Why do we even bother having an EPA?

[nosmokes]

how rich is this? if i intentionally apply a pollutant it isn't a pollutant.so, if i intentionally fire a bullet, is it not a bullet? if janet jackson had intentionally shown her nipple at the super bowl would it not have been a nipple? butter my ass and call me a biscuit. and this is just one of the EPAs recent moves for us, the reglar folk. see another thread i posted earlier here
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Posted on Tue, Nov. 28, 2006

EPA allows spraying pesticide over waters

MICHAEL DOYLE
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration pleased farmers and frustrated environmentalists Monday by declaring that pesticides can be sprayed into and over waters without first obtaining special permits.

The heavily lobbied decision is supposed to settle a dispute that's roiled federal courts and divided state regulators. It's popular among those who spray pesticides for a living, but it worries those who fear poisoned waters will result.

"We need to act fast to stop mosquitoes when they are found," argued Jim Tassano, a pest-control operator in the California foothills town of Sonora. "Any delay results in adults emerging. It is far cheaper and much more effective to kill them as larvae . . . (and) if a permit is required, the costs would skyrocket."

The EPA decision gave the pest operators what they wanted. It also closely parsed the English language for what the all-important word "pollutant" means.

EPA officials concluded that a pesticide, when it's deliberately applied, isn't a "pollutant" under the terms of the 1972 Clean Water Act. Consequently, after considering nearly 700 public comments, officials ruled that federal "discharge" permits aren't necessary when using pesticides to control waterborne pests.
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complete article here

[Ron Green]

1. We absolutely need the EPA, we just can't afford to let a Republican appoint

the director.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. Another James Watt Dominion we don't need.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_States_Legal_Foundation

[AlamoDemoc]

4. YES! keep ghosts like Christine Whitman off the EPA payroll

[Kutjara]

2. That's just priceless.

I'll remember that if a cop stops me for littering. "Oh no officer, I didn't throw that bag of McDonalds wrappers on the street. I placed it there intentionally. So you see, it's not litter, it's art."

Actually, the gov't could save a fortune in rebranding costs if they just changed the name of the EPA to the "Environmental Prevention Agency." That, at least, would be the truth.

Will noone rid us of this turbulent Administration?

[orpupilofnature57]

5. They put that word Impeachment to bed, to promote Continuity

thats Enabling shrub, yet again.