ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Governor O'Malley issued the following statement on Maryland's amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit:
“As we continue to make great strides in restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay, it is critical that we protect our hard-won progress. As a result, I have asked the Attorney General to submit an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in support of the Environmental Protection Agency's defense of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL.”
“While we have accomplished much, there is still more work to be done and it is imperative that we continue our efforts to ensure that our nation's largest estuary, a true national treasure, will be protected for future generations. As Chair of the Chesapeake Executive Council, I am encouraging the other states in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to join Maryland and support the EPA in this effort.”
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2 comments:
I wonder how much salt and other chemicals they are putting on the roads up there to get rid of the snow from the roadways. Where do you think that will be going when all this snow melts? Oh no but that can't hurt the bay it has to be the chickens doing it.
O'Malley has, again, sold out Marylanders in favor of big gov't tyranny & pipe-dreams.
The American Farm Bureau Federation's action against the EPA simply asks for sanity in the interpretation of terms. In short, the police state arrogance of the EPA is being challenged, and rightfully so...
"The court deferred to EPA’s interpretation that the Clean Water Act term “total maximum daily load”(TMDL)is ambiguous and allows the agency to set detailed “allocations” setting pollution caps for sources throughout a watershed, including poultry, livestock and row crop farms, builders, and towns."
So, the newly militarized EPA is going to have the power "to set" caps., not the state or county or town.
" The court also upheld EPA’s demand of “reasonable assurances” that EPA’s caps will be achieved on EPA’s timeline – without regard to cost, technical feasibility, or whether the Bay’s water quality goals are even achievable."
Their numbers, their timeline, with no regard to cost, even if their numbers are unachievable.
This is what O'Malley has just agreed to for all of MD. Every town, every business, every farm, every Marylander.
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