Ray From Cleveland
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Water issues standards in Florida are not anywhere near on a par with those in Wyoming. Centralized one-size-fits-all is one of the chief reasons the EPA is a shit show.The EPA should only concentrate on issues that occur between States, and setting basic national standards for the local State DEC/P's.
The ACE and state DORs can handle the entirety of the very few legit functions of the EPA.Any active remediation projects should be given to the Army Corp of Engineers.
You can have minimum standards that are tailored enough for various environments.
Examples include wastewater treatment levels based on discharge locations, Bay, Ocean, River, river upstream of a drinking water source, etc.
States can make requirements more stringent, but not less.
Asking bureaucracies to have limitations on controlling the people is like telling an alcoholic they can only have one drink a night.
They've gotten too large and too powerful. Give them an inch, and they'll take a mile.