EPA overrides Congress, hands over town to Indian tribes

[Paslode]

The EPA has got to be a close second to the NSA in the area of out of control agencies with a deep reach.

The EPA declared that Riverton was part of the Wind River Indian Reservation after granting a “Treatment as a State” application from the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes. The tribes submit such applications to get funding for air quality monitoring under the Clean Air Act. However, this seemingly innocuous application ended up undoing the tribal boundaries set by a 1905 congressional act.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/08/ep...#ixzz2q8GWtv7y

[MR2]

I understand that during the sequester, 85% of the EPA personnel were considered non-essential and sent home. Doesn't that pretty much make the entire agency irrelevant?

[ghp95134]

Originally Posted by MR2

I understand that during the sequester, 85% of the EPA personnel were considered non-essential and sent home. Doesn't that pretty much make the entire agency irrelevant?

Heck MR2, .... 97% of NASA was sent home ......... hope we're not irrelevant.

--ghp

[PRB]

The Brown Shirts of bureaucracy executing issues they have no real right to be involved in.

[cbtengr]

Wasn't there once a war fought in this country over states rights?

[tonyz]

Originally Posted by Paslode

The EPA has got to be a close second to the NSA in the area of out of control agencies with a deep reach.

IRS is on the short list, too, if you ever get on their radar...or may want to form a charitable organization with the words "patriot" or "tea party" in your name...around an election year...

I have a close friend who participated in some of the early ObamaCare litigation/publications and he was audited for 3 consecutive years...I'm sure it was coincidence.

[scooter]

Originally Posted by cbtengr

Wasn't there once a war fought in this country over states rights?

Yes. The States lost.