Comments on: “When EPA is not ignoring Supreme Court limitations on it, it is blithely disregarding rule-making laws required of it.”

By: pzatchok

pzatchok — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:20:28 +0000

Make it so all fines and penalties, including construction stoppages, are first approved by a judge.

Its not perfect but its one more hoop they have to jump through.
Think of it as them having to prove guilt first.

By: pzatchok

pzatchok — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:14:25 +0000

I have a question about this mine.

The EPA ordered a plug years ago to be placed in the mine to keep water from getting out and people from getting in. Now years later they find the plug is leaking, because surprise, hydrostatic pressure is a biatch and they discovered that water will eventually find its way even through rock.

You would think they would have to pump out all the water then remove the plug. And since there is NO WAY to keep water out of the mine, instead find away to reduce the time that the water stays in the mine. Like making a great drain system so the water has little time and area to come in contact with the mine.

But wait.
Have they proved the heavy metals are coming out of the mine or are they being sucked out of the surrounding rocks and deposited in the mine? Then coming out.
They could end up filling the whole mine with cement and still have the problem of the water sucking the heavy metals out of the surrounding rock and taking it to the river eventually.

The thing with gold mines is that there are always heavy metals present in the gold bearing rocks.

By: hondo

hondo — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 19:46:11 +0000

Civil Service (Fed, State and Local) became a magnet for the left after the ’60s.
You can include Education in that category. They are heavily in control of the bureaucracy regardless of Administration or Congress. They show their hand often enough – far more so with this current admin.

Other than a complete overhaul of Civil Service, nothing can effectively be done at this time.