Not sure ... you guys up North seem to be doing ok without an EPA. Fwiw, we seem to be legalizing more things that give off smoke including wacky tobacco.
Exactly. Your (I assume diesel diesel TDI, but a TDI engine is not exclusively diesel) and my truck (diesel) are probably cleaner than most gas engines. So why make the emissions systems more complicated, expensive and less reliable? It's only to make them less desirable.
Some states have proposed banning the sale of gas stoves, not the U.S. government.
That's like saying if MADD were to dissolve or disband, no one would enforce the BAC limit for drunk driving.
The EPA develops standards for the clean air and water acts. Then they provide grant funds to and work with state agencies to enforce them. My state has a department of environmental quality that enforces these things using the EPA funds and assistance. For example, there are standards for roads crossing streams and logging project clean up, reseeding, and other operations to protect water quality. There are also standards for the oil field operations. Recent changes to the standards changed oil field water pits because too many bird and wildlife were being killed in these pits. Other changes reduced flaring of wells to reduce methane emissions and to recapture the natural gas that was previously wasted. This reduced air pollution, while avoiding the wastes of natural gas. These operations all come from the laws and EPA standards and industry didn’t adopt them on their own. All states have enforcement agencies that work with and are funded by EPA to enforce clean air and water acts.
But you still think existing laws are going to cease to be enforced should the agency (any of them) cease to exist?
it's clear you don't understand the way government works. It's also clear that I am not going to be able to help you understand.
I work for the federal government and understand exactly how it works. All of our timber sale erosion control work has to be compliant with the clean water act and we get EPA 404 permits for water crossings. And prescribed burning requires compliance with clean air act and we follow the permitting process. It’s clear that you aren’t familiar with the processes.But you still think existing laws are going to cease to be enforced should the agency (any of them) cease to exist?
Have a Merry Christmas.
Doubtful that this will go anywhere. Lots of groups petition agencies. That’s SOP. Rule making is a long and complex process that Congress directs. The U.S. agriculture lobby is one of the most powerful in the country, and one that both parties strive to satiate. Agriculture has more clout with congress than the petroleum industry. The current farm bill has nothing about cow fart regulations and wasn’t even controversial with either party.
Rule making is a process that is established by Congress that agencies must follow. They are published in the congressional record, receive public comments, and go through reviews by Congress before they are adopted. Rules cannot be contradictory to laws; they are processes that implement or enforce congressional laws and they must go through a similar review process to be changed or removed.
