Twiki357
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Well, that didn't last very long.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-en...rior-secretary-repeals-ban-on-lead-ammunition
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-en...rior-secretary-repeals-ban-on-lead-ammunition
Reading the actual order, it appears to be a little more than just a study. In part, it says:More fake news. The Obama administration never enacted such a ban. There was nothing to repeal. The outgoing interior secretary on his last day in office signed an order calling for a study to be done to determine if a lead ban should be imposed only on certain federal lands. The study was to be completed by the year 2023.
The current administration may have decided to halt the study, but there was never a ban in place to repeal.
Require the use of nontoxic ammunition and fishing tackle to the fullest extent practicable for all activities on Service lands, waters, and facilities by January 2022, except as needed for law enforcement or health and safety uses, as provided for in policy.
More fake news. The Obama administration never enacted such a ban. There was nothing to repeal. The outgoing interior secretary on his last day in office signed an order calling for a study to be done to determine if a lead ban should be imposed only on certain federal lands. The study was to be completed by the year 2023.
The current administration may have decided to halt the study, but there was never a ban in place to repeal.
More fake news. The Obama administration never enacted such a ban. There was nothing to repeal. The outgoing interior secretary on his last day in office signed an order calling for a study to be done to determine if a lead ban should be imposed only on certain federal lands. The study was to be completed by the year 2023.
The current administration may have decided to halt the study, but there was never a ban in place to repeal.
I haven't had a lot of time to get back to this, but something isn't right here. The official document has been taken down. This link is the closest thing I can find showing the actual wording of the document.
http://hog-blog.com/category/lead-ammo-ban/
All the current news stories are claiming that the Obama administration placed a ban on lead effective immediately and the ban has been repealed by the Trump administration. That is simply not true. The original document clearly stated that a study was being conducted in order to justify banning lead by the year 2022. I misquoted the year in my 1st post as 2023. At least part of that is confirmed in the above link. But with the original document removed I cannot confirm any more. The link above is from a pro-hunting website that comes as close to confirming my position as I can provide.
While I'm not in favor of the lead ban and support the Trump administrations willingness to support guns rights it is my strong belief that someone is lying here and trying to claim credit for doing a lot more than they did.
So you're saying that Tom488's link to the Director's Order isn't real?
I ask because that link is to an archived copy of the actual post from the FWS.gov site.
Here are a few of the important points that indicate that an expanded ban on lead was being implemented.
"The purpose of this Order is to establish procedures and a timeline for expanding the use of nontoxic ammunition and fishing tackle on Service lands, waters, and facilities and for certain types of hunting and fishing regulated by the Service outside of Service lands, waters, and facilities."
"When is this Order effective? This Order is effective immediately."
"Assistant Director(s), will take steps to expeditiously require the use of nontoxic ammunition or fishing tackle to the fullest extent practical under Service jurisdiction to benefit such species or resources"
"...will establish a process to phase in a requirement for the use of nontoxic ammunition for recreational hunting of mourning doves and other upland game birds."
Nowhere does it state that the order was designed to start a study, it says that it's purpose is to expand the use of nontoxic ammunition and fishing tackle. Notice too that this isn't simply a reiteration of the current regulations for waterfowl hunting, it indicates specifically that upland game bird and mourning dove hunting are targeted. So no, it's not a fake story but I suspect where you saw the information that you're quoting, I've seen it too at another web site for hunters and they have a tendency to muddy the waters when they talk about conservation issues. Their discussion included talk about study but I don't remember any specifics, regardless, they implied that 219 was meaningless - that was the fake news.
"The purpose of this Order is to establish procedures and a timeline for expanding the use of nontoxic ammunition
Require the use of nontoxic ammunition and fishing tackle to the fullest extent practicable for all activities on Service lands, waters, and facilities by January 2022,
This Order is effective immediately. It remains in effect until we incorporate it into the Fish and Wildlife Service Manual, or until we amend, supersede, or revoke it, whichever comes first. If we do not amend, supersede, or revoke it, the provisions of this Order will terminate on July 31, 2018.