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Posted on 01/16/2011 7:20:35 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A sanitation district in Pennsylvania has notified homeowners that its representatives will be making personal visits to every structure served by its network of drainpipes because that's what the federal Environmental Protection Agency is demanding.
The letter informs homeowners the inspections will probably take only about 15 minutes, but that all properties "will be considered a source of clear water discharges until an inspection can be conducted."
The effort, according to officials at the Coplay Whitehall Sewer Authority, is to prevent water from sources such as sump pumps or downspouts from being channeled into a water treatment process.
But homeowners are concerned about the mandatory government inspections of their properties.
"I do consider this the equivalent of illegal search and invasion of my home without just cause and [it] establishes a situation where I am guilty and must prove innocence," one homeowner, who asked that his identity be withheld, told WND.
"This inspection is to determine if I am 'discharging' 'clean water' into the sewer system. At no point in the letter does it say exactly what will be looked at, (I guess leaky faucets will be a crime) what else may be being evaluated while my property is being inspected, what is on the 'check list' or report that is being done, and really exactly who is doing the inspection," he said.
Officials with the sanitation district confirmed that they dispatched the letter and said the inspections are being demanded by the EPA. However, officials at the regional EPA office and those at its Washington headquarters declined to respond to WND questions about the process or its goals.
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Knock Knock
PING!
They need their chain jerked.....hard.....
Obviously the neighborhood isn’t a DemocRAT stronghold.
W...T...F?
How did they slip this one under the radar?
The correct response is “Do you have a Warrant?”
Ve haf come to inspect ze drainpipes! You vill stand over zare by ze vall and remain silent.
Will Americans capitulate on this like they did with airport pat-downs?
They are checking for sump-pump connection into sanitary sewers. Did this in my home town recently. And having sewer services gives them the legal OK to inspect for violations.
Ping.
>>>The correct response is “Do you have a Warrant?”
Don’t need one... if you have sewer services, you can be inspected, and you can’t not have sewer services and comply with zoning or health codes.
Its called giving the apparatchiks something to do for the next 20 years until they can collect their pensions.
Just so. Now I have to go down defending my throne?
Isn’t the source of “downspout water” rain?
I HATE the EPA....
Don’t say “No!”. Just say “HELL NO!”.
I’m not sure how the EPA would be involved in this unless the sewage treatment plant is frequently being overloaded due to too many people dumping water into the sewer system that should be going into the storm water drains.
“Don’t need one”
You almost sound happy about this. Do you support government cockroaches inspecting your home?
The EPA needs to be destroyed - with extreme prejudice.
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