One can only hope that there are enough people and states who are willing to stand up to that most corrupt bureaucracy (EPA) to discredit it once and for all.
There duplicitous and underhanded tactics are nothing new; the EPA has been "cooking the books" and results for decades as evidenced by their having been "bitch-slapped" over and over to include the famous "2nd hand smoke" decision handed down by Judge William Osteen:
In his stinging rebuke of the EPA, Judge Osteen stated the following, which should have put a stake in the EPA's heart, but like the night of the living dead, it continued to advance its agenda to this day.
Judge Osteen: "In this case, EPA publicly committed to a conclusion before research had begun; excluded industry by violating the Act's procedural requirements; adjusted established procedure and scientific norms to validate the Agency's public conclusion, and aggressively utilized the Act's authority to disseminate findings to establish a de facto regulatory scheme intended to restrict Plaintiffs, products and to influence public opinion.
In conducting the ETS Risk Assessment, disregarded information and made findings on selective information; did not disseminate significant epidemiologic information; deviated from its Risk Assessment Guidelines; failed to disclose important findings and reasoning; and left significant questions without answers.
EPA's conduct left substantial holes in the administrative record. While so doing, produced limited evidence, then claimed the weight of the Agency's research evidence demonstrated ETS causes cancer. Gathering all relevant information, researching, and disseminating findings were subordinate to EPA's demonstrating ETS a Group A carcinogen."
I need to keep this in mind for when I get arrested for smoking in a public area, like NYC sidewalks or various municipal parks/beaches.