Seriously?! The EPA Wants to Regulate Dust…
Ok, as if we needed another example of the idiocy of government overreach and the common sense-defying logic they cling to: the EPA now wants to regulate...farm dust. Here's the funny thing about farm dust...its unavoidable. If you're growing stuff in the ground then you're gonna kick up some dust...that's just how it works...
The new regulations would cover an incredibly broad swath of activity ranging from cattle kicking up dust to driving your car down a dirt road. Even the most mundane of farming, or even rural, activities would be subject to EPA regulation and fines.
A few years ago we would have joked about these kinds of things saying "how crazy would it be if the EPA tried to regulate farm dust!" but now we're looking at them as real possibilities. Kudos to Sen's Inhofe and Coburn for stepping up to the plate and voicing opposition.
What do you think about all this nonsense?
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a crackdown on farm dust, so senators have signed a letter addressing their concerns on the possible regulations.
The letter dated July 23 to the EPA states, "If approved, would establish the most stringent and unparalleled regulation of dust in our nation's history." It further states, "We respect efforts for a clean and healthy environment, but not at the expense of common sense. These identified levels will be extremely burdensome for farmers and livestock producers to attain. Whether its livestock kicking up dust, soybeans being combined on a dry day in the fall, or driving a car down the gravel road, dust is a naturally occurring event."
Read the letter to EPA signed by 21 senators including Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn
"It's plain common sense, we don't want to do anything detrimental," said farmer Curtis Roberts. "If the dust is detrimental to us, it's going to be to everybody. We're not going to do anything to hurt ourselves or our farm."
"Anytime you work ground, you're going to have dust. I don't know how they'll regulate it," Roberts said. "The regulations are going to put us down and keep us from doing things we need to be doing because of the EPA."
"It's just common sense, we don't like dust in the morning but it's something we got to live with," Roberts said.
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