WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has issued a proposed rule called: Explosives Magazine Safety Requirements.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 25 by Robert Cekada, Director.
Summary: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") proposes amending Department of Justice ("Department") regulations to streamline requirements for maintaining structures used for storing explosives, called "magazines." ATF proposes consolidating many requirements from four regulatory sections into one, while eliminating other provisions within those sections. The new section would address three topics: safety requirements outside a magazine, inside a magazine, and stori...