30 CFR § 955.5 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s955.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 955.5 - Definitions."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "955.5"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "T"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAMS FOR THE CONDUCT OF SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS WITHIN EACH STATE"
part_number: "955"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION OF BLASTERS IN FEDERAL PROGRAM STATES AND ON INDIAN LANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 95-87 (30 U.S.C. 1201 ), sec. 955.13 also issued under sec. 9701, Pub. L. 97-258 (31 U.S.C. 9701)."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 19462, May 29, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "955"
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# 955.5 Definitions.
As used in this part:
*Applicant* means a person who submits an application for an OSM blaster certificate.
*Application* means a request for an OSM blaster certificate submitted on the prescribed form, including the required fee and any applicable supporting evidence or other attachments.
*Issue* and *issuance* mean to grant to an applicant his or her first OSM blaster certificate that is not granted through reciprocity.
*Reciprocity* means the recognition by OSM of a blaster certificate issued by a State regulatory authority under an OSM-approved blaster certification program as qualifying an applicant for the grant of an OSM blaster certificate.
*Reissue* and *reissuance* are synonymous with the term *recertification* in § 850.15(c) of this chapter, and mean to grant to an applicant who holds a renewed OSM blaster certificate, or who holds an OSM blaster certificate that expired more than 1 year prior to the date of his or her application, or who held an OSM blaster certificate that was revoked, a subsequent certificate that is not granted through reciprocity and for which additional training and examination are required.
*Renew* and *renewal* mean to grant to an applicant who holds an issued or reissued OSM blaster certificate a subsequent certificate that is not granted through reciprocity and for which additional training and examination are not required.
*Replace* and *replacement* mean to grant to an applicant a duplicate OSM blaster certificate as a substitute for one that was lost or destroyed.