The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is filing to intervene in the latest frivolous lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and six other groups to pressure the Environmental Protection Agency to ban traditional ammunition containing lead components.
The EPA already has twice denied petitions fi led by CBD to ban traditional ammunition, noting correctly that it does not have the authority to regulate traditional ammunition under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Lawrence G. Keane, senior vice president and general counsel for NSSF, said, “There is no sound science that shows the use of traditional ammunition has harmed wildlife populations or that it presents a health risk to humans who consume game taken with such ammunition.”
According to CBD, others joining its lawsuit were the Cascades Raptor Center of Oregon, the Loon Lake Loon Association of Washington, Preserve Our Wildlife of Florida, Tennessee Ornithological Society, Trumpeter Swan Society and Western Nebraska Resources Council.
