(a) The applicant shall furnish to the Municipal Manager/Secretary, or his designee, a schedule of each week's test plans. If thumper trucks are utilized on Borough of Ellwood City roads, which will require permission of the Borough of Ellwood City, the Municipal Engineer shall inspect the road before and after testing. Applicant shall pay any and all costs incurred by the Borough of Ellwood City as a result of these inspections.
(b) All vibroseis or weight drop operations shall be conducted a minimum distance of 150 feet from any building, which shall mean a structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, chattel, or movable property of any kind and which is affixed to the land. No charge test shall be detonated within 300 feet of any building, water well, or underground hazardous waste storage/disposal site.
(c) The applicant shall maintain and make available upon request to the Borough of Ellwood City, for a period of two years, the daily log of energy source tests showing date, location, energy source used, drive level, operator, and all other related information including seismic and pre- and post-test survey.
(d) No energy source operation shall subject any building intended for human habitation, utility line, water well, or underground hazardous waste storage/disposal site to a peak particle velocity greater than five-tenths-inch per second.
(e) Explosives shall be transported in constantly attended type-three magazines as defined by Section 1902.4.7 of the 1994 Standard Fire Prevention Code. All vehicles transporting explosives will be placarded according to Regulation of Hazardous Materials 49 C.F.R. Only the necessary amount of explosives for each day's operations, during such period as the permit is in effect, shall be transported within the Borough of Ellwood City at any given time. No explosives shall be stored within the corporate Borough of Ellwood City limits, unless approved by the Municipal Fire Chief. If such storage is approved, explosives must be stored in a locked and secure, constantly attended type-two magazine, as defined by Section 1902.4.6 of the 1994 Standard Fire Prevention Code, at a single, isolated, and sparsely populated location.
(f) The applicant shall notify the Municipal Manager/Secretary, or his/her designee, within twenty-four hours after the occurrence of any violation of these permit requirements. The Borough of Ellwood City's official in charge of Code violations and zoning is hereby authorized to issue "Stop Work Orders" for any violation of the provisions contained in this chapter.
(Res. 2013-8. Passed 5-20-13.)