2018 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
70.74 Washington state explosives act.
70.74.050 Quantity and distance table for explosives manufacturing buildings.

RCW 70.74.050 Quantity and distance table for explosives manufacturing buildings.

All explosives manufacturing buildings shall be located one from the other and from other buildings on explosives manufacturing plants in which persons are regularly employed, and all magazines shall be located from factory buildings and buildings on explosives plants in which persons are regularly employed, in conformity with the intraexplosives plant quantity and distance table below set forth:

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLOSIVES

 

Pounds

Over

Pounds

Not Over

Distance

Feet

 

 

 

Separate

Building or

Within

Substantial

Dividing Walls

. . . .

 

10

 

 

 

10

 

25

 

40

 

25

 

50

 

60

 

50

 

100

 

80

 

100

 

200

 

100

 

200

 

300

 

120

 

300

 

400

 

130

 

400

 

500

 

140

 

500

 

750

 

160

 

750

 

1,000

 

180

 

1,000

 

1,500

 

210

 

1,500

 

2,000

 

230

 

2,000

 

3,000

 

260

 

3,000

 

4,000

 

280

 

4,000

 

5,000

 

300

 

5,000

 

6,000

 

320

 

6,000

 

7,000

 

340

 

7,000

 

8,000

 

360

 

8,000

 

9,000

 

380

 

9,000

 

10,000

 

400

 

10,000

 

12,500

 

420

 

12,500

 

15,000

 

450

 

15,000

 

17,500

 

470

 

17,500

 

20,000

 

490

 

20,000

 

25,000

 

530

 

25,000

 

30,000

 

560

 

30,000

 

35,000

 

590

 

35,000

 

40,000

 

620

 

40,000

 

45,000

 

640

 

45,000

 

50,000

 

660

 

50,000

 

55,000

 

680

 

55,000

 

60,000

 

700

 

60,000

 

65,000

 

720

 

65,000

 

70,000

 

740

 

70,000

 

75,000

 

770

 

75,000

 

80,000

 

780

 

80,000

 

85,000

 

790

 

85,000

 

90,000

 

800

 

90,000

 

95,000

 

820

 

95,000

 

100,000

 

830

 

100,000

 

125,000

 

900

 

125,000

 

150,000

 

950

 

150,000

 

175,000

 

1,000

 

175,000

 

200,000

 

1,050

 

200,000

 

225,000

 

1,100

 

225,000

 

250,000

 

1,150

 

[ 1972 ex.s. c 88 § 8; 1931 c 111 § 5; RRS § 5440-5.]

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