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EPA Denies Petition to Ban Lead Ammo

From Chris Dolnack at NSSF twitter feed:

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EPA denied the Center For Biodiversity's petition on traditional ammunition ban! Thank you sweeps! Good guys win!
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The Annoyed Man wrote:

Yankee Girl wrote:Here is the petition and attachment:
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest/pubs/A" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 202010.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest/pubs/P" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... chment.pdf

EPA acknowledged receiving the petition on August 18:
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest/pubs/E" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... .18.10.pdf

The links don't work.

The link to submit a comment in my original post works, at least for me. It opens directly to a page to enter comments. With typical bureaucratic flair, it won't tell you what you are entering comments for other than the docket number, but if you click on that you can get to the documentation about the petition.

Here it is again: http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/ ... 6480b3974b" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Of course comments left on Lisa's email or phone do not go into the official file, but unless she has already made up her mind, I don't think getting a dumptruck of mail will be totally ignored. I am sure every organization does this so the individual comments will not matter so much as the volume, in negative sense. In otherwords, if they don't get a flood of comments from gun owners, but they do from others, then that sends a signal about how where support is and isn't. And of course, mail and phone calls from our senators and representatives are especially noteworthy.

The time to kill this is now, while it is in the petition stage. The farther it goes, the harder it will be to stop. Bureaucracies do not spend time doing the research and papershuffling required to publish an actual rule just to pull it at the end. They intend for it to go into effect. Modified perhaps, but in effect. And the EPA is not our friend.

Certainly if you don't call or write or complain, they aren't going to listen. Silence is agreement when rules are proposed.

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Go to the link above for the whole release.

EPA Considering Ban on Traditional Ammunition

August 25, 2010 By Larry Keane

All Gun Owners, Hunters and Shooters:

With the fall hunting season fast approaching, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Lisa Jackson, who was responsible for banning bear hunting in New Jersey, is now considering a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) – a leading anti-hunting organization – to ban all traditional ammunition under the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976, a law in which Congress expressly exempted ammunition. If the EPA approves the petition, the result will be a total ban on all ammunition containing lead-core components, including hunting and target-shooting rounds. The EPA must decide to accept or reject this petition by November 1, 2010, the day before the midterm elections.

Today, the EPA has opened to public comment the CBD petition. The comment period ends on October 31, 2010.

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NSSF urges you to stress the following in your opposition:

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Steps to take:

1. Submit comment online to the EPA.

2. Contact Lisa Jackson directly to voice your opposition to the ban:

Lisa P. Jackson
Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 564-4700

Fax: (202) 501-1450
Email: jackson.lisa@epa.gov

3. Contact your congressman and senators and urge them to stop the EPA from banning ammunition. To view a sample letter, click here.