Posted on 11/12/2014 7:44:01 AM PST by george76
It seems incredible, but a single missing word could turn a water law into a government land grab so horrendous even a U.S. Supreme Court justice warned it would “put the property rights of every American entirely at the mercy of Environmental Protection Agency employees.”
The missing word is “navigable.” The Obama administration is proposing a rule titled “Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ Under the Clean Water Act,” which would strike “navigable” from American water law and redefine any piece of land that is wet at least part of the year, no matter how remote or isolated it may be from truly navigable waters, as “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS.
The proposed rule would provide EPA and the Corps of Engineers (as well as litigious environmental groups) with the power to dictate the land-use decisions of homeowners, small businesses and local communities throughout the United States. There would be virtually no limit to the federal government’s authority over private property.
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If the farmer fills in low spots or the homeowner builds a child’s playhouse by the pond, or
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In September, the House passed bipartisan legislation, H.R. 5078, that prohibits the EPA and Corps from finalizing the WOTUS rule. A companion bill is stalled in the Senate.
With the coal industry overpowered, Obama’s rogue administration looks to have declared war on the rest of us.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailysignal.com ...
Obama Admin using Regulation to bypass Congress and make it’s own law to Control the country
Thusly, the newly (s)elected pseudo-conservative congress needs to defund these asshats NOW! Or as soon as they take orifice in January.
FUBO, FUBO. The EPA has got to go!!
They can have my yellow water!
I’m sure the rules do not apply to the dukes and counts in Versailles on the Potomac.
As for the rule itself, FU EPA. We will all be Cliven Bundys.
Oh, that's why it's Eeee Peee Ayyy
It rains on my lawn sometimes. Does this new “interpretation” of the law allow the EPA the control the use of my land? Seems so.
No.
The EPA should be terminated with all its rules. Its employees and responsibilities should not be folded into other agencies, most of which should also be terminated.
Unlimited power for the federal government sounds good to Obozo.
If the water runs off and forms a puddle or stream, no matter how small, yes.
The USSC has already ruled against the EPA twice in both the SWANCC and Rapanos. Congress has defined what navigable waters are. The Nazis at EPA are giving the finger to both Congress and the courts. It’s clear to me that the EPA Nazis are completely out of control. Time for the states to order their law enforcement departments to arrest every EPA fascist infesting their states.
If this is allowed the govt will be able to come into your yard and regulate your fish pond.
Let me speculate that they will extrapolate this out to private wells. No more new private wells at some point. That means no more rural living. Get thee to a city.
This has to be stopped.
Needless to say there are screaming matches in the office daily (there is one going on RIGHT NOW, as I type this, actually), and we have a railroad reconstruction project in NY state that is being stalled as she puts together permitting for the Army Corps of Engineers.
This particular railroad suffered heavy washout damage during flooding a few years ago and has been out of service since... it basically needs maintenance and repair... normal activities on ANY railroad (which is regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration)... but this permitting business is just an absolute nightmare.
Once upon a time, when I was with the railroad, we wouldn't think twice about this sort of thing... Interstate Commerce trumps some paramecium, or "Purple Helmeted Warlber" ALWAYS... and to be compliant with the Federal Track Safety Standards of Title 49 CFR Part 213, you need to maintain the railroad, the ties, the rail, ballast, the ditches, the culverts, and the bridges...
It is time to take back our country. It's actually way past time that we took the power back.
In 2009 one of the senators from Wisconsin proposed a bill that would make all water property of the government and all flood plains, runoffs and mudholes would be under government control. I belive his name was Kohl. Had this passed if you owned a hundred acres and had a three acre pond on it and you had cattle you could be denied allowing your cattle to drink the “KINGS” water. Of course you would be paying taxes on the hundred acres. They’re just trying to take by fiat what they couldn’t take bt legislation, I’m surprised they couldn’t muster support for it after they were able to pass the “Food Safety Act”.
“The EPA should be terminated with all its rules. Its employees and responsibilities should not be folded into other agencies, most of which should also be terminated.”
YES
Florida is now probably lost due to the low information voters just passing an Amendment which will provide a slush fund of approx. $19 billion over the next 20 years which will be primarily to buy more land.
The enviro groups are surely in the midst of some great Gorbasims right now in anticipation of getting their hands on this vast amount of taxpayer money.
Just wait until the already high property taxes start going thru the roof in a few years as more and more land is bought up in a State where already 30 to 40% of the land is already in government ownership.
Over 80% of the state to be in government ownership is their goal, now they will be provided with the funding needed to accomplish it.
Perhaps in the not too distant future Florida will be the able to host the first annual Hunger Games as the high speed rail plans are forging ahead also.
So I can pour a cup of water on someone’s property and therefore expose him to EPA rule?
Might have interesting applications. City Hall, local Cop Shop, neighborhood Mosque, public swimming pool, ...
The environmental groups’ goal is to work entirely through NGOs and appointed boards and advisory groups, which act behind the scenes to pass regulations, and recommend projects which are entirely funded by the tax payers.
In our county, in WA, the largest NGO was defunded by the Democrat governor after it was exposed that the NGO was conspiring with developers of a coal terminal to defraud the county where the terminal was to be built by diverting the mitigation funds to environmental projects in other counties.
UN Agenda 21 ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
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