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Post by avordvet on Mar 15, 2014 6:47:13 GMT -5
Wyoming welder faces $75,000 a day in EPA fines for building pond on his propertyBy Barnini Chakraborty, Published March 14, 2014, FoxNews.com All Andy Johnson wanted to do was build a stock pond on his sprawling eight-acre Wyoming farm. He and his wife Katie spent hours constructing it, filling it with crystal-clear water, and bringing in brook and brown trout, ducks and geese. It was a place where his horses could drink and graze, and a private playground for his three children. But instead of enjoying the fruits of his labor, the Wyoming welder says he was harangued by the federal government, stuck in what he calls a petty power play by the Environmental Protection Agency. He claims the agency is now threatening him with civil and criminal penalties – including the threat of a $75,000-a-day fine. “I have not paid them a dime nor will I,” a defiant Johnson told FoxNews.com. “I will go bankrupt if I have to fighting it. My wife and I built [the pond] together. We put our blood, sweat and tears into it. It was our dream.” www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/14/wyoming-welder-faces-fine-for-building-pond-on-his-own-property/
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Post by Michael Downing on Mar 15, 2014 7:15:34 GMT -5
Somehow I have problems visualizing a "sprawling" eight acre farm. How big could the pond possibly be?
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Post by avordvet on May 10, 2016 15:54:49 GMT -5
Wyoming welder, facing $16M in fines, beats EPA in battle over stock pondPublished May 10, 2016 FoxNews.com Johnson said he hopes his legal case will give hope to others who might face similar battles in the future. “This is a huge victory for us as well as private property owners across the country,” Johnson said. “The next family that finds itself in our situation, facing ominous threats from EPA, can take heart in knowing that many of these threats will not come to pass," he said. "If, like us, you stand up to the overreaching bureaucrats, they may very well back down." www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/10/wyoming-welder-facing-16m-in-fines-beats-epa-in-battle-over-stock-pond.html?intcmp=hpbt1
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