Feds aim to control virtually ‘any wet spot’
A rule change to the Clean Water Act proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency apparently would put “any wet spot” under Washington control.
A low spot in a farmer’s field that occasionally holds rainwater, a subdivision ditch that drains storm runoff or a mountain road that directs snowmelt all could face new layers of federal requirements and bureaucracy.
The change to the definition of water and water bodies could impact millions of landowners, according to the Pacific Legal Foundation, which has won water-related disputes at the U.S. Supreme Court.
“On its face, the proposed rule covers virtually every water in the nation,” the team told the government in a comment procedure in advance of any final decision on the plan.
“Under this rule, a prudent legal practitioner would have to advise his client that the only waters not covered are those few that are expressly exempt.”
Exemptions would include a swimming pool or a decorative pond.
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7 comments:
Well good. Maybe Salisbury might have reason to fill all of the potholes now!
Right 10:44? Now they'll have a reason besides causing accidents and tearing up vehicles. The one at the intersection of College Ave. & Snow Hill Rd. really gets me. Noboby wants to claim it (state, county, or city).
Just reading the comments shows how low info voters we have on a very important issue concerning your property rights.
I came to read this article hoping that you weren't taking about my favorite "wet spot".... Whew.... You weren't. What a relief!
More UN crap.. NWO agenda item...the madness needs to stop or our heads will be squashed in the vice they turn..wake up..
The control of water is an abomination to the very concept of freedom.
It is impossible to be a free person without unlimited access to nature's resource: water.
Newsflash 3:05- You don't own sh*t! Try not paying your taxes and see how long "your" property stays yours.
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