set by state law. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB1165 / *SB0871 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for HB1165 / *SB0871 Present law provides that in all blasting operations the peak particle velocity on any one of three mutually perpendicular components of ground motion, transverse, vertical or longitudinal, may not exceed two inches per second at the location of any dwelling house, public building, school, church, commercial or institutional building normally occupied. For blast to structure distances greater than 300 feet, the standard [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - Withdrawn. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0872. Explosives - Authorizes certain municipalities and counties to adopt local blasting standards that are more stringent than those set by state law. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB1166 / *SB0872 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for HB1166 / *SB0872 Present law provides that in all blasting operations the peak particle velocity on any one of three mutually perpendicular components of ground motion, transverse, vertical or longitudinal, may not exceed two inches per second at the location of any dwelling house, public building, school, church, commercial or institutional building normally occupied. For blast to structure distances greater than 300 feet, the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Public Chapter 204 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1943. Explosives - Requires that a reasonable effort be made to ensure that the immediate blasting area where a reportable accident occurs remains undisturbed until the department of commerce and insurance completes its initial investigation. - Amends TCA Section 68-105-109. Fiscal Summary for *HB1278 / SB1943MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB1278 / SB1943 ON APRIL 19, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1278, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 requires that "a reasonable effort be made to ensure the immediate blasting area remains undisturbed" instead of requiring that "the site remain undisturbed." ON APRIL 25, 2007, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 1278 FOR SENATE BILL 1943 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 1278.
Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Industrial Impact of Commerce of Commerce Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0953. Explosives - Requires notice to persons inhabiting buildings within one-half mile of blasting operations; requires damage surveys be conducted prior to blasting operations, prescribes penalties for persons who do not conduct safe blasting operations. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB1321 / *SB0953 Increase State Expenditures - $413,000/Recurring $98,000/One-Time Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1321 / *SB0953 This bill revises various provisions governing blasting operations. This bill requires a blaster to provide notice to any dwelling house, public building, school, church, or commercial or institutional building within one-half mile distance of a blasting operation. The notice must be given at least 72 hours prior to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/04/2007 - Failed for Lack of Motion in: Industrial Impact of COM Bill TextExplosives - Requires advisory council on the commercial explosives industry to conduct annual study of department of commerce and insurance blasting regulations; department required to report recommendations to general assembly. - Amends TCA Section 68-105-119. Fiscal Summary for *HB1903 / SB2276Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 231 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2201. Explosives - Requires the collection and maintenance of specified records regarding drilling for blasting operations; adds requirements for air blasting; requires blasting firms to offer a pre-blast survey at no charge to the owners or occupants of specified structures when the standard table of distance is exceeded; revises registration requirements for blasting and age limits for registration; requires independent limited blasters to maintain liability insurance; and makes numerous technical changes regarding explosives and blasting. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105. Fiscal Summary for *HB2256 / SB2201Decrease State Revenues - Not Significant State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2256 / SB2201 This bill revises the standards for blasting operations and replaces the following standards [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/23/2007 - Held on desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0656. Explosives - Revises definition of and requirements to be a handler, blaster, or limited blaster under the Tennessee Blasting Standards Act of 1975; requires any action to collect a civil penalty to be initiated within one year of the alleged violation. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105. Fiscal Summary for *SB0505 / HB0656Decrease State Revenues - Net Impact - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB0505 / HB0656 Under present law, unless otherwise exempted, no person may detonate explosives in any blasting operation, unless the person is registered with the department of commerce and insurance. The minimum requirements for registration are the following: (1) Previous practical experience, obtained under the supervision of a registered, experienced blaster, the adequacy [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/03/2007 - Action Deferred in Senate C,L&A Comm. to 4/17/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1165. Explosives - Authorizes a municipality or county to adopt local blasting standards that are more stringent than those set by state law. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB0871 / HB1165 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for *SB0871 / HB1165 Present law provides that in all blasting operations the peak particle velocity on any one of three mutually perpendicular components of ground motion, transverse, vertical or longitudinal, may not exceed two inches per second at the location of any dwelling house, public building, school, church, commercial or institutional building normally occupied. For blast to structure distances greater than 300 feet, the standard [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Action Deferred in Senate C,L&A Comm. to 5/1/07 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1166. Explosives - Authorizes certain municipalities and counties to adopt local blasting standards that are more stringent than those set by state law. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB0872 / HB1166 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for *SB0872 / HB1166 Present law provides that in all blasting operations the peak particle velocity on any one of three mutually perpendicular components of ground motion, transverse, vertical or longitudinal, may not exceed two inches per second at the location of any dwelling house, public building, school, church, commercial or institutional building normally occupied. For blast to structure distances greater than 300 feet, the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2666. Explosives - Increases distance that pre-blast surveys of residences must be conducted. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB4022 / *HB2666Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4022 / *HB2666 Present law requires a blasting firm to offer a pre-blast survey at no charge to any dwelling house, public building, school, church, commercial, or institutional building normally occupied within 300 feet of that firm's blast hole. This bill requires that pre-blast surveys be conducted for such homes and buildings within one-half mile of the blast hole, instead of those within 300 feet, thereby increasing the covered area by 2,340 feet. Present law requires a blaster to provide notice to all structures in the area if the standard table of distance is exceeded (a scaled [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 640 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3160. Explosives - Revises blasting requirements for operations within certain distances of pipelines carrying liquid petroleum. - Amends TCA Section 68-105-103. Fiscal Summary for HB3272 / *SB3160Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3272 / *SB3160 Under present law, whenever blasting operations are to be conducted within 100 feet of any pipeline distributing liquefied petroleum or manufactured, mixed, or natural gas, the person who will conduct such blasting operations must notify the utility company having control of such pipeline at least three full working days, except Sundays and holidays, prior to blasting. This bill extends this requirement to blasting operations to be conducted within 100 fee of any pipeline distributing liquid petroleum. In regard to blasting near the above-described [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Public Chapter 640 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3272. Explosives - Revises blasting requirements for operations within certain distances of pipelines carrying liquid petroleum. - Amends TCA Section 68-105-103. Fiscal Summary for *SB3160 / HB3272Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3160 / HB3272 Under present law, whenever blasting operations are to be conducted within 100 feet of any pipeline distributing liquefied petroleum or manufactured, mixed, or natural gas, the person who will conduct such blasting operations must notify the utility company having control of such pipeline at least three full working days, except Sundays and holidays, prior to blasting. This bill extends this requirement to blasting operations to be conducted within 100 fee of any pipeline distributing liquid petroleum. In regard to blasting near the above-described [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Failed for Lack of Motion in: Industrial Impact of COM Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4022. Explosives - Increases distance that pre-blast surveys of residences must be conducted. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB2666 / SB4022Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2666 / SB4022 Present law requires a blasting firm to offer a pre-blast survey at no charge to any dwelling house, public building, school, church, commercial, or institutional building normally occupied within 300 feet of that firm's blast hole. This bill requires that pre-blast surveys be conducted for such homes and buildings within one-half mile of the blast hole, instead of those within 300 feet, thereby increasing the covered area by 2,340 feet. Present law requires a blaster to provide notice to all structures in the area if the standard table of distance is exceeded (a scaled [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/03/2007 - Action Deferred in Senate C,L&A Comm. to 4/17/2007 Bill TextExplosives - Requires advisory council on the commercial explosives industry to conduct annual study of department of commerce and insurance blasting regulations; department required to report recommendations to general assembly. - Amends TCA Section 68-105-119. Fiscal Summary for SB2276 / *HB1903Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 04/04/2007 - Failed for Lack of Motion in: Industrial Impact of COM Bill TextExplosives - Requires advisory council on the commercial explosives industry to conduct annual study of department of commerce and insurance blasting regulations; department required to report recommendations to general assembly. - Amends TCA Section 68-105-119. Fiscal Summary for *HB1903 / SB2276Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 231 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2201. Explosives - Requires the collection and maintenance of specified records regarding drilling for blasting operations; adds requirements for air blasting; requires blasting firms to offer a pre-blast survey at no charge to the owners or occupants of specified structures when the standard table of distance is exceeded; revises registration requirements for blasting and age limits for registration; requires independent limited blasters to maintain liability insurance; and makes numerous technical changes regarding explosives and blasting. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105. Fiscal Summary for *HB2256 / SB2201Decrease State Revenues - Not Significant State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2256 / SB2201 This bill revises the standards for blasting operations and replaces the following standards [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Public Chapter 231 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2256. Explosives - Requires the collection and maintenance of specified records regarding drilling for blasting operations; adds requirements for air blasting; requires blasting firms to offer a pre-blast survey at no charge to the owners or occupants of specified structures when the standard table of distance is exceeded; revises registration requirements for blasting and age limits for registration; requires independent limited blasters to maintain liability insurance; and makes numerous technical changes regarding explosives and blasting. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105. Fiscal Summary for SB2201 / *HB2256Decrease State Revenues - Not Significant State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2201 / *HB2256 This bill revises the standards for blasting operations and replaces the following standards [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 204 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1278. Explosives - Requires that a reasonable effort be made to ensure that the immediate blasting area where a reportable accident occurs remains undisturbed until the department of commerce and insurance completes its initial investigation. - Amends TCA Section 68-105-109. Fiscal Summary for SB1943 / *HB1278MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB1943 / *HB1278 ON APRIL 19, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1278, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 requires that "a reasonable effort be made to ensure the immediate blasting area remains undisturbed" instead of requiring that "the site remain undisturbed." ON APRIL 25, 2007, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 1278 FOR SENATE BILL 1943 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 1278.
Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Industrial Impact of Commerce of Commerce Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0953. Explosives - Requires notice to persons inhabiting buildings within one-half mile of blasting operations; requires damage surveys be conducted prior to blasting operations, prescribes penalties for persons who do not conduct safe blasting operations. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB1321 / *SB0953 Increase State Expenditures - $413,000/Recurring $98,000/One-Time Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1321 / *SB0953 This bill revises various provisions governing blasting operations. This bill requires a blaster to provide notice to any dwelling house, public building, school, church, or commercial or institutional building within one-half mile distance of a blasting operation. The notice must be given at least 72 hours prior to [...] show full description
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