Tom Campbell: New EPA water rules could drive property rights into a ditch

Orange County Register (CA) ^ | August 3, 2014 | by Tom Campbell

[Wuli]

“The EPA is not going to have sufficient resources to investigate every farm ditch anyway, so why threaten it?”

They’ll hire DHS, which has become the new federal interior state police, as when they, DHS, recently confiscated a couple’s imported car because it does not adhere to EPA vehicle emissions mandates, while ignoring the vehicle was exempt under a “grandfather” clause in the pertinent “regulation”.

Congress has abdicated everything to the dictators.It no longer writes the laws of this country - that would be messy, democratic and lead to rancorous debate and “imperfect” “solutions. Instead, Congress writes brand new one-off pieces of legislation that turn a topic forever after over to the dictators (Obamacare) known as “regulators” whose acts the prostrated Congress promptly rubber stamps.

[sergeantdave]

If I recall my court cases correctly, this issue of designating ditches as waterways, or whatever, was shot down by the USSC in SWANCC v US and Rapanos v US.

The court explicitly said the EPA doesn’t have the congressional mandate or regulatory authority to regulate drainage ditches. Period.

This will not stop the EPA nazis from attempting to illegally throw their weight around. The EPA is the most lawless bureaucracy in existence. It will be up to states, counties and sheriffs to run these Nazi goons out of their territory when they show up. If that means arresting these fascists pigs, I don’t have a problem with that.

[trisham]

"We moved our base camp last night and we’re now positioned literally
within feet of the river. Have been sitting here watching the border
patrol patrolling in their riverboats all night and all morning..."

~Jim Robinson

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