EPA targets private pond

The horrors and hubris of government regulation is moving the country into tyranny.  Luckily, a few are fighting back.  Unfortunately, too few even know there's a war going on.  

EPA: CWA: Waters of the U.S.

Scary words.

Believers and heathen alike now fear the zealous fervor and bureaucratic overreach of government regulators who, at one time, protected us from the evils of pollution.  But now, having completed their principal mission, have set their sights on regular citizens instead.    

      "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and  

                government to gain ground."    -- Thomas Jefferson

The EPA doesn't comprehend or respect private property ownership or property rights.  More and more the Federal government is taking control of individuals' property, even when no environmental degredation has occurred, and even when individuals improve the quality of the environment on their land.  

EPA targets couple's private pond in Wyoming, threatens huge fines. 

Fox News Outlet, May 28, 2014. By Kelly David Burke,

The Johnson case is troubling to those who see a proposed rule change to the Clean Water Act as a threat to small private landowners. Critics worry that the attempt to "re-define" what counts as U.S. waterways could broaden the reach of the EPA. 

"The Clean Water Act that was passed (in 1972) was 88 pages long," Pendley points out. "The EPA has just issued several hundred pages to re-define what 'waters of the United States' mean and it has incredible impact." 

In a follow up letter to the EPA on April 1, [U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana] and his colleagues in Wyoming's congressional delegation also voiced concern about the proposed rule. 

"If ... the [Johnson] Compliance Order stands as an example of how EPA intends to operate after completing its ... rulemaking, it should give pause to each and every landowner throughout the country." the letter said.  

"In one month's time a landowner could be liable for more than $5.5 million in penalties. EPA could easily use the proposed rule to bankrupt small landowners for something as simple as building a pond or ditch anywhere near a wetland or stream," the letter said.