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General Requirements
- R710-2-3. General Requirements.
3.1 No person shall engage in any type of retail storage or sale of class C common state approved explosives, without first having obtained a license to sell fireworks from the authority having jurisdiction, if required.
List of Approved Class C Common State Approved Explosives
- R710-2-6. List of Approved Class C Common State Approved Explosives.
6.1 The State Fire Marshal shall test and approve any Class C common state approved explosive before it is placed on the approved list as required in UCA 53-7-222(1).
6.2 The State Fire Marshal shall publish a list of approved class C common state approved explosives each year as required in UCA 53-7-222(1)(b).
6.3 The testing shall be conducted annually or as needed.
6.4 Any firework that bears the “California State Fire Marshal Safe and Sane Registered Fireworks Seal” is exempted from the testing process and can be placed on the approved list.
Fire Prevention And Fireworks
53-7-202. Definitions.
- ((6) (a) "Class C common state approved explosive" means a class C explosive that is:
(i) a cardboard or heavy paper cylindrical tube or cone that:
(A) produces a shower of color and sparks that reach a maximum height of 15 feet;
(B) may whistle or pop; and
(C) is not designed to explode or leave the ground;
(ii) a pyrotechnic wheel device that:
(A) may be attached to a post or tree; and
(B) contains up to six "driver" units or tubes;
(iii) any device that: (A) spins, jumps, or emits popping sounds when placed on the ground; (B) does not exceed a height of 15 feet when discharged; and
(C) does not travel laterally more than ten feet on a smooth surface when discharged;
(iv) a morning glory, suzuki, or flitter sparkler; and
(v) a single tube day type parachute that does not carry any flare or flame upon descent.
(b) "Class C common state approved explosive" does not mean:
(i) class C dangerous explosives; or
(ii) exempt explosives.
(7) (a) "Class C dangerous explosive" means a class C explosive that is:
(i) a firecracker, cannon cracker, salute, cherry bomb, or other similar explosive;
(ii) a skyrocket or any device other than a model rocket that uses combustible or explosive material and rises more than 15 feet when discharged;
(iii) a roman candle or other device that discharges balls of fire over 15 feet in height;
(iv) a tube or cone aerial firework that propels comets, shells, salutes, flash shells, or similar devices more than 15 feet into the air; and
(v) a chaser, whistler, or other device that darts or travels more than ten feet laterally on a smooth surface or exceeds 15 feet in height when discharged.
(10) "Exempt explosive" means a model rocket, toy pistol cap, emergency signal flare, snake or glow worm, party popper, trick noisemaker, match, and wire sparkler under 12 inches in length.
(11) (a) "Fireworks" means:
(i) class C explosives;
(ii) class C dangerous explosives; and
(iii) class C common state approved explosives.
(b) "Fireworks" does not mean:
(i) exempt explosives;
(ii) class A explosives; and
(iii) class B explosives.
53-7-225. Times for sale and discharge of fireworks.
Class C common state approved explosives may be:
- (1) sold:
(a) after June 19 and before July 26;
(b) after December 19 and before January 3; and
(c) 15 days before and on the Chinese New Year;
(2) discharged three days before, on the day of, and three days following:
(a) July 4;
(b) July 24;
(c) January 1; and
(d) the Chinese New Year. 1993.
53-7-226. Violations -- Misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he:
- (6) sells at retail, transports, possesses, or discharges class C dangerous explosives as defined in Section 53-7-202; [see above]