{"id":16712,"date":"2012-12-14T12:23:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T17:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16712"},"modified":"2012-12-14T12:25:15","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T17:25:15","slug":"stopping-overreach-by-the-environmental-protection-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16712","title":{"rendered":"Stopping Overreach By The Environmental Protection Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of the programs President Obama<\/a> couldn’t get through Congress are quietly being implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)<\/a>,\u00a0 Many coal fired electric plants have closed down this year because new emission standards set by the EPA. Now the EPA has declared that water can be a source of pollution.<\/p>\n

Virginia Attorney General<\/a> Ken Cuccinelli<\/a> has joined a lawsuit against the EPA by the Democratic<\/a>-controlled Fairfax County Board of Supervisors<\/a> to protest the EPA’s plans for Fairfax County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The EPA, citing an abundance of stormwater runoff<\/a>, has proposed a plan that Virginia<\/a> officials say would cost them nearly half a billion dollars — and could cost homeowners and businesses their private property.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The EPA contends that water itself can be regulated as a pollutant if there’s too much of it. The agency says heavy runoff is having a negative impact on Accotink Creek<\/a> and that it has the regulatory authority to remedy the situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Are they planning to fine God for excessive rainfall?<\/p>\n

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