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1989 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 5.71 MB]
What's In This Issue: Open Letter; Movement of Explosive Materials Pertaining to Fireworks; Explosives Security; Binary Explosives Requirements; Black Powder Dealers' Records; Special Notice; ATF's Most Wanted Published/Revised: December 31, 1989 |
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1990 - Volume 1 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 4.21 MB]
What's In This Issue: A Letter of Thanks; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Letters to the Editor; Lock and Key Control; Law Enforcement Corner Published/Revised: December 31, 1991 |
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1990 - Volume 2 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 615.06 KB]
What's In This Issue: New Fireworks Regulations; Letters to the Editor; Law Enforcement Corner Published/Revised: December 31, 1991 |
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1991 - Volume 4 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 915.43 KB]
What's In This Issue: Computerized Recordkeeping Systems; A Message From the Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME); Accidental Explosion of Detonators Reported to ATF; Quantity and Storage Restrictions; 27 CFR 55.63 - Explosives Magazine Changes; Storage of Explosives/Explosive Materials; 5-Year Record Retention; Multi State Explosives Licensing; Letters to the Editor; A Message From the National Explosives Tracing Center; Illegal Storage Led to Tragedy Published/Revised: December 31, 1992 |
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1991 - Volume 5 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 10.13 MB]
What's In This Issue: Theatrical Flash Powder; DOT Eliminates Class A, B, and C Explosives; Good Storage Practices; News Release; Letters to the Editor; Law Enforcement Corner Published/Revised: December 31, 1992 |
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August 2000 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 328.16 KB]
What's In This Issue: The New ATF Structure; ATF Publishes Final Rule in Federal Register; Storage Requirements - Display Fireworks; Amendment to Licensing Requirements Intended to Ease Burden for On-Site Manufacturers; Construction Requirements for Type 4 Magazines Clarified; Letters to the Editor; Disposing of Deteriorated Explosives; ATF Reaches Industry Members via Internet; U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Published/Revised: August 31, 2000 |
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August 2015 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 288.39 KB]
What's In This Issue: New Acting Director; New Assistant Director, Enforcement Programs and Services; New Chief of EIPB; Magazine Identification Program; Less Lethal Devices; Fireworks Reminders; NPRM to Remove Reference Note; Marking and Recording Bulk Explosives; Internal Transfers of Explosives; Plywood, Hardwood and ATF Ruling 76-18; Using Commercial Records; Explosives Thefts - 2013-2014 Published/Revised: August 31, 2015 |
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December 2003 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 464.34 KB]
What's In This Issue: Changes in the Public Safety Branch; New Chief of the National Licensing Center; Requirements for Distraction Devices; ATF Meets With Mining Industry and ISEE; Limited Permit Procedures Detailed; Sales of Explosives Away From the Licensed Premises; Changes at the National Licensing Center; Theft of Explosives as Reported to ATF; Reporting Changes in Responsible Persons and Employee Possessors Published/Revised: December 31, 2004 |
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December 2005 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 333.3 KB]
What's In This Issue: Changes Within the Office of Enforcement Programs Services; Changes in the Arson and Explosives Programs Division; Explosives Industry Programs Branch (EIPB) Is Now on the Web!; You’ve Got EIPB-Mail!; ATF’s Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; Changes in ATF Regulation27 CFR 555.55; Submission of Employee Possessor Questionnaires; New Requirements for Identification Markings on Explosives Materials; Definition of “Highways” as Defined in 27 CFR 555.11 and Guidance on Different “Private Roads”; Construction and Recordkeeping: Storage Bins for Blasting Agents; Variances for Continuing Authority Concerning Preloading of Trucks for Temporary Storage of Fireworks for Shows; REMINDER: Licensees and Permittees are Required to Maintain Records Published/Revised: December 31, 2005 |
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December 2009 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 1.03 MB]
What's In This Issue: Carson W. Carroll, Assistant Director, Enforcement Programs and Services, Retires; 2009 Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME) Spring Meeting; 2010 International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE) Conference; Type-1 Igloo or “Army-type Structure” Explosives Magazines; Day Boxes; Table of Distances and Barricades; Recording Explosive Materials ”Used”; Inspection Violations; Black Powder Blanks; Deteriorated Explosives; U.S. Department of Defense Exemption Application to Contractors; Storage of Exempt Explosive Materials in Magazines; Notice of Errata; Orange Book Errata; Licensee/Permittee Population Published/Revised: December 31, 2009 |
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December 2010 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 681.84 KB]
What's In This Issue: Updated Safety & Security Publication; New Chief of Explosives Industry Programs Branch; New Web Page; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; ATF Ruling—Storage of Loaded Perforating Gun Assemblies; Dosed Gas Systems; Federal Explosives Exemptions for U.S. Federal, State, and Local Government Agencies; Fireworks Storage Bins; Marking Requirements and Transfers of Damaged or Defective Display Fireworks; Federal Explosives Regulations Pertaining to Fuses and Fuzes; Activities Conducted at Remote Storage Facilities; Note to Explosives Importers or User Permittees Importing Explosive Materials; Requirements for Marking Packages; Notification of Explosives Magazine Changes; Faxed or Scanned Copies of Licenses and Permits; Key Federal Agencies With Oversight Over Explosives; Explosives Thefts Published/Revised: December 31, 2010 |
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December 2011 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 2.01 MB]
What's In This Issue: New Acting Director of ATF; New Publications; Open Letter—Definition of Display Fireworks; ATF Ruling 2011-3, Alternate Locks Authorized for Explosives Magazines; Nonsparking Metals; Attended “Day Box” Reminders; Smokeless Powder Exemption; Binary Exploding Targets; Binary Explosives Security; Certain Pest Control Devices Exempted as “Articles Pyrotechnic”; Hobby Pyrotechnics in a Regulated Environment; Explosives Licensing and Transfers; Reporting RPs and EPs; U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Yearbook Published/Revised: December 31, 2011 |
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December 2012 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 2.74 MB]
What's In This Issue: New Explosives Industry Programs Branch Chief; ATF Explosives Industry Meeting in Washington; ATF Ruling 2012-5 Type 4 Wood Floors; Signage and Placarding at Regulated Mining Sites; Explosives Violations; Applying Tables of Distances at 555.218 and 555.220; Type 19 Licensed Activities; Recording Packaged Displays in the DSMT; Questions and Answers; EIPB at the AFSL Display Fireworks Seminar in China Published/Revised: December 31, 2013 |
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December 2014 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 1023.99 KB]
What's In This Issue: New Deputy Assistant Director; Explosives in Transit Web Page; Black Powder Open Letter; How to Address a Loss; Pyrotechnic Hobby Fuse Exemption; Seismic Exploration and Geophysical; Operation Requirements; Inventories and Records; No. 8 Blasting Caps; Acquiring, Changing, or Discontinuing an Explosives Business; New Publication; ATF Employees Receive ISEE President’s Award Published/Revised: December 31, 2015 |
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December 2019 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 217.98 KB]
What's In This Issue: FEID Personnel Changes; ATF Field Division Realignment; 27 CFR, Part 555 - Technical Changes; Final Rule Creates Part 771; FEL eZ Check; Preventing Explosives Losses; E-Regulations That Work For You; ATF Explosives Detection Canines; New Mailing Address; Final Rule Removes Reference Note; Explosives Violations; Q&As; Licensee/Permittee Population; Submit a Tip; Explosives Thefts Published/Revised: December 31, 2020 |
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Explosives Industry Newsletter - June 2023
[PDF - 500.12 KB]
What’s In This Issue: New Chief, EIPB; Importation and Manufacture of Small Arms Ammunition and Components; Importation of Articles Pyrotechnic Marked as Display Fireworks; Indoor Storage in Residences/Dwellings; Open letter – Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; Distance Requirements for Ammonium Nitrate Products; Black Powder Exemption Reminder; Less Lethal Munitions Marking Requirements; ATF Ruling 2011-3 Reminder; Government Exemptions; Storage at Correctional Facilities; Q&As; Receiving ATF Website Update Notices Published/Revised: June 14, 2023 |
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February 2002 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 1.04 MB]
What's In This Issue: A Message from the Chief, Arson & Explosives Programs Division; Changes in Arson & Explosives Programs Division; ISEE, APA, to Host Annual Conferences in February; Change of Ownership Licensing Requirements; Magazine Reporting Requirements; Storage Requirements for Delays & Detonators; Variance Requests Notice; Daily Magazine Transaction Summary; Fugitive Corner; Fourth Quarter 2001 Explosive Thefts Published/Revised: February 28, 2002 |
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January 2001 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 835.54 KB]
What's In This Issue: A Message from the Chief, Arson & Explosives Programs Division; The New Orange Book; Variances; User Permits and User-Limited Permits; Fireworks Table of Distance Issues; Verbal Opinions vs. "Have-it-in-Writing"; Plastic Explosives; Thefts or Losses of Explosives; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Markings on Imported Explosives; Personnel Changes Within the Arson and Explosives Programs Division; International Explosives Assistance; Summary of Explosives Thefts Published/Revised: January 31, 2001 |
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January 2014 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 2.32 MB]
What's In This Issue: Meet ATF’s New Director, B. Todd Jones; New Deputy Division Chief; Contingency and Shared Storage; Binary Explosives: Checking Laws; Alternate Identification Markings; Black Powder Lifters; More on Hoods; Underground Storage Reminder; Explosives Disposal; ATF and the Interagency Committee on Explosives; ATF Hosts QRA Workshop; Questions and Answers; Licensee/Permittee Percentages; Licensee/Permittee Population by Type Published/Revised: January 31, 2014 |
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July 2017 - Federal Explosives Licensee (FEL) Newsletter
[PDF - 396.44 KB]
What's In This Issue: Updated Safety & Security Publication; Structures Used for Indoor Storage; Firework Processes and Manufacturing; Distribution Dates; Identification of Explosive Materials; Q&As; How to read an Explosives License or Permit Number; List of Active Explosives Rulings Published/Revised: July 31, 2017 |
