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27 CFR 555.224: Table of distances for the storage of display fireworks (except bulk salutes).

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 27—Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms
  2. CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
  3. SUBCHAPTER C—EXPLOSIVES
  4. PART 555—COMMERCE IN EXPLOSIVES
  5. Subpart K—Storage

Net weight of firework 1 (pounds) Distance between magazine and inhabited building, passenger railway, or public highway 3 4 (feet) Distance between magazines 2 3 (feet)

0-1000 150 100

1001-5000 230 150

5001-10000 300 200

Above 10000 Use table § 555.218

1 Net weight is the weight of all pyrotechnic compositions, and explosive materials and fuse only.

2 For the purposes of applying this table, the term “magazine” also includes fireworks shipping buildings for display fireworks.

3 For fireworks storage magazines in use prior to March 7, 1990, the distances in this table may be halved if properly barricaded between the magazine and potential receptor sites (55 FR 3717).

4 This table does not apply to the storage of bulk salutes. Use table at § 555.218.

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