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To: American Spirit who wrote (303611)9/18/2006 10:57:18 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 1575173
 
Most gouging regulation is (in addition to almost always being a bad idea) a state or local function. As for pollution. Even the sites that attack Bush for less enforcement don't mention NO enforcement. That's silly. You want once instance -

OK - "EPA Sues Idaho Transport Agency for Roadbuilding Runoff
BOISE, Idaho, August 25, 2004 (ENS) - The federal government is suing the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and its contractor, Scarsella Brothers, Inc. of Seattle, for at least 170 violations of the federal Clean Water Act at a six-mile long road project on U.S. Highway 95 in Idaho between Bellgrove and Mica Creeks.

The case filed in U.S. District Court in Boise on Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is the one of the largest storm water violation cases ever prosecuted by the agency. "

ens-newswire.com

Want another?

PA sues Atlas Tack for $25M
By JENNETTE BARNES, Standard-Times staff writer

FAIRHAVEN -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed a $25 million lawsuit against Atlas Tack Corp. and its president, M. Leonard Lewis, to fund a cleanup at the closed Fairhaven plant.

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I could keep listing one action after the other, but two should be enough since you asked for just one.