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EPA spill: 'The magnitude of it, you can't even describe it'
CNN ^ | 10 Aug 15 | Dana Ford

Posted on 08/10/2015 2:54:07 AM PDT by LSUfan

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Our tax dollars at work. I bet we never learn the names of the bureaucrats responsible. I bet they'll never be charged. Hell, they probably won't even be fired. If these were private sector workers, they'd be villainized, charged and jailed.
1 posted on 08/10/2015 2:54:07 AM PDT by LSUfan
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Isn’t this in violation of the EPA laws?

Are they going to fine themselves and pay out billions in court?

I mean, hey, it’s pollution. I certainly don’t want pollution. But the EPA is on the hook for this one.

So, they should pay. Big time.


2 posted on 08/10/2015 2:55:56 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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3 million gal and counting as the site is still coughing up 500 gal/min. 0bama needs to go to jail for this.


3 posted on 08/10/2015 2:57:52 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: SaveFerris

Well, if they pay anything it’s with taxpayer dollars, or should I say, your, mine and our dollars. The government cannot lose, can it? Unless the EPA is disbanded, all those folks go jobless and certain ones go to jail. Ain’t gonna happen. A couple of low level room temperature IQ and field types will be fired, and that’s probably it. And the millions/billions it will cost to clean up will be paid by you. End of story.


5 posted on 08/10/2015 3:17:30 AM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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Wonder if they can figure out it was more contained *before* the EPA got involved?

Well, it will be “too complicated to figure out” I suppose.


6 posted on 08/10/2015 3:18:08 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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Congress should deduct it from their budget.


7 posted on 08/10/2015 3:20:44 AM PDT by Nickname
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"Congress should deduct it from their budget."

Boehner, McConnell...?

8 posted on 08/10/2015 3:28:16 AM PDT by Truth29
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Wonder if they can figure out it was more contained *before* the EPA got involved?

Well, it will be “too complicated to figure out” I suppose.

Environmental engineering was getting underway in the 1970's. I looked at the coursework and it sucked. It was dull and related to mostly field work. I took the structural option in civil. I couldn't believe the pay rates that the Federal government was listing for environmental engineers. It was almost double that of traditional civil engineering work. I knew then they were trawling for engineers and getting the dumbest.

9 posted on 08/10/2015 3:35:30 AM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (behind enemy lines)
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That sounds about like how it will go.


10 posted on 08/10/2015 3:43:43 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

wow


11 posted on 08/10/2015 3:43:57 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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Obama’s fault (though, somehow, Bush will get blamed).


12 posted on 08/10/2015 3:50:05 AM PDT by rbg81
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What does “accidentally caused it to flow”, even mean?

Gobbledegook!


13 posted on 08/10/2015 3:52:58 AM PDT by unsycophant
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The EPA killed both the river and the other rivers below it. Oh, the sheer irony...


14 posted on 08/10/2015 4:09:22 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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I would like to review the permits that the Army Corps of Engineers issued for this, and the EPA’s permit applications.


15 posted on 08/10/2015 4:11:29 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

It sounds like the BP oil rig that the Coast Guard blew over with high pressured water.


16 posted on 08/10/2015 4:18:05 AM PDT by struggle
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Congress should deduct it from their budget.

That's not how this works. EPA will get extra funding to perform ground water sampling (all the way to the mouth of that river), mine site cleanup, etc., etc., etc. Cha-Ching!

17 posted on 08/10/2015 4:18:06 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Truth29

Yeah, I know. =/


18 posted on 08/10/2015 4:19:00 AM PDT by Nickname
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To: LSUfan

Purposeful?

to take down a compromised region?

to further compromise our food sources?


19 posted on 08/10/2015 4:19:06 AM PDT by Chickensoup (We lose our freedoms one surrender at a time)
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Watch the same contractor working the site for the EPA be given a modification to his contract for unforeseen conditions to remedy his delays and any exposure to Hazardous waste.


20 posted on 08/10/2015 4:20:28 AM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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