UPDATE
ON CHILDREN'S OHV BAN:
Bureaucrats Refuse to Listin - Include Childrens'
Snowmobiles in Lead Ban
Price, UT (3/9/2009) -
Despite calls for Congressional hearings (http://www.sharetrails.o rg/alerts/?alert=951)
the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
is refusing to lift the ban on children's off
highway vehicles.
CPSC Commissioners
voted late last week on procedures for determining
exclusions. Based on that vote, BRC is not optimistic
that the exclusion for youth model ATVs and dirt
bikes will be granted anytime soon. Indeed, the
bureaucrats at the CPSC have emphasized that their
ban includes children's snowmobiles!
If you have
already sent a letter to Congress and the CPSC,
we want to thank you. Thanks to your many letters,
phone calls, protests, and emails, the media has
been reporting the obvious - that kids don't eat
their ATVs and motorcycles!
The BlueRibbon
Coalition is asking its members to redouble their
efforts to fight the ban on youth OHVs. We are
asking that folks follow up with another letter
or email. We are also asking our members to forward
this information to their friends and family.
The potential
losses for the industry and local dealers are
massive - up to $1 billion in retail economic
value annually.
BRC asks you
to join the efforts of the Western Caucus, Congressman
Mike Simpson, Congressman Duncan Hunter, State
Senator Tom Self, MIC/SVIA, and others to "encourage"
the CPSC to do the right thing and grant existing
petitions for a stay.
MIC's
"Stop the Ban" Letter Generator and Info Site:
http://www.mic.org/stoptheban.cfm
BRC's
News Release with Link to Congressman Simpson's
Letter to Chairman Waxman
http://www.share
trails.org/releases/media/?story=636
Congressman
Duncan Hunter's Letter to CPSC
http://www.sharetrails.org/uploads/CPSC_Cong_Hunter_March_2_Letter.pdf
Western
Caucus Letter
http://www.sharetrails.org/uploads/CPSC_Western_Caucus_Letter_Fe
b_6_20090001.pdf
State
Representative Tom Self's Website
http://www.tomself.com/
Thanks for sending
these new letters and for your continued effort
on this issue.
Don Amador
Western Representative
BlueRibbon Coalition, Inc.
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Brian Hawthorne
BlueRibbon Coalition
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