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New Jersey Restrictions on Transportation of Blasting Caps With Other Commercial Explosives

Notice of administrative determination of preemption by RSPA's associate administrator for hazardous materials safety.

Federal hazardous material transportation law preempts N.J.S.A. 21:1A-137F and N.J.A.C. 12:190-6.5(d) when those provisions are interpreted and applied to prohibit the transportation of blasting caps (including electric blasting caps) on the same motor vehicle with more than 5,000 pounds of explosives, while on a public road or during activities on private property that are incidental to the movement of property and involve a safety aspect of transportation on a public road.

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