Three Signs the EPA/Army Corps Water Rule is a Disaster

From The American Thinker Blog:

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers’ final water rule under the Clean Water Act seeks to regulate almost every type of water in the country. And you don’t even need to get into the substance of the rule to know it’ll be a disaster. Here are three signs that this rule should be killed off immediately.

Sign 1 -- The Regulating Agency is Acting More like an Advocacy Group than a Federal Agency.

Sign 2 --The Rule Is Best Described as “Uncooperative” Federalism.

Sign 3 -- The Agency Appears to Hate the Rule as Much as the Public Does.
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The Corps also tried to make sure it wasn’t associated with the economic analysis or technical support document:

However, the Corps had no role in selecting or analyzing the data that EPA used in drafting either document [economic analysis or technical support document]. As a result, the documents can only be characterized as having been developed by the EPA, and should not identify the Corps as an author, co-author or substantive contributor…. Finally, the Corps of Engineers logo should be removed from these two documents.

If the Corp is running away from the Water Rule......................