Posted on 11/18/2015 12:19:56 PM PST by MichCapCon
A resolution in the Michigan Senate sounds the alarm that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could soon be meddling with how outdoor barbecue-loving Americans prepare their food. Senate Concurrent Resolution 14 expresses opposition to EPA efforts to acquire a study that could lead to regulations on outdoor grills and barbecues.
The EPA has commissioned a study intended, "To perform research and develop preventative technology that will reduce fine particulate emissions (PM2.5) from residential barbecues. This technology is intended to reduce air pollution as well as health hazards in Southern California, with potential for global application."
Sen. Phil Pavlov, R-St. Clair, and Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, are joint sponsors of the resolution.
“We want to prevent another absolutely absurd overreach by the EPA and keep them from getting into our backyards and shutting off our barbecues and grills,†Pavlov said.
(Excerpt) Read more at michigancapitolconfidential.com ...
Just what I need to convince the wife we need a new grill. The EPA might regulate them out of usability, so better buy one now!
Drones! With water balloons! Oh, but that would waste water...
Wanna throw a frisbee on a beach in Los Angeles?
$100 fine.
Sure is out of control. Trump wants to cut the EPA down to size.
When they come for the BBQ they’ll get the bullets. MOLON LABE
Who knew when Obama proclaimed he would “fundamentally transform America”, he was talking about our barbeque grills?!
Clean up the woodlands and put in fire trails to halt some of the forest fires.
The EPA should be the first department to go.
The next is the Education Department.
Next? Still pondering.
Now you know why the EPA needs it's own SWAT team....
Looks like an all black beer party.
At the very worst I would move the gas grill in the garage when I want to BBQ and open the door 1/3rd of the way.
My neighbors like to breathe
They will have to pry the spatula from my cold dead hands.
Policing 330 million backyard BBQ’s is logistically impossible. Just like door to door gun confiscation.
They are going to force Spatula City to close.
Yes, they will.
Look up how enforcement of the TV tax in the UK works.
Funny thing is...MichCapCom...That’s only in y’alls area.
Here, in West Texas, we are smoking the “schmidt” out of all kinds of meat and making the rest of the USA “waterin-at-the-mouth” for what we’re cookin’.
Testify, my brutha!
It’s not nearly as hard as with guns. Again look at TV tax enforcement in the UK.
Just get some drones with IR turrets on them. Sure, you can’t get everyone but if you make an example out of those you can get the rest will fall into line.
Think of how leaf and yard waste burning has been restricted. And that was done without using drones.
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