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EXHIBIT I <br /> <br />EXAMPLES OF LEGAT. AND ILLEGAL FIREWORKS <br /> <br />EXAMPLES OF FIREWORKS THAT ARE NOW <br />LEGAL TO SELL, POSSESS, AND USE BY <br />THE PUBLIC ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, <br />2002, AS PERMITTED BY MINNESOTA <br />STATUTE 624.20 (c) <br /> <br />Wire or wood sparklers of not more <br />than 100 grams of mixture per item <br /> <br />Other sparkling items which are non- <br />explosive and non-aerial and contain <br />75 grams or less of a chemical <br />mixture per tube or a total of 200 <br />grams or less for multiple tubes and <br />include: <br /> <br />· Cylindrical Fountain-Upon <br /> ignition, a shower of colored <br /> sparks or smoke and sometimes <br /> a whistling effect is <br /> produced. <br />· Cone Fountain-The effect is <br /> the same as that of a <br /> cylindrical fountain. When <br /> more than 1 cone is mounted on <br /> a common base, total <br /> pyrotechnic composition may <br /> not exceed 200 grams <br />· Illuminating Torch <br />· Wheel-Pyrotechnic device <br /> intended to be attached to a <br /> post or tree by means of a <br /> nail or string. Upon ignition, <br /> the wheel revolves, producing <br /> a shower of color and sparks <br /> and sometimes, a whistling <br /> effect. <br />· Ground Spinner-Small device <br /> venting out an orifice usually <br /> on the side of the tube. <br /> Similar in operation to a <br /> wheel but intended to be <br /> placed flat on the ground and <br /> ignited. The rapidly spinning <br /> device produces a shower of <br /> sparks and color. <br />· Flitter Sparkler-Narrow paper <br /> tube attached to a stick or <br /> wire that produces color and <br /> sparks upon ignition. The <br /> paper at one end of the tube <br /> is ignited to make the device <br /> function. <br />· Flash/Strobe-Emit a bright <br /> light. <br /> <br />Novelty items such as snakes and glow <br />worms, smoke devices, or trick <br />noisemakers which include paper <br />streamers, party poppers, string <br />poppers, snappers, and snap pops, <br />each consisting of not more than <br />twenty-five hundredths grains of <br />explosive mixture. <br /> <br />EXAMPLES OF FIREWORKS THAT CONTINUE TO <br />BE ILLEGAL TO SELL, POSSESS, AND USE, <br />EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER MINNESOTA <br />STATUTE 624.20 <br /> <br />· Any fireworks that are explosive <br /> <br />· Any fireworks that are aerial <br /> <br />· Firecrackers (any size) <br />· Ladyfingers <br />· Sky rockets <br />· Bottle rockets <br />· Missile type rockets <br />· Helicopters, aerial spinners, <br /> planes, UFOs <br />· Roman Candles <br />· Mines or shells (heavy cardboard <br /> or paper tube(s) attached to a <br /> base - upon ignition stars, balls <br /> or reports are propelled into the <br /> air) <br />· Chasers <br />· Parachutes <br />· 1.3G display (special or class <br /> B) fireworks <br />· Aerial shells <br />· Theatrical pyrotechnics (see MN <br /> Stat. 624.20 to 624.25) <br /> <br />Basically, any fireworks listed above <br />are still not legal for public sale, <br />possession, or use, except with a <br />permit and by a certified operator <br />according to MN Statute 624.20 (i.e.; <br />these fireworks are still not legal <br />unless a permit has been issued by the <br />local jurisdiction and they are used by <br />a state certified operator) <br /> <br />s:\adminXordinances\2002 ordinances\fireworks ordinance 209.doc <br /> <br /> <br />