Hobbylinc is in violation.
Hobby Lobby ships from a local warehouse to the stores and can do so in a normal box in their own truck. Just like you can buy them at the store and drive them home in your car or drive them to a launch in your car.
Estes ships to the Hobby Lobby warehouse legally, using the proper boxes, labels and HAZMAT fees/carriers.
Dr. Bob K can fill in the specific legal shipping terminology and explain interstate and common carrier.
Yeah, the only places I've ever bought Estes Es and Fs have been from Hobby Lobby and from Hobbylinc for the ones Hobby Lobby doesn't carry, so I was surprised by the hazmat qualification. Hobbylinc is now out of the picture on those because I won't order if I'm aware of violations.
However, even though I believe what you say on the Hobby Lobby warehouse to store and self transport issue which are hazmat documentation and marking waivered, since hazmat and non-hazmat rocket motors are all shipped via ground transport by default, the hazmat motors are no less of a hazard (an overblown "hazard" IMO) to me, the general public, and to first responders while being carried in
my vehicle or in
Hobby Lobby's trucks than they are when carried by a commercial carrier so long as they are transported
as they are via ground transport. Actually, with self-transport they are more of a hazard since they are not marked as hazmat and I might not be conscious to warn first responders.
The only requirement should be that they are properly marked as a hazard in the same manner as "Toy Propellant Device" which I think should actually be marked as "Model Rocket Motor" in order to give everyone including first responders a better a better idea of the projectile hazard in the event of a fire. The extra and far too high fee for tracking is ridiculous. Tracking is a good idea, but the fee is ridiculous. I think it's just price gouging just like baggage fees on aircraft.
But the core problem deals which which orifice they pulled that tiny 30g figure out of without even considering the TYPE of propellant and its unique hazard? The stupidity is shown to be even greater with the ridiculous "igniter" issue.
Every reg should have proof of a problem to be fixed before being allowed especially when dealing with a supposed "hazard" presented by items with long, pristine safety records.
Just a few of my beefs on over-regulation.
Anyway, I sure am glad they got these regs in place considering all of the horrendous accidents that have occurred due to violations by Hobbylinc and the shipping of how many millions of those deadly "igniters" of previous formulations over many decades. As Bannon as said, they are working toward the deconstruction of the vast, (unelected) administrative state. I wish them the best of luck, but I think that, unfortunately, "the swamp" is far too deep and armored to make much of an impact on.