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EPA overrides Congress, hands over town to Indian tribes
dailycaller.com ^ | january 8, 2013 | Michael Bastasch

Posted on 01/09/2014 5:25:52 PM PST by lowbridge

Have you heard the story of the residents of Riverton, Wyo.? One day they were Wyomingans, the next they were members of the Wind River tribes — after the Environmental Protection Agency declared the town part of the Wind River Indian Reservation, undoing a 1905 law passed by Congress and angering state officials.

The surprise decision was made by officials of the EPA, the Department of Interior, and Department of Justice early last month, and has invoked the ire of Gov. Matt Mead, who has vowed not to honor the agency’s decision and is preparing to fight in court.

“My deep concern is about an administrative agency of the federal government altering a state’s boundary and going against over 100 years of history and law,” Mead said in a statement. “This should be a concern to all citizens because, if the EPA can unilaterally take land away from a state, where will it stop?”

The EPA declared that Riverton was part of the Wind River Indian Reservation after granting a “Treatment as a State” application from the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes. The tribes submit such applications to get funding for air quality monitoring under the Clean Air Act. However, this seemingly innocuous application ended up undoing the tribal boundaries set by a 1905 congressional act.

The EPA granted the tribes’ claim that the Wind River reservation extended over one million acres of land beyond what the 1905 Congressional Act established. By doing this, the agency effectively overruled an act of Congress, state officials charge.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: epa; epaoutofcontrol; indianreservation; indians; wyoming
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To: lowbridge

Everyone just needs to relax. The Indians will sell all the land back for a couple fifths of Old Crow Whiskey.


61 posted on 01/09/2014 7:29:26 PM PST by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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To: Repeat Offender

Throw into the deal a box full of winchester rifles. Or would that be treason?


62 posted on 01/09/2014 7:50:32 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: jazusamo

Been there.


63 posted on 01/09/2014 7:55:47 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: BenLurkin

The pollution of division politics, one pogrom at the hands of another, truly evil. The EPA is an environmental loose cannon.


64 posted on 01/09/2014 8:28:49 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: Still Thinking

Time for the Sheriffs to step up. They got my support.


65 posted on 01/09/2014 8:30:29 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: lowbridge
United States Constitution

Article IV

Section 3

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

66 posted on 01/09/2014 8:37:35 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: SamuraiScot

Ah, the occutard Obama... all Soros.


67 posted on 01/09/2014 8:41:43 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: lowbridge

what constitution… we don’t need no dirty stinking constitution.


68 posted on 01/09/2014 8:42:32 PM PST by Nifster
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To: Norm Lenhart

well as I recall the stinking progressives won . the vote totals for Romney were LESS than that for McShamey. A bunch of folks sat out and said well it will get people’s attention if we get another four years of O. We have another four years of O and the catastrophe is in full progress. YES we do need conservatives but we also NEED to defeat the other side which means we need people to get into action


69 posted on 01/09/2014 8:45:30 PM PST by Nifster
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To: Norm Lenhart

We made it possible by staying home or not voting in the presidential election. IF you are one of these then I will blame you. IF you are not then I hope you are getting MORE active not less


70 posted on 01/09/2014 8:47:35 PM PST by Nifster
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To: Osage Orange

Grow up!

This has nothing to do with settling old scores with the tribes.

This is our Anti-American administration shutting down energy development by whatever means necessary.


71 posted on 01/09/2014 8:48:52 PM PST by G Larry
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To: G Larry

exactly


72 posted on 01/09/2014 8:52:18 PM PST by Nifster
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To: griswold3
The key here is that this land was purchased. Despite the meme that this or that land was "stolen", this was bought and paid for. There is no way to justify the actions of the EPA, legally, morally (no matter how twisted) or otherwise.
73 posted on 01/09/2014 9:10:02 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: lowbridge

d


74 posted on 01/10/2014 1:25:16 AM PST by S.O.S121.500 (Had Enough Yet ?....... Enforce the Bill of Rights................................ It's the LAW !!!)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Kinnear and Pavillion are also towns affected by this ruling.


75 posted on 01/10/2014 5:32:11 AM PST by griswold3 (Post-Christian America is living on borrowed moral heritage)
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To: RedMDer
Exactly WHO gave the EPA the authority to do that?
76 posted on 01/10/2014 6:30:45 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Progov

Time for Congress to grow some and exersize their Constitutional power. Tell the EPA to control themselves and override this travesty.


77 posted on 01/10/2014 6:46:09 AM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: griswold3

I don’t see where the EPA has the ability to take private property and put it in another political subdivision, be that a county, township, or State, much less a sovereign nation. It would be like giving Erie to Canada.


78 posted on 01/10/2014 7:35:28 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Nifster

Romney might have beat McQueeg If he’d had Sarah. Without her, the showing would have been far worse.


79 posted on 01/10/2014 7:38:13 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: BenLurkin

Precisely.

HHC’s husband


80 posted on 01/10/2014 7:41:39 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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