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EPA Wants Control Of "Seasonal" Ponds, etc.

Mike

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Scary stuff here folks. "Temporary Wetlands" to be controlled by the EPA will effect everyone here........... This Administration knows no boundaries in grabbing power & complete control.
In what critics are describing as a government land grab, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a change Tuesday to the Clean Water Act that would give it regulatory authority over temporary wetlands and waterways.

The proposal immediately sparked concerns that the regulatory power could extend into seasonal ponds, streams and ditches, including those on private property.

"The ... rule may be one of the most significant private property grabs in U.S. history," said Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

The EPA proposal would apply pollution regulations to the country's so-called "intermittent and ephemeral streams and wetlands" -- which are created during wet seasons, or simply after it rains, but are temporary.
 

Larrry

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Mike said:
Scary stuff here folks. "Temporary Wetlands" to be controlled by the EPA will effect everyone here........... This Administration knows no boundaries in grabbing power & complete control.
In what critics are describing as a government land grab, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a change Tuesday to the Clean Water Act that would give it regulatory authority over temporary wetlands and waterways.

The proposal immediately sparked concerns that the regulatory power could extend into seasonal ponds, streams and ditches, including those on private property.

"The ... rule may be one of the most significant private property grabs in U.S. history," said Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

The EPA proposal would apply pollution regulations to the country's so-called "intermittent and ephemeral streams and wetlands" -- which are created during wet seasons, or simply after it rains, but are temporary.

So would that include irrigation canals....sounds like it
 

ranch hand

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It will include any draw that runs water from snow melt or rain, that drains into a stream, that drains into a river, lake or ocean.
 

Larrry

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Fear the left interpreting anything. They will twist distort lie or rewrite it to fit their agenda. Look at the second
 

Steve

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sources

http://water.epa.gov/type/rsl/streams.cfm

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OA-2013-0582-0007

http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/0/7724357376745F48852579E60043E88C/$File/WOUS_ERD2_Sep2013.pdf

DISCUSSION OF MAJOR CONCLUSIONS
1.4.1.
Conclusion
(1): Streams
The scientific literature demonstrates that streams, individually or cumulatively, exert a strong influence on the character and functioning of downstream waters. All tributary streams, including perennial, intermittent, and ephemeral streams, are physically, chemically, and biologically connected to downstream rivers via channels and associated alluvial deposits where water and other materials are concentrated, mixed, transformed, and transported. Headwater streams (headwaters) are the most abundant stream type in most river networks, and supply most of the water in rivers. In addition to water, streams transport sediment, wood, organic matter, nutrients, chemical contaminants, and many of the organisms found in rivers.

Key findings:
a.
Streams are hydrologically connected to downstream waters via hannels that convey surface and subsurface water year -round (perennial flow), weekly to seasonally (intermittent flow), or only in direct response to precipitation (ephemeral flow). Streams are the dominant source of water in most rivers, and the great majority of tributaries are perennial, intermittent, and ephemeral headwater streams.

Headwaters convey water into local storage compartments such as ponds, shallow aquifers, or river banks and into regional and alluvial aquifers. These local storage compartments are important sources of water for baseflow in rivers. The ability of streams to keep flowing even during dry periods typically depends on the delayed (lagged) release of local groundwater, also referred to as shallow groundwater, originating from these water sources,

Our review found strong evidence that headwater streams function as nitrogen sources (export) and sinks (uptake and transformation) for river networks.

Absence of channels does not, however, mean that a wetland or open-water is isolated or only infrequently connected to downstream waters. Areas that are infrequently flooded by surface water can be connected more regularly through shallow groundwater or through dispersal among biological populations and communities.

in other words.. the EPA wants to control water from the raindrop to the ocean. even if it never gets a chance to get to the ocean..

won't be long and bathtubs and sinks will be included as water catchment basins.. :shock: :?
 

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