So why are we all paying a hazmat fee then?

[Eric Musgrove]

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Smokeless Powder and The Fire Service - SAAMI

This video emphasizes in the storage and display of smokeless powder in the retail environment and demonstrates that if appropriately packaged, smokeless powder will not explode and is less dangerous during fires than many other common retail materials. It addresses what the fire hazards are to...

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[ButterBean]

Simple answer.............................because we will pay it

 

[340Wby-4-everything]

Good video. Something our govt (in their infinite wisdom (or lack thereof)) put in place I am sure. "Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a congressman, oh, but I repeat myself." Mark Twain from about 125 yrs ago. And, they have gotten no better, mostly worse.

 

[jessej]

Great vid.
Very informative

 

[Baker Alvin]

Very Interesting! Made a believer out of the skeptic. I rather have a powder fire then an aerosol can fire. When we burnt the house trash, when I was at home, you would always look out for those hair spray cans, put them in a hot spot and back off to watch!

 

[Eric Musgrove]

Very Interesting! Made a believer out of the skeptic. I rather have a powder fire then an aerosol can fire. When we burnt the house trash, when I was at home, you would always look out for those hair spray cans, put them in a hot spot and back off to watch!

Yeah a can of WD-40 is interesting to say the least. Aqua net was my fuel for my potato gun

 

[Mark37082]

Great post. Myth Buster!!

 

[Quintus]

Just another tax.

 

[Hela52]

Did anyone else cry when they burned up all that powder?!

 

[wasskeet]

Simple answer.............................because we will pay it

Butterbean, remember when a mutual friend had about 20-30 lbs. burn up in his vehicle about 25 years ago? Didn't burn the whole vehicle up - sure ruined the interior though. Looked like it tinted the windows yellow.

 

[ButterBean]

Butterbean, remember when a mutual friend had about 20-30 lbs. burn up in his vehicle about 25 years ago? Didn't burn the whole vehicle up - sure ruined the interior though. Looked like it tinted the windows yellow.

Yep

 

[ShtrRdy]

The way I understand it is the govt requires shippers to go to training to become qualified to ship things like primers and powder. The govt does specify how much the shipper must charge for a hazmat fee. The shipper gets to require a hazmat fee to pay for sending an employee to training.

It's like when shippers required handguns to be shipped overnight. This wasn't due to some govt mandate. It was due to the shippers loosing too many pistols. But, gee, it sure was nice to make some extra $$ that way.

 

[WildRose]

Check out this video

Smokeless Powder and The Fire Service - SAAMI

This video emphasizes in the storage and display of smokeless powder in the retail environment and demonstrates that if appropriately packaged, smokeless powder will not explode and is less dangerous during fires than many other common retail materials. It addresses what the fire hazards are to...

saami.org

Post 9-11 regulations. If you buy in volume part of that fee pays for the paperwork to deliver a notice to your local PD/SD so they have you on a list of places to approach with caution in case of fire and to put them on alert if you're nut getting ready to start a revolution.

 

[yorke-1]

Carriers (UPS, FedEx, and the various freight companies) charge shippers a fee for each hazmat shipment the shipper sends out. The government does not receive any portion of the hazmat fee and does not set the hazmat fee. The carriers charge a fee to offset the increased costs involved in dealing with the hazmats including paperwork verification, special handling, load restrictions, and employee certifications. The shipper may add on an additional amount to the fee imposed by the carrier. This fee will help cover the additional costs associated with the mandatory training, and certification of the shipper's employees, as well as the additional cost of shipping supplies.

The government is only involved in classifying an item as hazmat and enforcing compliance with the regulations. They don't make any money off of it.