The Government’s New Power Grab [EPA, Corps of Engineers]
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Thank you, WildHighlander57.
Posted on 05/17/2015 9:17:18 PM PDT by upchuck
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers have proposed a new rule to define “waters of the United States.” This definition is supposed to clarify what “waters” are covered under the Clean Water Act and therefore what these two agencies can regulate.
Most people would consider a water body to be a river, a lake, maybe even a pond. But the feds are casting their nets much wider than that. Their proposal could cover almost any type of water. Almost all ditches, including man-made ditches, could be regulated. Depressions in land that only sometimes have water in them could be deemed a tributary and covered under the rule, even if the depression is bone-dry almost every day of the year. The sheer overreach of the proposed rule is breathtaking.
Under the Clean Water Act, property owners are often required to obtain costly and time-consuming permits if engaging in activities that affect jurisdictional waters. We’re not talking toxic waste disposal being required to trigger the need for a permit. The statute would even prohibit actions that cause absolutely no environmental harm. For example, someone might need a permit for kicking some sand into a jurisdictional water.
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Air is the only thing left we.... nevermind.
“....For example, someone might need a permit for kicking some sand into a jurisdictional water. ...”
Time to dump some sand, rather than tea.....
Private Property
In the 1970’s I worked for an East Bay (SF Bay) company. We were discharging a small amount of fresh water that was being used to cool a press, into a storm drainage ditch behind our buildings. We were visited by the Coast Guard and told we had to have a “discharge permit” because we were “discharging into a navigable waterway.” Seems the ditch flowed into a creek which flowed into the Niles River and thence into San Francisco Bay and therefore, by extension, the ditch was “navigable.” One of the other engineers remarked that he was surprised “since he didn’t see their Coast Guard Cutter parked out back.” The other one of note was when the Army Corp of Engineers declared a dairy’s stock pond, which was man-made, a “wetland.” The Army Corps of Engineers should be prevented from any involvement in domestic environmental matters. They are a vicious group!
If I’m not mistaken, they tried this exact same strategy back when Carter was President.
There is NOTHING that the Federal EPA does
that can not be better done by the States.
The NWO noose is tightening around our neck, and the window of opportunity to stop it is closing.
Swimming pools, hot tubs, gardens too? Where does it end? When brave people tell them to shove it.
Most of our national historic homes would never be built in today’s governmental repression. Monticello, Mount Vernon, The Hermitage, Arlington House (Robert E. Lee’s home) are just a few.
My dad’s farm was declared a wetland even though it’s only pasture. No water or swamp at all. He can’t do anything now, such as put up a shed, without federal permission.
Because it has been deemed "navigable", I must have permission from three government agencies before doing much of anything involving the water. These agencies are the Corps of Engineers, the state DNR, and FEMA. The permit application to build my house consisted of 21 pages of maps, drawings, elevation certificates, and forms. The instruction book to fill it out was 250 pages. If I were to follow the exact wording of the instructions I would have to fill out such an application to install a bird bath. The instructions clearly state that I must get such permission in order to roll my 40 foot dock out each spring, and roll it back in every fall. However, since the permit took six months to approve, I need to start the installation permit every fall just before I remove the dock, and the removal permit each spring before I install it. Also, the permit instructions have changed every year for the past eight years so the permits cannot be requested in advance.
Keep in mind, these regulations are already in place!
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The Government’s New Power Grab [EPA, Corps of Engineers]
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Thank you, WildHighlander57.
Over the past 20 years, the water authority has made it’s presence know more and more. My family has been on this property for 50 year. Everyone around here had always been able to pump water from the river to water their lawns until about 5-7 years ago when the water authority decided to charge and fine property owners. No one I know felt like playing their game so pulled their river pumps. Never mind that the fish water eliminated the need for morons to use chemical fertilizers that would wash down into the river. Coincidentally, that was during the time (ongoing)we were fighting to stop sending water to the rice farmers (we’ve temporarily won). A couple years after that, the authorities sent out forms to be filed on our private drinking water wells so eventually they can control those.
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