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2000 Archived News by TRA/NAR Joint Task Force
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Tuesday, February 15, 2000 |
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WASHINGTON, District of Columbia USA — The National Association of Rocketry (NAR) and Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA) on Friday, February 11, 2000, jointly filed a four count civil complaint against the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) in Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. We have not taken this action lightly or without a full and lengthy review, with counsel, of the available options for resolving our dispute with ATF. This action became necessary only after repeated meetings and exchanges of correspondence with ATF made it clear that ATF intends to proceed with rulemaking on rocket motors that is both onerous and unnecessary.
TRA and NAR assert that ATF has no legal authority to regulate sport rocket hobby motors, which have been used safely for decades and which are already heavily regulated by other US Government agencies. We are seeking both declaratory judgment preventing ATF regulation of these motors, and full recovery of the costs of the litigation to resolve these issues. A full copy of the complaint may be found here in Adobe PDF format (47k).
We are not at this time encouraging media coverage of this issue, but if you receive an inquiry, please refer all media inquiries to John Kyte of our Washington counsel team at 202-530-4557. We respectfully ask for your understanding that the sensitive nature of litigation requires that we limit media interaction to a single point of contact.
Mark B. Bundick, NAR President
Bruce E. Kelly, Tripoli President |
