The Environmental Protection Agency was forced to drop its demand that Wyoming rancher Andy Johnson pay millions in fines and dismantle the stock pond he built to water his live stock.
The Agency had to settle with Mr. Johnson planting some willow trees around the pond and building a temporary fence to protect part of the pond.
Though a battle won on behalf of common sense, the war continues against the Agency’s determination lay regulatory control over most surface water through expansion of the definition of the Clean Water Act.
Expect the EPA to continue spending taxpayer money in their attempt to subjugate land owners, businesses and citizens.
Can you say “overreach” ? The democrats favorite tool.
“Can you say “overreach” ? The democrats favorite tool.”
And the Republicans are doing all they can to end this bullshit?
How did he win? The government put him through hell and back only for him to end up right back where he started and never should have been forced to leave. He can only win now if he sues, and wins, for all the time, effort, discouragement, money, blood sweat and tears caused by the illegal action perpetrated against him and his family by Obama minions!!
Unfortunately, since Trump doesn’t believe that states can/will keep up their own land, this pattern of overreach by the EPA will probably continue if he’s president.
“…sprawling nine-acre ranch.” I had to re-read that several times thinking I missed a zero somewhere. $16 million proposed fine for a 12,000 sq ft pond? Yeah that would be classified as “overreach”.
To the EPA, terrorizing citizens comes second only to total control. Fuck every one of those sons of bitches, they are the criminals, we never gave them that kind of authority.
Tony R, I was wondering about that too. I live on a 40 acre ranch that I would not call “sprawling”.
I had some ranch dressing wunce …
tasted funny … but Barry sed it was ranch dressing …
although portrayed as a “Win” this was Not a Win, as EPA settled to avoid Federal lawsuit on the Unconstitutional EPA Regulations
this was NOT a Win as EPA ‘settled’ to avoid the Federal lawsuit of the Unconstitutional Regulations. The EPA succeeded in bullying another citizen
The EPA needs to be drastically reduced in size and scope. They could go to work for the mafia, but i doubt they’d take them. On the bright side, there is this. . .http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-says-hed-eliminate-department-of-environment-protection/article/2584908 Would be nice if it happened. Just cutting their funding by 99% would be enough.
Since the EPA still exists, we can’t really call this a ‘win,’ can we?
They better dig in an arm up. The BLM Rangers are on their way.