http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/in-oregon-the-rain-belongs-to-the-state/ Defending Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/in-oregon-the-rain-belongs-to-the-state/#comment-12825 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:44:22 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=27786#comment-12825 If you recall, I wrote recently about the EPA’s effort to take the Clean Water Act to extremes by assuming that whatever tiny trickle that flows into a brook, that becomes a creek, that drains into a stream, that merges with a river, that flows into a major river, that eventually becomes navigable waters — is something that they may thus regulate because the Act gives them authority over “navigable waters.” You can scroll down and find the piece. Its BS.

]]> http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/in-oregon-the-rain-belongs-to-the-state/#comment-12821 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:02:24 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=27786#comment-12821 I would be surprised if Oregon were the only western state with such a law. (Eastern states operate under different water regimes.)

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