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The Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 requires that coal mine blasting be limited based on the site conditions so as to prevent: injury to persons, damage to public or private property outside the permit area, adverse impacts on any underground mine, and change in the course, channel, or availability of surface or ground water outside the permit area. This page is provided as a resource to the people responsible for meeting this mandate.
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OSM Blasting Regulations |
| 1977 | Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 - Blasting Authority |
| 1978 | 1978 Proposed Blasting Rule Preamble |
| 1979 | 1979 Final Blasting Rule Preamble |
| 1982 | 1982 Proposed Blasting Rule Preamble, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 |
| 1983 | 1983 Final Blasting Rule Preamble, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 |
| 1983 | Surface Blasting Rules: Blast Plans (Sec 780) and Performance Standards (Sec 816) |
| 1983 | State Blaster Certification Template Rule Preamble and Template Rule (Sec 850) |
| 1986 | Federal Blaster Certification Program Preamble and Federal Rule (Sec 955) |
| 2009 | Old Blasting Webpage |
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OSM Blaster Certificates |
| Announcement | Certified Blasters, Please note the new application (OSM-74) and continuing education requirements (Part 16.B) in 2012. (Continuing Education Venues) |
| 2012 | OSM Blaster Certificate Application , OSM-74 |
| 2008 | Blaster's Training Modules, Prepare for the test |
| 2005 | Potential Training and Testing Topics, |
| 2007 | Federal Examination Instructions and Blast Design Rules of Thumb (part of the test) |
| 2007 | Excel Blast Design Estimator based on the Rules of Thumb |
| 2012 | OSM Blaster Certificates are recognized for reciprocity in these states |
| 2009 | Directive, Reg-33, Federal Blaster Certification Program and Blasting Enforcement |
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Blasting Information for Citizens |
| 2009 |
Blasting Vibration, Kentucky Division of Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Explosives and Blasting Branch |
| 2004 | Blasting in Ohio's Quarries and Surface Coal Mines, Ohio Department of Natural Resources |
| Citizen's Guide to Coal Mine Blasting in Indiana, Indiana Department of Natural Resources | |
| The World of Explosives Webpage, General blasting information | |
| Frequently Asked Questions, Video, Florida | |
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Typical Construction Blast Videos 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 |
| Typical Coal-Mine Blast Videos, Conventional - Cast - Coal |
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State Blasting Reports |
| 2003 | Mann: Response of Manufactured Houses to Blast Vibrations (Ohio) |
| 2000 | Miami-Dade: Blast Vibration Damage and Assessment Study and Report |
| 2005 | Henderson, NV: Structure Response Study |
| 1997 | PA DEP Blasting Complaint Protocol |
| 2003new | WV-OEB Report of Seismic Research 2003 |
| 2004new | WV-OEB Report of Seismic Research 2004 |
| 2005new | WV-OEB Report of Ground Vibration and Airblast Compliance Methods Research |
| 2006new | WV-OEB Potential Effects of Surface Mine Blasts Upon Bat Hibernaculum |
| 2007new | WV OEB Report Relating Surface Coal Mines Scaled Distance to Deep Mine Roof Peak Particle Velocities |
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US Bureau of Mines Reports |
| 1936 new | Lee: RI 3319 Earth Vibrations Caused by Quarry Blasting |
| 1942 new | Ireland: TP 635 Design of Air-Blast Meter and Calibration Equipment |
| 1954 new | Blair: RI 5073 Evaluation of Gages for Measuring Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration of Seismic Pulses |
| 1962 | Duvall: RI 5968 Review of Criteria for Estimating Damage to Residences from Blasting Vibrations |
| 1963 | Duvall: RI 6151 Vibrations From Instantaneous and Millisecond-Delayed Quarry Blasts |
| 1971 | Nicholls: Bulletin 656 Blasting Vibrations and Their Effects on Structures |
| 1972 | Pugliese: IC 8550 Designing Blast Patterns Using Empirical Formulas |
| 1963 | Johnson: RI 6188 Effects of Mechanical Properties of Materials on Cratering: A Laboratory Study |
| 1974 | Snodgrass: RI 7937 Vibrations from Underground Blasting |
| 1980 | Stagg: RI 8506 Measurement of Blast-Induced Ground Vibrations and Seismograph Calibration |
| 1980 | Siskind: RI 8507 Structure Response and Damage Produced by Ground Vibration from Surface Mine Blasting |
| 1981 | Stachura: RI 8508 Airblast Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques for Surface Mine Blasting |
| 1980 | Siskind: RI 8485 Structure Response and Damage Produced by Airblast from Surface Coal Mining |
| 1983 | Dick: IC 8925 Explosive and Blasting Procedures Manual |
| 1984 | Stagg: RI 8896 Effects of Repeated Blasting on a Wood-Frame House |
| 1984 | Stachura: RI 8892 Airblast and Ground Vibration Generation and Propagation from Contour Mine Blasting |
| 1985 | Siskind: RI 8969 Blast Vibration Measurements Near and On Structure Foundations |
| 1985 | Siskind: Assessment of Blasting Vibrations from Surface Mine Blasting in Peabody's Universal Mine |
| 1985 | Siskind: The Generation of Low-Frequency Long-Duration Vibrations from Surface Mine Blasting at Blanford, IN |
| 1986 | Stachura: RI 9008 Delayed Blasting Tests to Improve Highwall Stability - A Final Report |
| 1986 | Kopp: RI 9026 Effects of Millisecond-Delay Intervals on Vibration and Airblast from Surface Coal Mine Blasting |
| 1987 | Staff: IC 9135 Surface Mine Blasting |
| 1987 | Siskind: RI 9078 Low-Frequency Vibrations Produced by Surface Mine Blasting over Abandoned Underground Mines |
| 1989 | Siskind: RI 9226 Comparative Study of Blasting Vibrations from Indiana Surface Coal Mines |
| 1993 | Siskind: RI 9455 Blast Vibrations and other Potential Causes of Damage in Homes near a Large Surface Coal Mine in Indiana |
| 1994 | Siskind: RI 9523 Surface Mine Blasting near Pressurized Transmission Pipelines |
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Other Blast Vibration Reports |
| 1960 | Edwards: Experimental Studies of the Effects of Blasting on Structures |
| 1963 | Northwood: Blasting Vibrations and Building Damage |
| 1977 | Medearis: Rational Damage Criteria for Low-Rise Structures Subjected to Blasting Vibrations |
| 1983 | Clark: Vibration and Its Effect & Measurement Techniques at or Near Dwellings (new) |
| 1983 | ASCE: Vibration Criteria for Historic and Sensitive Older Buildings |
| 1989 | Shaw: Evaluation of Potential Blasting-Induced Damage to the Meason House |
| 2000 | Siskind: Assessment of Blast Vibration Impacts from Quarry Blasting in Dade County |
| 2001 | Hagherty, Harrell: Blasting Vibrations Affected by Underground Cavities |
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Training Aids, PowerPoint Presentations and Movies |
| 3/28/05 |
OSM TIPS Blast Log Evaluation Program Primer 2005, BLEP Class |
| 08/22/06 | ISEE Blast Vibration and Seismograph Section update, ISEE BVS 2005 |
| 10/18/06 | OSM Responsibilities, FY 2007, ATF AETI |
| 05/16/07 | Vibration Monitoring, FY 2007, ATF CES |
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04/17/07 |
FY 2007 Presentation, Understanding the Vibration Measurement, |
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6/25/07 |
OSM Blaster's Training Modules, Part 8 |
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2/3/09 |
GPS Training Module, |
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2/5/09 |
NTTP Blasting and Inspection Class (460 meg) |
| 6/8/09 | 2008 OSM Blasting Workshop Presentations |
| 12/19/2011 | GPS ISMR 2011 |
| 10/30/09 | USGS Stray-Gas Workshop, CO/blasting Presentation |
| 3/24/10 | House contents response video Quarry: Boonville |
| 3/19/12 | OSM Blasting Responsibilities, ISEE 2011 |
| Northwestern University, Autonomous Crack Measurement Webpage | |
| Southern Methodist University, Geophysics Research Archives, Good video clips | |
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e-Training: Blast Log Evaluation Program Instructions - (BLEP primer) |
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Date Posted |
Searchable Websites |
| 2005 | International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE), Technical Information |
| 2012 | NIOSH, Safety and Health Topics and Explosives Downloadable Publications, |
| 2008 | SME, Mineral Information Institute, Educational Information |
| 2010 | USGS's website - monitors seismic activity related to mining blasts |
| Date | Blast Monitoring Guidelines |
| 1991 | USCOE, Underwater Blast Monitoring |
| 2003 | Aimone-Martin, Eltschlager: Guidelines for Measuring Residential Response, Comparative Study of Structure Response to Coal Mine Blasting - Addendum II |
| 2011new | ISEE 2011 Performance Specifications for Blasting Seismographs and 2009 Field Practice Guidelines for Blasting Seismographs download |
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Vibrations and Slope Stability |
| 1981 | Holmberg, Maki: Case Examples of Blasting Damage and Its Influence on Slope Stability |
| 1982 | Oriard: Influence of Blasting on Slope Stability - State-of-the-Art |
| 1985 | US Bureau of Reclamation: Review of Present Practices Used in Predicting the Effects of Blasting on Pore Water Pressure |
| 1993 | Jibson: Predicting Earthquake-Induced Landslide Displacements Using Newmark's Sliding Block Analysis |
| 1994 | Andrieux, McKenzie, Heilig, Drolet: The Impact of Blasting on Excavation Dedsign - A Geomechanics Approach |
| 2001 | Sharif, Warner, Novotny: Vibration Monitoring Program for McConnell's Mill State Park |
| 2007 | MSHA: Coal Mine Impoundment Inspection and Plan Review Handbook |
| 2009 | MSHA: Engineering and Design Manual Coal Refuse Disposal Facilities, Blasting Chapters, - Full manual |
| 2010 | MSHA Impoundment Seminar presentations: Earthquakes vs Blasting, Clark : Blasting Effects on Impoundments, Pfeifer |
| undated | Gandhi, Densification of Deposited Ash Slurry |
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Flyrock |
| 1979 | Management Science, Assoc., A Model for the Determination of Flyrock Range as a Function of Shot Conditions |
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Vibrations and Pipelines |
| 1976 | Clark: Relationship Between Pipe Stress, Ground Particle Velocity and Scale Factors in Blasting Dolomite. |
| 1978 | Westine: Analysis and Testing of Pipe Response to Buried Explosive Detonations |
| 1991 | Esoaraza: Pipeline Response to Blasting in Rock |
| 1994 | Siskind: RI 9523 Surface Mine Blasting near Pressurized Transmission Pipelines |
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Vibrations and Water Wells |
| 1980 | Berger: Survey of Blasting Effects on Ground Water Supplies in Appalachia |
| 1996 | Revey: Practical Methods to Control Explosives Losses and Reduce Ammonia and Nitrate Levels in Mine Water |
| 2000 | Hawkins: Impacts of Blasting on Domestic Water Wells |
| 2002 | Stephens & Assoc., Comparative Study of Domestic Water Well Integrity |
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Army - Demil and Propellants Use (new) |
| 1993 | Prediction of Safe Life of Propellants, Feltman Research Laboratory |
| 1994 | TNT Equivalence of Selected U.S. Army Gun Propellants, Naval Surface Warfare Center |
| 1998 |
Propellant Management Guide, U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center |
| 2011 | Ammunitions and Explosives Safety Standards, Department of the Army, Pamphlet 385-64 |
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Date |
AML Blasting Reports |
| 1987 | Bauer, Caulder: Workman: Blasting as an AML Reclamation Method - Vol. 1 ... Vol. 2 |
| 1991 | Caulder, Workman: Blasting for Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation |
| Date | Blasting Dissertations and Theses (from our upcoming professionals) |
| 2006 | Lusk: An Analysis and Policy Implications of Comfort Levels of Diverse Constituents with Reported Units for Blast Vibrations and Limits: Closing the Communication Gap, 2006 |
| 2005 | Ozer: Wireless Sensor Networks for Crack Displacement Measurement, 2005 |
| 2006 | Waldron: Residential Crack Response to Vibrations from Underground Mining, 2006 |
| 2005 | Rosenhaim: Response of a Residential Structure and Buried Pipelines to Construction Blasting in Basalt on the West Side of Albuquerque, NM, 2005, Thesis, Appendix Part 1, Appendix Part 2, Appendix Part 3, |
| 2012 | Silva-Castro: Blast Vibration Modeling Using Improved Signature Hole Technique for Bench Blast |
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Date |
International Blasting Reports |
| 2005 |
Adhikari, Role of Blast Design Parameters on Ground Vibration and Correlation of Vibration Level to Blasting Damage to Surface Structures (India) |
| 2007 | Adhikari, Ground Vibration and Structure Response Due to Rockbursts at Kolar Gold Fields, India |
| 2001 |
Ministry of Coal, Evaluation of Explosives Performance Through in-the-Hole Detonation Velocity Measurement, (India) |
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Date |
Mine Gases and Dust |
| 2001 | English: Study of Fugitive Dust and Fumes (West Virginia) |
| 2001 | Eltschlager et al: Technical Measures for the Investigation and Mitigation of Fugitive Methane Hazards in Areas of Coal Mining. |
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| 2003 | Laughrey, Baldassare: Some Applications for Isotope Geochemistry for Determining Sources of Stray Carbon Dioxide Gas |
| 2010 | USGS Stray Gas Workshop, November 2009 |
| 2012*new | Battelle, West Virginia Air Quality Assessment Near a Surface Coal Mine Blasting Operation, Press Release and Report |
| 2007 *new | Attalla, et al, NOx Emissions from Blasting in Open Cut Coal Mining in the Hunter Valley, Australia |
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GPS |
| 2004 | Eltschlager: Blasting Applications for GPS (National) |
| 2004 |
Eltschlager, Presentation Blasting Applications for GPS, |
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Excel Tools |
| 2009 | PA Airblast Prediction |
| 2009 | PA Ground Vibration Prediction |
| 2009 | OSM Blast Report |
| 2009 | Drill logs: OSM, or VA Drilling and Blasting |
| 2009 | OSM Blast Design Rules of Thumb Excel Calculator, Word Document |
| 2009 | OSM Blast Log Evaluation Program, BLEP |
| 2009 | OSM Charge Weight / Scaled Distance Table |
| 2009 | OSM Airblast Calculator |
| 2009 | OSM Wind Conversion |
| 2009 | OSM Latitude - Longitude Distance Calculator |
| 2009 | OSM Scaled Distance - PPV Graph |
| 2009 | US Bureau of Mines RI 8507 Appendix B |
| 2009 | OSM Alternate Blasting Level Chart, from RI 8507 |
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Public Relations |
| 2009 | OSM NTTP Coal Field Communications Class, Albuquerque movie, class photo, Kodak moment photo |
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2007 |
ISEE 2007, Public Meetings Guide |
| 2005 | ISEE, PR at the Doorstep, Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 (contact the author for imbedded videos) |
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Information: Office of Surface Mining Appalachian Regional Office 3 Parkway Center Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Phone: (412) 937-2804 |
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