Wyoming welder faces $75,000 a day in EPA fines for building pond on his property

[Antares]

All Andy Johnson wanted to do was build a stock pond on his sprawling eight-acre Wyoming farm. He and his wife Katie spent hours constructing it, filling it with crystal-clear water, and bringing in brook and brown trout, ducks and geese. It was a place where his horses could drink and graze, and a private playground for his three children

But instead of enjoying the fruits of his labor, the Wyoming welder says he was harangued by the federal government, stuck in what he calls a petty power play by the Environmental Protection AgencyHe claims the agency is now threatening him with civil and criminal penalties – including the threat of a $75,000-a-day fine.

Wyoming welder faces $75,000 a day in EPA fines for building pond on his property | Fox News

Fuck the EPA, Fuck the Gov.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Yep, they don't like that. Better send in a SWAT team to deal with em'.

 

[ClosedCaption]

You didnt include the "why". I guess to get a knee jerk reaction but the EPA should leave them alone

 

[R.C. Christian]

The EPA is an out of control group of thugs.

 

[OKTexas]

Article 1, Section 8, clause 17 specifies what lands the congress has legislative authority over, it's time somebody reminds them of it. It reads as follows:

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of Particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;

It's really pretty straight forward, but they count on the little guy not having the resources to fight them, that's why 100 million of us should send this guy a dollar so he can afford to hire a legal "A Team" and shove it up the EPA's ass.

 

[R.C. Christian]

They don't care about that stuff.

 

[Antares]

You didnt include the "why". I guess to get a knee jerk reaction but the EPA should leave them alone

You are a Leftwing Gov cocksucker, you'd swallow all the jizz they'll give you.

The land is his, fuck you and your Collective brothers and sisters.

MMMMMMk?

....and yes....if it comes to it I'll take up arms, you?

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Only a leftard would consider eight acres to be sprawling, and only a leftard would consider a small pond a threat to the water safety of anyone.

The EPA needs to go, they have gone full leftard now and need to be eliminated.

 

[Clementine]

The guy got a legal permit and followed the rules. He has documentation to prove he did. Fuck the EPA. They, like many other government agencies, have become oppressive and abuse their power.

This is the same agency that says we can't catch rain water in barrels because the rain doesn't belong to us. They'd rather have people's gardens die out from lack of rain or make people run up their water bill and waste water instead of using the free rain.

 

[syrenn]

Its a water rights issue.

they can get you for rain barrels if the want.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

I agree that the EPA is out of control and a waste.

However the Constitution is clear.

the following powers fall to Congress.

Section 8

1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

13: To provide and maintain a Navy;

14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And

18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

If the general welfare portion means what FDR and the Courts ruled it to mean then the Congress has the power to create maintain regulate and give power to the EPA.

And I imagine any attempt to cite Article I section 8 paragraph 17 as the justification to oppose the EPA will fail in Federal Court.

 

[OnePercenter]

What makes this guy think that the water in a creek that has egress on his property is HIS water?

 

[OnePercenter]

The guy got a legal permit and followed the rules. He has documentation to prove he did. Fuck the EPA. They, like many other government agencies, have become oppressive and abuse their power.

This is the same agency that says we can't catch rain water in barrels because the rain doesn't belong to us. They'd rather have people's gardens die out from lack of rain or make people run up their water bill and waste water instead of using the free rain.

As it turns out, no.

 

[Antares]

The guy got a legal permit and followed the rules. He has documentation to prove he did. Fuck the EPA. They, like many other government agencies, have become oppressive and abuse their power.

This is the same agency that says we can't catch rain water in barrels because the rain doesn't belong to us. They'd rather have people's gardens die out from lack of rain or make people run up their water bill and waste water instead of using the free rain.

As it turns out, no.

(smile) Fuck off Gov boy.....tell us when you've swallowed enough Lefty jizz.

 

[OnePercenter]

The guy got a legal permit and followed the rules. He has documentation to prove he did. Fuck the EPA. They, like many other government agencies, have become oppressive and abuse their power.

This is the same agency that says we can't catch rain water in barrels because the rain doesn't belong to us. They'd rather have people's gardens die out from lack of rain or make people run up their water bill and waste water instead of using the free rain.

Please post a link.

 

[OnePercenter]

The guy got a legal permit and followed the rules. He has documentation to prove he did. Fuck the EPA. They, like many other government agencies, have become oppressive and abuse their power.

This is the same agency that says we can't catch rain water in barrels because the rain doesn't belong to us. They'd rather have people's gardens die out from lack of rain or make people run up their water bill and waste water instead of using the free rain.

As it turns out, no.

(smile) Fuck off Gov boy.....tell us when you've swallowed enough Lefty jizz.

Such harsh words from an old geezer.

Again, 'The guy got a legal permit and followed the rules'. As it turns out, no.

 

[Moonglow]

The Army Corps of Engineers is in control of the banks of rivers, and lakes.. My Dad had to replace trees that were cut down when they built their house by the lake, if he failed to do so he would have fined also.

You really have no idea where this pond is and if he built a dam into the pond area.....so assumptions for opinions will make your argument weak at best....

 

[Moonglow]

The guy got a legal permit and followed the rules. He has documentation to prove he did. Fuck the EPA. They, like many other government agencies, have become oppressive and abuse their power.

This is the same agency that says we can't catch rain water in barrels because the rain doesn't belong to us. They'd rather have people's gardens die out from lack of rain or make people run up their water bill and waste water instead of using the free rain.

As it turns out, no.

(smile) Fuck off Gov boy.....tell us when you've swallowed enough Lefty jizz.

Ah yes, the intelligence of a smart man or women....being on display....

 

[Antares]

As it turns out, no.

(smile) Fuck off Gov boy.....tell us when you've swallowed enough Lefty jizz.

Such harsh words from an old geezer.

Again, 'The guy got a legal permit and followed the rules'. As it turns out, no.

Again it is HIS land......now trust me, I KNOW that a good "collectivist" like you hasn't a clue as to what "land ownership" means.....but tough shit. He OWNS it.

 

[Antares]

As it turns out, no.

(smile) Fuck off Gov boy.....tell us when you've swallowed enough Lefty jizz.

Ah yes, the intelligence of a smart man or women....being on display....

"smart" is a word well beyond you