APA 87-1B: Standard for the Construction, Classification, Approval, and Transportation of Display Fireworks
Published by American Pyrotechnics Association (APA)
The CFR incorporates APA 87-1B: Standard for the Construction, Classification, Approval, and Transportation of Display Fireworks by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.
The edition the CFR requires
final draft January 1, 2018 (excluding appendices II through IV)
As the CFR lists it: “APA 87-1B: Standard for the Construction, Classification, Approval, and Transportation of Display Fireworks, final draft January 1, 2018 (excluding appendices II through IV)”
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