Annual Notices on Explosive Materials Storage Facilities to Local Fire Authority

Justice Department, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau posted a Federal Register rule that belongs on the atf agency shelf.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") is amending Department of Justice ("Department") regulations on reporting explosive materials storage. Currently, any person who stores explosive materials subject to ATF's explosives regulations must notify the authority having jurisdiction for fire safety in that locality when they begin storing explosives at that site. This rule adds a requirement to also submit written notices every 12 months thereafter and when the person ceases storing explosives at that location and to retain copies of the notices for five years. These changes are intended to increase public safety, particularly for first responders.

Filing page: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/25/2026-19694/annual-notices-on-explosive-materials-storage-facilities-to-local-fire-authority

What to read next: /executive/agency/atf and /federal.

This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk Federal brief — a short in-house summary of a public federal filing. It is not official agency minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication. It does not satisfy a statutory notice requirement.