Title 14: Aeronautics and Space
PART 420—LICENSE TO OPERATE A LAUNCH SITE
Subpart D—Responsibilities of a Licensee
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Appendix E to Part 420—Tables for Explosive Site Plan
Table E-1_Quantity Distance Requirements for Solid Explosives---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public area Public area Intraline Intraline Quantity distance (ft.) distance (ft.) distance (ft.) distance (ft.) Quantity (lbs.) (over) (lbs.) (not for division for division for division for division over) 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0............................... 1,000 1,250 75 D = 18 W1/3 501,000........................... 5,000 .............. 115 .............. 755,000........................... 10,000 .............. 150 .............. 10010,000.......................... 20,000 .............. 190 .............. 12520,000.......................... 30,000 .............. 215 .............. 14530,000.......................... 40,000 D = 40 W1/3 235 .............. 15540,000.......................... 50,000 .............. 250 .............. 16550,000.......................... 60,000 .............. 260 .............. 17560,000.......................... 70,000 .............. 270 .............. 18570,000.......................... 80,000 .............. 280 .............. 19080,000.......................... 90,000 .............. 195 .............. 19590,000.......................... 100,000 .............. 300 .............. 200100,000......................... 200,000 D=2.42 375 .............. 250 W\0.577\200,000......................... 250,000 .............. 413 .............. 275250,000......................... 300,000 D = 50 W1/3 450 .............. 300300,000......................... 400,000 .............. 525 .............. 350400,000......................... 500,000 .............. 600 .............. 400500,000......................... 1,000,000 .............. 800 .............. 500Greater than 1,000,000.......... .............. D = 50 W1/3 D = 8 W1/3 D = 5 W1/3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------``D'' equals the minimum separation distance in feet.``W'' equals the NEW of propellant.
Table E-2_Liquid Propellant Explosive Equivalents------------------------------------------------------------------------ Propellant combinations Explosive equivalent------------------------------------------------------------------------LO2/LH2................................ The larger of: 8W2/3 where W is the weight of LO2/LH2, or 14% of W.LO2/LH2 + LO2/RP-1..................... Sum of (20% for LO2/RP-1) + the larger of: 8W2/3 where W is the weight of LO2/LH2, or 14% of W.LO2/R-1................................ 20% of W up to 500,000 pounds plus 10% of W over 500,000 pounds, where W is the weight of LO2RP-1.N2O4/N2H4 (or UDMH or UDMH/N2H4 10% of W, where W is the weight Mixture). of the propellant.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table E-3_Propellant Hazard and Compatibility Groupings and Factors To Be Used When Converting Gallons of Propellant Into Pounds---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At temperature Propellant Hazard group Compatibility group Pounds/ gallon °F----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hydrogen Peroxide................. II A 11.6 68Hydrazine......................... III C 8.4 68Liquid Hydrogen................... III C 0.59 -423Liquid Oxygen..................... II A 9.5 -297Nitrogen Tetroxide................ I A 12.1 68RP-1.............................. I C 6.8 68UDMH.............................. III C 6.6 68UDMH/Hydrazine.................... III C 7.5 68----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table E-4_Hazard Group I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pounds of propellant Public area Intragroup Pounds of propellant Public area Intragroup------------------------------------------------------------------------- and and -------------------------- and and incompatible compatible incompatible compatible --------------------------- -------------------------- Over Not over Distance in Distance in Over Not over Distance in Distance in feet feet feet feet--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0.......................................................... 100 30 25 5,000 6,000 80 60100........................................................ 200 35 30 6,000 7,000 85 65200........................................................ 300 40 35 7,000 8,000 85 65300........................................................ 400 45 35 8,000 9,000 90 70400........................................................ 500 50 40 9,000 10,000 90 70500........................................................ 600 50 40 10,000 15,000 95 75600........................................................ 700 55 40 15,000 20,000 100 80700........................................................ 800 55 45 20,000 25,000 105 80800........................................................ 900 60 45 25,000 30,000 110 85900........................................................ 1,000 60 45 30,000 35,000 110 851,000...................................................... 2,000 65 50 35,000 40,000 115 852,000...................................................... 3,000 70 55 40,000 45,000 120 903,000...................................................... 4,000 75 55 45,000 50,000 120 904,000...................................................... 5,000 80 60 50,000 60,000 125 9560,000..................................................... 70,000 130 95 500,000 600,000 185 14070,000..................................................... 80,000 130 100 600,000 700,000 190 14580,000..................................................... 90,000 135 100 700,000 800,000 195 15090,000..................................................... 100,000 135 105 800,000 900,000 200 150100,000.................................................... 125,000 140 110 900,000 1,000,000 205 155125,000.................................................... 150,000 145 110 1,000,000 2,000,000 235 175150,000.................................................... 175,000 150 115 2,000,000 3,000,000 255 190175,000.................................................... 200,000 155 115 3,000,000 4,000,000 265 200200,000.................................................... 250,000 160 120 4,000,000 5,000,000 275 210250,000.................................................... 300,000 165 125 5,000,000 6,000,000 285 215300,000.................................................... 350,000 170 130 6,000,000 7,000,000 295 220350,000.................................................... 400,000 175 130 7,000,000 8,000,000 300 225400,000.................................................... 450,000 180 135 8,000,000 9,000,000 305 230450,000.................................................... 500,000 180 135 9,000,000 10,000,000 310 235--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table E-5_Hazard Group II-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pounds of propellant Public area Intragroup Pounds of propellant Public area Intragroup------------------------------------------------------------------------- and and -------------------------- and and incompatible compatible incompatible compatible --------------------------- -------------------------- Over Not over Distance in Distance in Over Not over Distance in Distance in feet feet feet feet--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0.......................................................... 100 60 30 50,000 60,000 250 125100........................................................ 200 75 35 60,000 70,000 255 130200........................................................ 300 85 40 70,000 80,000 260 130300........................................................ 400 90 45 80,000 90,000 265 135400........................................................ 500 100 50 90,000 100,000 270 135500........................................................ 600 100 50 100,000 125,000 285 140600........................................................ 700 105 55 125,000 150,000 295 145700........................................................ 800 110 55 150,000 175,000 305 150800........................................................ 900 115 60 175,000 200,000 310 155900........................................................ 1,000 120 60 200,000 250,000 320 1601,000...................................................... 2,000 130 65 250,000 300,000 330 1652,000...................................................... 3,000 145 70 300,000 350,000 340 1703,000...................................................... 4,000 150 75 350,000 400,000 350 1754,000...................................................... 5,000 160 80 400,000 450,000 355 1805,000...................................................... 6,000 165 80 450,000 500,000 360 1806,000...................................................... 7,000 170 85 500,000 600,000 375 1857,000...................................................... 8,000 175 85 600,000 700,000 385 1908,000...................................................... 9,000 175 90 700,000 800,000 395 1959,000...................................................... 10,000 180 90 800,000 900,000 405 20010,000..................................................... 15,000 195 95 900,000 1,000,000 410 20515,000..................................................... 20,000 205 100 1,000,000 2,000,000 470 23520,000..................................................... 25,000 215 105 2,000,000 3,000,000 505 25525,000..................................................... 30,000 220 110 3,000,000 4,000,000 535 26530,000..................................................... 35,000 225 110 4,000,000 5,000,000 555 27535,000..................................................... 40,000 230 115 5,000,000 6,000,000 570 28540,000..................................................... 45,000 235 120 6,000,000 7,000,000 585 29545,000..................................................... 50,000 240 120 7,000,000 8,000,000 600 300 8,000,000 9,000,000 610 305 9,000,000 10,000,000 620 310--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table E-6_Hazard Group III-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pounds of propellant Public area Intragroup Pounds of propellant Public area Intragroup------------------------------------------------------------------------- and and -------------------------- and and incompatible compatible incompatible compatible --------------------------- -------------------------- Over Not over Distance in Distance in Over Not over Distance in Distance in feet feet feet feet--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0.......................................................... 100 600 30 60,000 70,000 1,200 130100........................................................ 200 600 35 70,000 80,000 1,200 130200........................................................ 300 600 40 80,000 90,000 1,200 135300........................................................ 400 600 45 90,000 100,000 1,200 135400........................................................ 500 600 50 100,000 125,000 1,800 140500........................................................ 600 600 50 125,000 150,000 1,800 145600........................................................ 700 600 55 150,000 175,000 1,800 150700........................................................ 800 600 55 175,000 200,000 1,800 155800........................................................ 900 600 60 200,000 250,000 1,800 160900........................................................ 1,000 600 60 250,000 300,000 1,800 1651,000...................................................... 2,000 600 65 300,000 350,000 1,800 1702,000...................................................... 3,000 600 70 350,000 400,000 1,800 1753,000...................................................... 4,000 600 75 400,000 450,000 1,800 1804,000...................................................... 5,000 600 80 450,000 500,000 1,800 1805,000...................................................... 6,000 600 80 500,000 600,000 1,800 1856,000...................................................... 7,000 600 85 600,000 700,000 1,800 1907,000...................................................... 8,000 600 85 700,000 800,000 1,800 1958,000...................................................... 9,000 600 90 800,000 900,000 1,800 2009,000...................................................... 10,000 600 90 900,000 1,000,000 1,800 20510,000..................................................... 15,000 1,200 95 1,000,000 2,000,000 1,800 23515,000..................................................... 20,000 1,200 100 2,000,000 3,000,000 1,800 25520,000..................................................... 25,000 1,200 105 3,000,000 4,000,000 1,800 26525,000..................................................... 30,000 1,200 110 4,000,000 5,000,000 1,800 27530,000..................................................... 35,000 1,200 110 5,000,000 6,000,000 1,800 28535,000..................................................... 40,000 1,200 115 6,000,000 7,000,000 1,800 29540,000..................................................... 45,000 1,200 120 7,000,000 8,000,000 1,800 30045,000..................................................... 50,000 1,200 120 8,000,000 9,000,000 1,800 30550,000..................................................... 60,000 1,200 125 9,000,000 10,000,000 1,800 310--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table E-7_Distances When Explosive Equivalents Apply------------------------------------------------------------------------ TNT equivalent weight of propellants Distance in feet------------------------------------------------------------------------ To public Intraline Not over area unbarricaded------------------------------------------------------------------------100.......................................... 1250 80200.......................................... 1250 100300.......................................... 1250 120400.......................................... 1250 130500.......................................... 1250 140600.......................................... 1250 150700.......................................... 1250 160800.......................................... 1250 170900.......................................... 1250 1801,000........................................ 1250 1901,500........................................ 1250 2102,000........................................ 1250 2303,000........................................ 1250 2604,000........................................ 1250 2805,000........................................ 1250 3006,000........................................ 1250 3207,000........................................ 1250 3408,000........................................ 1250 3609,000........................................ 1250 38010,000....................................... 1250 40015,000....................................... 1250 45020,000....................................... 1250 49025,000....................................... 1,250 53030,000....................................... 1,250 56035,000....................................... 1,310 59040,000....................................... 1,370 62045,000....................................... 1,425 64050,000....................................... 1,475 66055,000....................................... 1,520 68060,000....................................... 1,565 70065,000....................................... 1,610 72070,000....................................... 1,650 74075,000....................................... 1,685 77080,000....................................... 1,725 78085,000....................................... 1,760 79090,000....................................... 1,795 80095,000....................................... 1,825 820100,000...................................... 1,855 830125,000...................................... 2,115 900150,000...................................... 2,350 950175,000...................................... 2,565 1,000200,000...................................... 2,770 1,050------------------------------------------------------------------------
