EPA shenanigans...

[Mystic ZR-1]

This does not look good...............

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...ns/?refer=news

[-=Jeff=-]

sign the petition against it:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//pe...les-racecars-0

[FU]

Sign the petition !

Same EPA that did this ?

EPA: Colorado Mine Spill Leaked Thousands Of Pounds Of Metals

Federal environmental authorities believe that an August wastewater spill in Colorado ultimately sent more than 880,000 pounds of metals into a nearby river.

But the draft analysis released Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency also suggested that metals released by the spill from Gold King Mine equated to one day of runoff from melting snow near the mine.

Cleanup workers led by the EPA were working at the inactive mine in southwestern Colorado on Aug. 5 when they inadvertently triggered a spill totaling 3 million gallons of toxic wastewater.

The incident sparked a deluge of criticism of the agency by lawmakers, particularly by Republicans already opposed to the Obama administration's environmental policies.

The Interior Department found that the EPA failed to check water levels in the mine before beginning preliminary cleanup work, but said that the agency’s actions were not criminal.

The draft report said that the metals primarily moved from the mine to Cement Creek and then to the Animas River. Most of the metal settled underneath the Animas before it reached the San Juan River in northeastern New Mexico.

The report did not address claims that some of the discharged metals reached Utah, where the San Juan joins the Colorado River.

Previous tests showed that the wastewater contained arsenic and lead. Investigators were also reportedly looking for cadmium, copper, mercury, nickel and zinc.

Despite the spill turning rivers an unsightly shade of yellow and contaminating drinking water, officials said that the rivers returned to normal levels of those contaminants shortly after the spill.

The EPA hopes to designate the area near Silverton, Colorado as a Superfund site in order to fund a long-term cleanup of the mine. Gold King is one of thousands of mines in western states that could pose similar spill risks.

[efnfast]

Remember to vote republican and start the defunding.

[edram454]

Originally Posted by efnfast

Remember to vote republican and start the defunding.

of course,,,no democrat....any republican...even trump if I have to.

ed ramos #3028

[efnfast]

Seems like the parties are getting more and more divided. If you work in the private sector you vote republican. If you're supported by the system you vote democrat.

[Z51JEFF]

If only society could get as worked up like this over the morons running the Country into the ground maybe things would change.

[gbrtng]

Relax - this might make you feel slightly better:

http://link.caranddriver.com/click/6...c12adB2b512092

But it's a good thing SEMA caught the issue and made us aware of the EPA thugs and their evil intentions.

Stay ever vigilant ...

[FU]

Originally Posted by gbrtng

Stay ever vigilant ...

You betcha Glenn. Wishing you the Mrs. and all the Texas fellow's well >

[Hib Halverson]

Originally Posted by gbrtng

Relax - this might make you feel slightly better:

http://link.caranddriver.com/click/6...c12adB2b512092

But it's a good thing SEMA caught the issue and made us aware of the EPA thugs and their evil intentions.

Stay ever vigilant ...

Actually, SEMA didn't "catch it"...at least not in time for people to take advantage of the public comment period. That's because that proposed rule-making was "buried" in a much larger set of rules where were aimed mostly at heavy commercial vehicles. For unknown reasons, someone at SEMA did finally catch it at the "last minute". Trouble is: the public comment period has ended and EPA will announce the final rule in July. The petition may have some influence, but not near as much had the auto enthusaist community been aware of the issue during the public comment period. Nevertheless, I encourage all of you to not only sign the petition but write (that means type a letter on your computer) your Congressional Representative and your Senators.

This rule could have two negative effects.

1) It will codify the illegality of road cars converted into race cars which do not have all the original emissions control devices present and functional. For example, let's say you owned a C5 Z06 which you wanted to turn into a track car. It will be illegal to do that unless your track car had a basically stock engine and all stock emissions control devices present and working when it was being used off-highway at the race track.

2) It will either greatly restrict or end the sale of aftermarket parts sold for "off-road use only" on road cars.

This rule will not affect purpose-built race cars such as NASCAR race cars, LeMans C7.R Corvettes, Top Fuel Dragsters and so forth.

In a collective sense, we have no one but ourselves to blame for this because we have allowed government to become too powerful.