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12 states sue EPA over agency's alleged 'sue and settle' tactics
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| July 17, 2013/
Posted on 07/16/2013 11:09:06 PM PDT by george76
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:09:06 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
This will run through the court system, and end up in the Supreme Court by the summer of 2016. I don’t see the fed’s winning....the state’s accusation is fairly strong and it’s going to revamp the way that the EPA operates for the next decade.
To: george76
STATES' RIGHTS! The only way back to our Republic!
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:24:06 PM PDT
by
A Navy Vet
(An Oath is Forever)
To: pepsionice; george76; Carry_Okie; calif_reaganite
I think this is GREAT!!! I only wish CA and the rest of the states would join in this to make it a full court press!!!
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:31:18 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(I pledge to the USSA & 2 the democrazy for witch it stands, a nation with liberalism & misery 4 all!)
To: george76
By the way, here’s the latest from my county that makes me smile!!!
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:37:23 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(I pledge to the USSA & 2 the democrazy for witch it stands, a nation with liberalism & misery 4 all!)
To: SierraWasp; jazusamo; girlangler; Flycatcher
Good to see a few states pushing back.
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:38:33 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
"...and the Sierra Club that have led to consent decrees, "sometimes on the same day the lawsuit is filed," that include terms and conditions that go beyond statutory guidelines approved by Congress."The Sierra Flub's legal arm is "EarthJustice!" It was either them or some other group that pulled this stunt to get EPA to force the use of an oxidizing agent called M.T.B.E. in CA's gasoline that polluted wells in the Tahoe Basin and all around the rest of the state.
The gasoline pipeline from the Bay Area refinery to Reno that parallels I-80 leaked a bunch of the stuff in a stream feeding Donner Lake in the early 2000's. Carol Browner told the Regional Council of Rural Counties that they were forced in the 90's to force the use of this pollutant by a "friendly lawsuit" by one of these miserable militant groups!!!
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:46:11 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(I pledge to the USSA & 2 the democrazy for witch it stands, a nation with liberalism & misery 4 all!)
To: george76
This has been and ongoing tactic for over 25 years, from my experiance. They set the fines so high, that when they settle for less you pay instead of risking further exposure.
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:53:21 PM PDT
by
D Rider
To: SierraWasp
This sue and settle scam prevents the public from knowing what the EPA is doing until it is too late.
The USFS and BLM play similar games.
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:55:38 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: SierraWasp; george76
Yippeee!
Some sanity, at last! You have NO idea how much I’ve missed it. ;o)
BTTT!
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:58:18 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(To the GOPe ~ Chickens...comin' home...to roost!)
To: george76
It’s about time for this lawsuit!
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:58:19 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: george76
Glad to see this. States should be pushing back against the EPA (heck, the whole FedGov) in every way possible.
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posted on
07/17/2013 12:01:33 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: A Navy Vet
>>consent decrees . . . . have led to new rules and regulations for states without allowing their attorneys general to
defend their interests and those of its businesses and consumers.<<
So petty little commissars get to push the states around? Gee, who would have thought that could happen when the states were booted from the senate?
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posted on
07/17/2013 1:50:34 AM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(To restore the 10th Amendment, repeal the 17th.)
To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
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posted on
07/17/2013 3:33:37 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: pepsionice
I’m glad GA is involved but what the states really need to do is start telling the EPA to stick it. Let it go to court and tell the court to stick it. Only the SCOTUS has jurisdiction over a sovereign state.
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posted on
07/17/2013 5:24:51 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: FreedomPoster
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posted on
07/17/2013 5:28:23 AM PDT
by
bigtoona
To: SierraWasp
The Sierra Flub's legal arm is "EarthJustice!" It was either them or some other group that pulled this stunt to get EPA to force the use of an oxidizing agent called M.T.B.E. in CA's gasoline that polluted wells in the Tahoe Basin and all around the rest of the state. That was the NRDC, not the Sierra Club, and it was done during the Bush I administration.
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posted on
07/17/2013 6:24:30 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(The Slave Party, advancing indentured constituency for 150 years.)
To: george76
Probably how Marylands new Rain Tax came about. Property owners (Commercial and Residential, but not Gov) will be charged an amount which rain rolls off a paved surface, to help the Chesapeake Bay. Some will be paying more than their property taxes.
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posted on
07/17/2013 6:27:04 AM PDT
by
HollyB
To: george76
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posted on
07/17/2013 6:58:38 AM PDT
by
Currentriverrat
(People are calling our President the Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, that's not allowed is it?)
To: george76
Great to see this is happening, it’s long overdue.
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posted on
07/17/2013 8:02:15 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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