MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

(Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 28th December, 2001

s.o. i275(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 Enron Oil and Gas India Limited, 1*

Floor, Midas, Sahar Plaza, Kondivita, M.V. Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai

- 400 059, 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 SRC Technology Center, Schlumberger

Technology Corporation, 110, Schlumberger Drive, Sugar Land, Texas -

77478, United States of America, at Mumbai airport, namely:-

Name of the

Explosive

Charges, Shaped

U.N.

Number

0441

Class

1.4S

i Net Weight

(in

Kilograms)

1428.84

The explosives mentioned in paragraph 1 above shall be

imported subject to the following conditions, namely:-

(1) necessary clearances are obtained from the Director Generalof Civil

Aviation and the Airports Authority of India and conditions, if

any, imposed by them 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;

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(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 its 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

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. The 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.

[F.No.2(2)/2001-E\pl.l

A. E. AHMAD, Jl. Secy.

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