CFR > Title 27 - Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms > CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE > SUBCHAPTER C—EXPLOSIVES (parts 555 to 555) > PART 555—COMMERCE IN EXPLOSIVES > SUBPART K—Storage (§555.201 to §555.224) > 555.224—Table of distances for the storage of display fireworks (except bulk salutes).

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 (30 days from the date of publication of the final rule in the Federal Register), the distances in this table may be halved if properly barricaded between the magazine and potential receptor sites.
4 This table does not apply to the storage of bulk salutes. Use table at § 555.218 .

Code of Federal Regulations

[T.D. ATF-293, 55 FR 3723, Feb. 5, 1990, as amended by T.D. ATF-400, 63 FR 45004, Aug. 24, 1998]