{"id":24501,"date":"2014-12-06T07:35:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T12:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24501"},"modified":"2014-12-06T07:35:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T12:35:04","slug":"that-mud-puddle-on-your-front-lawn-is-now-under-federal-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24501","title":{"rendered":"That Mud Puddle On Your Front Lawn Is Now Under Federal Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Association of Mature American Citizens<\/a> (AMAC) posted the following press release yesterday:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, DC<\/a>, Dec 5 \u2013 \u201cGovernment has grown more aggressive as it seeks to trample on our rights with regulations that are so intrusive they are positively inane, including a new one that would give the EPA the right to regulate rain water,\u201d according to Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weber said that he was not amused when the Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> announced that it would extend its authority under the Clean Water Act<\/a> to include puddles.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Clean Water Act was enacted in 1972 to prevent the pollution of the nation\u2019s navigable waters.\u00a0 It was not intended to allow the government to tell us how to deal with naturally occurring ditches on our property just because they might collect rainwater during a storm.\u00a0 But that\u2019s exactly what the EPA proposes to do.\u00a0 It would be a joke if it wasn\u2019t for the fact that such pervasive authority is bound to cause hardships for America\u2019s farmers and for the country as a whole,\u201d Weber explained.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Pflugmacher operates a family farm in Champaign County, IL<\/a>.\u00a0 He is also a member of the Champaign County Farm Bureau<\/a>.\u00a0 As he put it in an OpEd article published in his local paper, The News-Gazette: \u201cIf the expanded definition is allowed, permits and other regulatory roadblocks \u2014 having to hire environmental consultants, for example \u2014 would stand in the way of conducting routine business activities like building fences, removing debris from ditches, spraying for weeds and insects, and removing unwanted vegetation on my own farm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pflugmacher cautioned that farmers are not the only businesses that will be impacted if the EPA is given the far-reaching authority it seeks.\u00a0 \u201cHome builders, real estate agents, aggregate producers, manufacturers and contractors all would be affected. For these small, local businesses, the proposed rule would increase federal regulatory power over private property. The definitions would create confusion and, because they were intentionally created to be overly broad, could be interpreted in whatever way the federal agencies see fit, costing business owners<\/a> money and the local economy jobs.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weber described it as \u201cyet another example of big government, or big brother, if you will, gaining control of our lives, including the cost of living.\u00a0 The proposed EPA restrictions on the use of plentiful, inexpensive coal to produce affordable electricity will have a profound impact on the price we pay to heat and cool our homes.\u00a0 The new standing water proposals will undoubtedly increase the cost of the food we eat and the homes in which we live.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The AMAC chief noted that the nation\u2019s elderly will be the ones who suffer most and called on the new Republican Congress to rein in the regulators \u201cwho are usurping the power of our Representatives and Senators to make laws.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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