THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II—SEC. 3 (ii)]

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

(Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 28th December, 2001

s.o. i273(E).— m exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of

section 14 of the Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), the Central

Government hereby exempts the

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

Limited, Exploration Business Group, 'Priyadarshini', Eastern Express

Highway, Sion, Mumbai - 400 022 from the provisions of sub-rule(2) of

rule 31 of the Explosives Rules, 1983 (hereinafter referred to as the said

rules), for import of the following explosives from the Kinley

Corporation, 5815, Royalton, Houston, Texas 77081-2993, United States

of America, at Mumbai airport, namely:-

Name of the explosive

Cartridges, Power Device

U.N.

number

0323 *

Class

1.4S

Net weight

(in

kilograms)

5.1

The explosives mentioned in paragraph 1 above shall be imported

subject to the following conditions, namely:-

(a) necessary clearances are obtained from the Director General

of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India and

conditions, if any, imposed by the said authorities shall be

complied with;

(b)

explosives conforming

only to Division

1.4 of the

classification given in section 3 of the International Air

Transport Association Dangerous Goods Regulations, 1996

shall be imported;

and

import of explosives, as contained in the said rules,

except sub-rule(2) of rule 31, shall be complied with;

(d)

adequate number of explosives vans, licensed under the said

rales, shall be kept ready at the airport so mat the explosives

can be removed expeditiously from the aircraft after its

landing;

(e)

aircraft shall be parked at a remote place at the airport and an

area of at least five

hundred square metres around the

aircraft and the explosives van shall be cordoned off by

providing adequate number of security guards in consultation

with the Director General of Civil Aviation before the

transfer of explosives from aircraft to van begins.

This

arrangement shall continue till such transfer is completed and

the van is duly locked and leaves the site;

(•f)

smoking or use of naked light shall not be permitted within

the cordoned area; and

(jg) vans carrying the explosives shall proceed to the storage

magazines licensed under the said rules and no undue delay

shall be made on the way and all provisions of the said

rules and local traffic rules and municipal regulations, if

any, shall be complied with during the transportation of the

explosives.

[F.No.2(ll)/2001-Expl.]

A. E. AHMAD, Tt. Secy.

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 28thDecember, 2001

s.o. i274(E)._ In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of

section 14 of the Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), the Central Government

hereby exempts the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Exploration

Business Group, 'Priyadarshini', Eastern Express Highway, Sion, Mumbai -

400 022 from the provisions of sub-rule(2) of rule 31 of the Explosives Rules,

1983 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), for import of the following

explosives from the Halliburton Energy Services Inc., Jet Research Centre,

3??2 4i/3**f-&

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II—SKc,3(ii)l

8432,South 1-35 W, Alvarado, Texas, United States of America, at Mumbai

airport, namely:-

Serial

number

Name of the explosive

Cartridges, Oil Well

Charges, Shaped

Charged, Shaped

Detonators, Electric

U.N.

number

0278

0059

0441

0255

Class

1.4C

1.1D

1.4S

1.4B

Net weight

(in

kilograms)

7.68

9.88

5.46

0.72

The explosives mentioned in paragraph 1 above shall be imported subject

to the following conditions, namely:-

(1)

necessary clearances are obtained from the Director General

of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India and

conditions, if any, imposed by them shall be complied with;

(2)

explosives conforming only to Division 1.4 of the classification

given in section 3 of the International Air Transport Association

Dangerous Goods Regulations, 1996 shall be imported;

(3) relevant provisions relating to the possession, transport, use and

import of explosives, as contained in the said rules, except sub-

rule(2) of rule 31, shall be complied with;

(4)

adequate number of explosives vans, licensed under the said rules,

shall be kept ready at the airport so that the explosives can be

removed expeditiously from the aircraft after their landing;

(5)

aircraft shall be parked at a remote place at the airport and an area

of at least five hundred square metres around the aircraft and the

explosives van shall be cordoned off

providing adequate

number of security guards in consultation with the Director

General of Civil Aviation before the transfer of explosives from

aircraft to van begins. This arrangement, shall continue till such

transfer is completed and the van is duly locked and leaves the site;

(6)

smoking or use of naked light shall not be permitted within

the cordoned area; and

(7)

vans carrying the explosives shall proceed to the storage

magazines licensed under the said rules and no undue delay

shall be made on the way and all provisions of the said

rules and local traffic rules and municipal regulations, if

any, shall be complied with during the transportation of the

explosives.

lF.No.2(ll)/2001-Expl.l

A. E. AHMAD, Jt. Secy.

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