orogenicman
Darwin was a pastafarian
- Jul 24, 2013
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We are still waiting for statutory examples of over-regulation. Cite a specific regulation as an example.
I did, and you ignored it. Go play in traffic.
Except that it wasn't an example of overregulation. Seems you don't even know the meaning of the word. How sad for you.
yes it is. Needing that many agencies to approve raising a bridge is over-regulation. You are just too dense to see it.
There is only one agency that approves raising the bridge - the transportation department. And it does what the legislature (i.e., your elected representatives) says it must do. Now about those 'unnecessary regulations'...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/n...-bayonne-bridge-project-is-assailed.html?_r=0
Since then, the Port Authority’s “fast-track” approach to a project that will not alter the bridge’s footprint has generated more than 5,000 pages of federally mandated archaeological, traffic, fish habitat, soil, pollution and economic reports that have cost over $2 million. A historical survey of every building within two miles of each end of the bridge alone cost $600,000 — even though none would be affected by the project.
After four years of work, the environmental assessment was issued in May and took into consideration comments from 307 organizations or individuals. The report invoked 207 acronyms, including M.B.T.A. (Migratory Bird Treaty Act) and N.L.R. (No Longer Regulated). Fifty-five federal, state and local agencies were consulted and 47 permits were required from 19 of them. Fifty Indian tribes from as far away as Oklahoma were invited to weigh in on whether the project impinged on native ground that touches the steel-arch bridge’s foundation.
And the final approval for the project - comes from the state department of transportation.
Now, about those unnecessary regulations you keep dodging...