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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 63. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

  § 63-121.1. Definitions.  

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  • A.  For purposes of this chapter:

    1.  "Explosive" means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or which is intended for the purpose of producing an explosion and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, by chemical reaction, or by detonation of any part of the compound or mixture may cause gaseous pressures capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb.  Provided, that dynamite, nitroglycerin, gunpowder, blasting powder and trinitrotoluene shall be deemed explosives without further proof of their explosive nature.  The term "explosive" shall also include all material which is classified as explosive by the United States Department of Transportation.  The term "explosive" shall not include explosives in the forms prescribed in the official UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA; fireworks as defined by Section 1622 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or small arms ammunition and components therefor, which are subject to the Gun Control Act of 1968 (Title 18, Chapter 44, U.S. Code) and regulations promulgated thereunder;

    2.  "Blasting agent" means any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer, intended for blasting, not otherwise classified as an explosive, provided that the finished product, as mixed and packaged for use or shipment, cannot be detonated when unconfined by means of a test blasting cap containing two (2) grams of a mixture eighty percent (80%) mercury fulminate and twenty percent (20%) potassium chlorate, or a cap of equivalent strength.  The term "blasting agent" shall not include explosives in the forms prescribed in the official UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA; fireworks as defined by Section 1622 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or small arms ammunition and components therefor, which are subject to the Gun Control Act of 1968 (Title 18, Chapter 44, U.S. Code) and regulations promulgated thereunder; and

    3.  "Person" means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative thereof.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 302, § 1, operative July 1, 1971.  Amended by Laws 1992, c. 192, § 6, emerg. eff. May 11, 1992; Laws 1995, c. 344, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from § 141.1 of this title by Laws 1995, c. 344, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.