ATF Explosives Storage Requirements

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-09-25 — Explosives Magazine Safety Requirements: cross-connection with atf-explosives-magazine-safety: Magazine construction/maintenance rules are a subset of ATF’s broader explosives storage regime; this consolidation rulemaking directly modifies storage requirements. (novelty: 2)
2026-09-25 — Revising Requirements and Exceptions for Storing Explosives: ATF proposed rule (Nov 2025) would relax locked-magazine requirements by allowing explosives to remain unlocked during testing, immediately before use or transport, and when assembled in oilfield perforating guns, and would eliminate the requirement for portable Type 3 magazines—reducing handling frequency for commercial users, particularly in the oil and gas sector. (novelty: 2)