EPA land grab? Agency claims authority over more streams, wetlands

Fox News ^ | March 25, 2014

[GreyFriar]

I guess that means that the EPA considers the big puddle in my back yard from the snow melting is a “navigable waterway.” Talk about power hunger idiocy.

[blueplum]

Those fortunate enough to have a seasonal or not stream or pond are generally involved in caring for the land anyway as part of their livelihoods. I doubt they need EPA nannies flicking switches at their ankles.

[txhurl]

The commies see the writing on the November wall and are setting their claws in while they can.

Defund, defund, defund. Let these rats lose THEIR houses, for once.

[little jeremiah]

Oh, “temporary” wetlands. Everywhere except Death Valley.

[Bernard Marx]

Just another incremental step toward implementation of Agenda 21.

[Repeal The 17th]

“... We’ve had (R) control of D.C., HOW many times since 1980 ...”
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Only from 2003 - 2007 but we never had 60 votes in the senate.

[jazusamo]

Yes, the power hungry idiots basically are trying their best to do away with the “navigable waterway” thing entirely and go around the former SCOTUS ruling.

[jazusamo]

Exactly, if for nothing else just to ensure that seasonal water doesn’t do damage to their property, I’ve been their and done that.

[FreeAtlanta]

Defund the EPA NOW!

[cripplecreek]

Here in Michigan you can’t walk 100 yards without stepping in some kind of water.

[FreeAtlanta]

Technically, they might try to claim our lands based on below ground water tables. Sorry, for the scary idea.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

And hang the EPA perps on the Capitol Steps.

[jazusamo]

Up your way and the states abutting you this could turn into a huge nightmare of abuse by the EPA.

[Colorado Doug]

EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday that determining Clean Water Act protection for streams and wetlands became "confusing and complex" so just give us control over everything to clear things up.

[Colorado Doug]

Yes, and this “seasonal” thing will affect most everyone in this nation living in rural areas.

Not just rural. The Corps Of Engineers have already tried to enforce "wetlands" laws on every dry patch of earth that someone spit on once. Every curb and gutter, every lawn or vacant lot. Everywhere, really would come under their expanded jurisdiction.

[cripplecreek]

Michigan, Florida, and Louisiana would probably take the biggest hits. People often forget that Michigan isn't actually mitten shaped. The boundaries include a lot of water. We actually rank at the top for total percentage of the state being water.

[Secret Agent Man]

to further agenda 21 and force people off their land.

we gotta end this sh1t now.

[Secret Agent Man]

and unless we run and elect people who do more than lip service about shutting down rogue alphabet agencies, they will just let them continue on.

[Secret Agent Man]

that’s the entire point. and if you complain any puddles on your property...

[Jim Noble]

Only one solution: Shut down (or radically diminish) the EPA

At one point, I was very interested in a proposal to get rid of the EPA, but it's not that simple.

Between 1955 and 1972, Congress passed a whole slew of unconstitutional laws like the Clean Air Act, the Clean Waters Restoration Act, the Air Pollution Control Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and many others.

these laws impose on the Executive Branch the duty to analyze conditions and to write and enforce regulations to carry out extremely vague mandates.

Nixon created the EPA by Executive order to simplify the tasks, which were then divided among dozens of existing agencies.

The EPA, as such, has never been authorized by Congress. If a President revoked Executive Order 15623, and the EPA ceased to exist, all the laws it is charged with enforcing would still exist, and there would spring up dozens of replacement agencies.

To remove this monster, it is necessary to start repealing the underlying statutes, no small task.