SECTION 12.710. Applicability

(a) Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, §12.700, and §§12.702-12.709 of this title (relating to Training, Examination, and Certification of Blasters), each person who is directly responsible for the use of explosives in mining operations regulated by the Commission shall possess a valid Commission Blaster Certificate as required by this chapter (relating to Coal Mining Regulations).

(b) Upon the adoption of this section, §12.700, and §§12.702-12.709 of this title (relating to Training, Examination, and Certification of Blasters) by the Commission, the Director of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Division shall compile a listing from permittees of the names and qualifications of persons directly responsible for the use of explosives in mining operations regulated by the Commission. The purpose of the listing is to facilitate statewide operator compliance with this section, §12.700, and §§12.702-12.709 of this title (relating to Training, Examination, and Certification of Blasters).

(c) The Director of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Division is authorized to consider the feasibility of making the services of this section, §§12.700, and §§12.702-12.709 of this title (relating to Training, Examination, and Certification of Blasters) available at reasonable cost to other state agencies, municipalities, and individuals and industries involved with the use of explosives.

Source Note: The provisions of this §12.710 adopted to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3093.