Pilot1
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Still waiting for you to tell me how ambiguities in the Clean Water statute is ruining America.......What environmental regulations ruined the country?Affirmative Action
Paying poor, single women to have more babies
Illegal Aliens (promoted by Democrats, and Establishment Republicans)
Over zealous environmental regulations
Keep in mind that the main reason that led to Nixon creating the EPA was the fact that a river in Ohio literally caught on fire....but something tells me that companies dumping chemicals in public rivers that causes them to catch on fire wasn't what was ruining the America -- stopping it was
I said over zealous environmental regulation. I have no problem with reasonable environmental regs, and controls. The Clean Air and Water Act was written too broadly, and has allowed the EPA bureaucrats to abuse, and grow their power without the need for more legislation. Until Trump they were out of control and could be again under a Democrat administration.
So what about The Clean Air and Water Act has been detrimental to the country. Be Specific.
Well, I am used to doing other's homework from my school days because I was the guy that got the good grades. So here ya go. Just one example.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers announced a proposed rule to redefine the term “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act on December 11, 2018. The proposed rule, which awaits public comment, would significantly limit the scope of water features subject to federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction.
How We Got Here
The Clean Water Act provides federal jurisdiction over “navigable waters.” But the Act defines this critically important term—which determines whether a water body is subject to federal permitting requirements—merely as “waters of the United States.” The lack of a clear definition in the statute has bedeviled agencies, courts and the regulated community for decades. The courts have always agreed that Congress intended for the Act to regulate more than navigable-in-fact bodies of water—such as rivers, lakes and bays—but the extent of this regulation has never been fully resolved. In the absence of a statutory definition, EPA and the Corps have been obliged to promulgate definitions via rulemakings. In two out of the three cases that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court ruled that the federal government was attempting to regulate water bodies beyond those authorized by congressional intent.
At least the Trump Administration is trying to address the over reach with the EPA. It was totally fascist under Obama who used it, the IRS, Interior and other agencies to punish his political enemies.
Agencies Release Proposed Rule to Limit Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
Well, fortunately you're not my mommy, nor boss, and my previous post should suffice. Why don't YOU just reveal what idiotic axe you have to grind? Well?