mr.yet
Jul 5, 2007, 10:06 AM
How much more government do yo need in private business?
NSSF (http://www.nssf.org/news/PR_idx.cfm?PRloc=common/PR/&PR=BP070207.cfm)
>
>Proposed OSHA Regulation Threatens
>Firearm and Ammunition Industry
>
>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the government
>agency charged with assuring the safety and health of America's workers, is
>proposing a regulatory rule affecting the manufacturing, transportation and
>storage of small arms ammunition, primers and smokeless propellants.
>
>As written, the proposed rule would force the closure of nearly all
>ammunition manufacturers and force the cost of small arms ammunition to
>skyrocket beyond what the market could bear-essentially collapsing our
>industry. This is not an exaggeration. The cost to comply with the proposed
>rule for the ammunition industry, including manufacturer, wholesale
>distributors and retailers, will be massive and easily exceed $100 million.
>For example, ammunition and smokeless propellant manufacturers would have
>to shut down and evacuate a factory when a thunderstorm approached and
>customers would not be allowed within 50 feet of any ammunition (displayed
>or otherwise stored) without first being searched for matches or lighters.
>
>NSSF and SAAMI have already had a preliminary meeting with OSHA officials
>to begin the process of explaining to them the major problems this proposed
>rule presents for all levels of the firearms and ammunition industry.
>Furthermore, NSSF and SAAMI are each seeking a 60 day extension of the
>public comment period (currently scheduled to expire July 12).
>
>NSSF is urging all retailers to contact OSHA directly and request a 60-day
>extension of the public comment period. Retailers should inform OSHA that
>the proposed rule constitutes a "significant regulatory action" as defined
>in Executive Order 12866 (1993) Section 3(f)(1) in that it will clearly
>"adversely affect in a material way" the retail sector of the firearms and
>ammunition industry, productivity, competition and jobs and that the annual
>compliance cost for all retailers of ammunition will far exceed $100
>million dollars.
>
>Click here (http://www.nssf.org/share/docs/BP070207-OSHAletter.rtf) for a
>template letter. If you choose to draft your own letter, the reference line
>must read as follows:
>
>RE: Docket No. OSHA-2007-0032
> Request to Extend Public Comment Period and Request for Hearing
>on
> "Significant Regulatory Action" as Defined in Executive Order
>12866
>
>Please fax the letter to: 202-693-1648 (include the docket number and
>Department of Labor/OSHA on the cover sheet and in the reference section of
>your letter).
>
>Please e-mail the letter by visiting: Regulations.gov (http://www.regulations.gov) and
>following the submission instructions.
NSSF (http://www.nssf.org/news/PR_idx.cfm?PRloc=common/PR/&PR=BP070207.cfm)
>
>Proposed OSHA Regulation Threatens
>Firearm and Ammunition Industry
>
>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the government
>agency charged with assuring the safety and health of America's workers, is
>proposing a regulatory rule affecting the manufacturing, transportation and
>storage of small arms ammunition, primers and smokeless propellants.
>
>As written, the proposed rule would force the closure of nearly all
>ammunition manufacturers and force the cost of small arms ammunition to
>skyrocket beyond what the market could bear-essentially collapsing our
>industry. This is not an exaggeration. The cost to comply with the proposed
>rule for the ammunition industry, including manufacturer, wholesale
>distributors and retailers, will be massive and easily exceed $100 million.
>For example, ammunition and smokeless propellant manufacturers would have
>to shut down and evacuate a factory when a thunderstorm approached and
>customers would not be allowed within 50 feet of any ammunition (displayed
>or otherwise stored) without first being searched for matches or lighters.
>
>NSSF and SAAMI have already had a preliminary meeting with OSHA officials
>to begin the process of explaining to them the major problems this proposed
>rule presents for all levels of the firearms and ammunition industry.
>Furthermore, NSSF and SAAMI are each seeking a 60 day extension of the
>public comment period (currently scheduled to expire July 12).
>
>NSSF is urging all retailers to contact OSHA directly and request a 60-day
>extension of the public comment period. Retailers should inform OSHA that
>the proposed rule constitutes a "significant regulatory action" as defined
>in Executive Order 12866 (1993) Section 3(f)(1) in that it will clearly
>"adversely affect in a material way" the retail sector of the firearms and
>ammunition industry, productivity, competition and jobs and that the annual
>compliance cost for all retailers of ammunition will far exceed $100
>million dollars.
>
>Click here (http://www.nssf.org/share/docs/BP070207-OSHAletter.rtf) for a
>template letter. If you choose to draft your own letter, the reference line
>must read as follows:
>
>RE: Docket No. OSHA-2007-0032
> Request to Extend Public Comment Period and Request for Hearing
>on
> "Significant Regulatory Action" as Defined in Executive Order
>12866
>
>Please fax the letter to: 202-693-1648 (include the docket number and
>Department of Labor/OSHA on the cover sheet and in the reference section of
>your letter).
>
>Please e-mail the letter by visiting: Regulations.gov (http://www.regulations.gov) and
>following the submission instructions.