Expand the ESA? Ludicrous!

[Jim_Alaska]

Make no mistake, this will affect suction dredge mining.

Expand the ESA? Ludicrous!

EPA & Army Corps Seek to Expand Clean Water Act

Submit Comments Today

On May 2, 2011 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) (collectively the “Agencies”) proposed draft Guidance that would expand the Agencies’ Clean Water Act (CWA) regulatory authority over more land. In addition, the Agencies are seeking to implement this Guidance without formal input from farmers and ranchers, and other impacted groups.The proposed Guidance would be used by the EPA and the Corps to reinterpret the term, “waters of the United States.” This is unnecessary and would inappropriately make more farm and ranch land subject to costly and burdensome Clean Water Act permitting and restrictions.

The Agencies have also indicated that this increased regulation will affect the implementation of all programs authorized under the Clean Water Act, including the NPDES permit program.

Take action today
to encourage the EPA and Corps not to implement the Guidance document. Comments are due by Friday July 1, 2011.

[russau]

Jim i sent in my email complaint and printed out a letter form of complaint that ill mail in to them. yep your right, this will stop dredgeing and most prospecting in the USA if it goes through! i see another big lawsuit over this also from many avenues! the only troublewith this form of commenting is that its a form letter and they are only counted as 1 complaint. ill have to redo my letter to make it "my" letter! thanks for posting this!

[russau]

Jim im also starting to spread this around to other forums to help generate additional comments and hopefully there own!

[russau]

ive just received my thankyou from the California Farm Bureau Federation for my comment.