(A) This subchapter shall apply to the manufacture, possession, storage, sale, transportation, and use of explosives and blasting agents.
(B) This subchapter shall not apply to explosives or blasting agents while in the course of transportation via railroad, water, highway, or air when the explosives or blasting agents are moving under the jurisdiction of and in conformity with regulations adopted by any federal or state department or agency; the transportation and use of explosives or blasting agents in the normal and emergency operations of state or federal agencies or to municipal fire and police departments, provided they are acting in their official capacities and in the proper performance of their duties; small arms ammunition and the components therefor which are subject to the United States Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder; blasting standards in the Kentucky Revised Statutes and Kentucky Administrative Regulations; and/or explosives or blasting agents being used on the site of federal or state projects.
(1993 Code, § 51.01)