27 CFR 555.224 - Table of distances for the storage of display fireworks (except bulk salutes).

Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 27 - Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms last revised: Nov 15, 2024

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§ 555.224 - Table of distances for the storage of display fireworks (except bulk salutes).

Net weight of firework ¹ (pounds)	Distance between magazine and inhabited building, passenger railway, or public highway ^{3 4} (feet)	Distance between magazines ^{2 3} (feet)
0-1000	150	100
1001-5000	230	150
5001-10000	300	200
Above 10000	Use table § 555.218

¹ Net weight is the weight of all pyrotechnic compositions, and explosive materials and fuse only.

² For the purposes of applying this table, the term “magazine” also includes fireworks shipping buildings for display fireworks.

³ For fireworks storage magazines in use prior to March 7, 1990, the distances in this table may be halved if properly barricaded between the magazine and potential receptor sites (55 FR 3717).

⁴ This table does not apply to the storage of bulk salutes. Use table at § 555.218.

[T.D. ATF-293, 55 FR 3723, Feb. 5, 1990, as amended by T.D. ATF-400, 63 FR 45004, Aug. 24, 1998; ATF 2017R-21, 84 FR 13800, Apr. 8, 2019]

authority: 18 U.S.C. 847.

source: T.D. ATF-87, 46 FR 40384, Aug. 7, 1981, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3748, Jan. 24, 2003.

cite as: 27 CFR 555.224