At 06:33 PM 3/3/2003, you wrote:
I think the proposed law would exempt any rocket engine from being considered "an explose" on the grounds that it doesn't explode but burn. Check with Randall.
Think again. The SEA law will require permits for pretty much everything including any amount of black powder (unless you're using it for a gun, join the NRA quick). The pyro community is really concerned.
No; Michael is right. We're not talking about what SEA will change; we're talking about changing SEA.
From http://www.space-rockets.com/congress.html:
Senator Enzi and his staff has been working with us to get regulatory relief from the Safe Explosives Act since a few days after its passage. In late December, it was learned that a "technical corrections" bill was going to be passed by the Congress in 2003 to fix problems created by the Homeland Security Act. It was decided that this would be the bill to fix the problems created for rocketry via a rocketry exemption to be added to the Safe Explosives Act contained in the Homeland Security Act.
The exemption will work the same way as the current exemption for black powder, fuses and other items when used in antique firearms and devices. The rocketry exemption will only apply when the following materials are used in rockets which are neither designed nor redesigned for use as a weapon. The exemption would be added to Section 845 of the Safe Explosives Act. A definition for rocket propellant would be added to Section 841.
Proposed Exempted Materials From ATF Permits:
2 lbs of commercially manufactured black powder (2 cans) Safety and pyrotechnic fuses Quick and slow matches Electric matches Igniters Rocket propellant Definition: "Rocket propellant" means any material, chemical, or chemical mixture consisting of fuel and oxidizer that provides thrust to a rocket or generates hot, high pressure gas for doing work in the actuation of various power or mechanical devices.
-R
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