27 C.F.R. § 555.223   Table of distances between fireworks process buildings and other specified areas.


Title 27 - Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms


Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
PART 555—COMMERCE IN EXPLOSIVES
Subpart K—Storage

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§ 555.223   Table of distances between fireworks process buildings and other specified areas.
   Distance from Passenger Railways, Public Highways, Fireworks Plant  Buildings used to Store Consumer Fireworks and Articles Pyrotechnic,  Magazines and Fireworks Shipping Buildings, and Inhabited Buildings.                                 \3,4,5\------------------------------------------------------------------------   Net weight of fireworks \1\     Display fireworks  Consumer fireworks            (pounds)                  \1\ (feet)          \2\ (feet)------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0-100..........................  200...............  25101-200.........................  200...............  50201-300.........................  200...............  50301-400.........................  200...............  50401-500.........................  200...............  50Above 500.......................  Not permitted.....  Not permitted.------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Net weight is the weight of all pyrotechnic compositions, and  exposive materials and fuse only.\2\ While consumer fireworks or articles pyrotechnic in a finished state  are not subject to regulation, explosive materials used to manufacture  or assemble such fireworks or articles are subject to regulation.  Thus, fireworks process buildings where consumer fireworks or articles  pyrotechnic are being processed shall meet these requirements.\3\ This table does not apply to the separation distances between  fireworks process buildings (see § 555.222) and between magazines  (see §§ 555.218 and 555.224).\4\ The distances in this table apply with or without artificial or  natural barricades or screen barricades. However, the use of  barricades is highly recommended.\5\ No work of any kind, except to place or move items other than  explosive materials from storage, shall be conducted in any building  designated as a warehouse. A fireworks plant warehouse is not subject  to § 555.222 or this section, tables of distances.

[T.D. ATF–293, 55 FR 3723, Feb. 5, 1990, as amended by T.D. ATF–400, 63 FR 45004, Aug. 24, 1998]

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