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EPA’s Plan for VA Farmers, Part II
(The first part of this article was run in the last issue of the Jefferson Policy Journal here.) On March 30, 2012, Virginia’s Secretary of Natural Resources submitted Phase II of Virginia’s Watershed Implementation Plan. “The Phase II WIP supplements … Continue reading
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No Joke: USDA Seeks Submachine Guns
The headline is hard to believe. The request in the Federal Register on May 7, is not. The solicitation is from the Inspector General’s office and was published at 2:03 p.m. in FedBizOpps.gov. Does the U.S. Department of Agriculture need … Continue reading
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Putting the “Garden” in Rain Garden
This July Virginians will start spending billions to meet tough new storm-water regulations. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (Richmond) wants to demonstrate best practices that save the bay – and look really good doing it. About a decade ago the leadership of … Continue reading
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EPA’s Definition of “Other Waters”
EPA is defending their new proposal to define the ‘Waters of the United States’ in the Clean Water Act. At a competing website EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, in a guest editorial, defended her agency’s plan, writing: “Some in the agricultural community … Continue reading
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EPA Defines “Adjacent Waters”
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has been forceful in claiming EPA’s definition of “waters of the United States” is merely a clarification and not an expansion of EPA’s authority.You can decide whether EPA is expanding its jurisdiction. EPA further claims it … Continue reading
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