Posted on 08/28/2015 7:45:43 AM PDT by Hojczyk
A rancher is taking the Environmental Protection Agency to federal court, asking a judge to stop the agency from fining him more than $16 million because he built a small pond on his property.
Andy Johnson of Fort Bridger, Wyoming says he made sure to get the proper permits from his state government before building the pond. After all, this is America in the 21st century, and nothing done on your own property -- certainly when it involves the use of water -- is beyond government concern.
"We went through all the hoops that the state of Wyoming required, and I'm proud of what we built," Johnson said. "The EPA ignored all that."
In a compliance order, the EPA told Johnson he had to return his property -- under federal oversight -- to conditions before the stock pond was built. When he refused to comply, the EPA tagged Johnson with a fines of $37,000 per day.
Dismantling the pond within the 30-day window the EPA originally gave him was "physically impossible," Johnson said.
That was in 2012. Today, Johnson owes the federal government more than $16 million, and the amount is growing as he tries to fight back.
In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court on Thursday, lawyers representing Johnson argue the EPA overstepped its authority by fining the rancher.
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The ham fisted arm of big government in action.
Video at site..
Just part of the Federal Government RICO racket
PING to both of y’all...
FedZilla in all it’s grotesque ugliness.
These tax leeches need to be taught some fear of the ordinary citizen.
Overthrow the tyrannical central communist homosexual government!
This MUST stop.
Charles Murray has set up a fund to help people do precisely this.
A reverse Cloward-Piven.
Unintended Consequences /John Ross
DON’T EVER FORGET that the EPA is staffed, managed and overrun by environmental zealots whose religion is GAIA worship.................................
Mike Enzi and Joseph Barrasso, both Republicans are in the Senate. Cynthia Lummis is the Congresscritter. Also Republican.
And none of the three stepped up to do something about this?
EPA Soldier: I'm afraid we lost them, sir.
Cargill: Damn it! Well, then you find 'em, and you get 'em back in the dome! And to make sure nobody else gets out, I want roving death squads around the perimeter 24-7! I want 10,000 tough guys, and I want 10,000 soft guys to make the tough guys look tougher! And here's how I want them arranged: tough, soft, tough, tough, soft, tough, soft, soft, tough, tough, soft, soft, tough, soft, tough, soft!
[pause] Soldier: Sir, I'm afraid you've gone mad with power.
Cargill: Of course I have. Have you ever tried going mad without power? It's boring, no one listens to you.
Land of the free...LOL!! Well, I guess if the song says so...
The article paints a bad picture of the EPA but I wonder what else is involved. The story gets to a sensational highpoint of heavy handed government action but NEVER says why the EPA took action, what the problem is, etc. Very incomplete. I wonder if this is much like the idiot freeloader Bundy here in Nevada that thinks he should have rights to graze on public lands without paying the taxpayers for his commercial use of our lands.
It may eventually come to that.
One man’s “idiot freeloader” is another’s patriot. Go back to DU! Besides, Reno is light years from Clark County. The Feds own 87% of Nevada, I guess you think that’s a good thing. Go back to DU and to reading your copy of Salon.!
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