Quick! Someone share an old sailing Yarn, Anything but politics or religion. Isn't that why we do this? As an outlet from the everyday trials and tribulations of life. Sail on Sisters and Brothers, we are all we have on the high seas. Mark Escovedo M17 Flush deck "AMY" formerly "Chunky Dory" ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve & Diana Parsons<mailto:sparsons@canby.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats<mailto:montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 9:09 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: re: Klabautermann VS the EPA And just remember.... No one died when Clinton lied! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hughston, Larry" <Larry.Hughston@dgs.ca.gov<mailto:Larry.Hughston@dgs.ca.gov>> To: <stever@mail.saabnet.com<mailto:stever@mail.saabnet.com>>; "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com<mailto:montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com>> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:58 PM Subject: RE: M_Boats: re: Klabautermann VS the EPA
Wait until the Democrats get back into power!
-----Original Message----- From: Steve R. [mailto:stever@mail.saabnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:57 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com<mailto:montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: M_Boats: re: Klabautermann VS the EPA
FYI, while we are on the topic, just in case someone gets in your face someday.
BTW: I am not a lawyer.
Activists have been photographing the fuel docks in Key West. According to the attorney who witnessed this, the federal fine is $5,000 for a fuel spill. He said those providing evidence may be rewarded with half the fine.
Activists have challenged boaters at Kentucky Lake over leaky fuel hoses. What hose does not leak somewhere?
People go to the shore to have a good time. The definition of a good time seems to vary widely.
There was a time when activists focused on industrial facilities. Industry has either closed down or cleaned up. You would think that would make them happy.
The worse public a** chewing I ever had was at an seminar by a senior EPA official who was mad about pollution from power plants. She was upset because we had reduced it. We cut pollution quicker than we had to, made bigger cuts than were required, and did it at less cost than originally estimated. The air was cleaner, the lights stayed on, and this political appointee was livid. I am convinced that many of these activists have a social or political agenda that goes beyond clean air and water.
Federal law prohibits the discharge of virtual everything into waterways. There is no quantity threshold. A sheen is sufficient evidence for conviction. States may set stricter limits than US law. States are usually mandated to enforce federal environmental regulations, so the enforcement may vary.
Animal, vegetable or mineral, accidental or intentional, the law is the law.
You may curse the EPA. I prefer to contemplate job security. Some days it is the only thing that keeps me going.
So, any one done any sailing yet?
steve
Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY
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