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http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/22880
EPA Expands Power by Calling Plowed Farm Fields 'Mini Mountain Ranges'
Federal rule could impose wetland permit mandates on plowing a field
When farmers plow their land, it produces grooves called "furrows," bordered by small ridges of dirt.
But in pursuit of new regulatory powers, federal agencies refer to the little dirt mounds by another term: “mini mountain ranges.” That seemingly absurd distinction is being used to impose more federal control over private land use decisions made by U.S. farmers.
That was the claim described in a U.S. Senate committee report released Sept. 20. The committee reviewed the powers held by the nation’s two largest environmental regulation agencies, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency, and a proposed regulatory rule. | |
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Mini-mountaineers. EPA is after you
