http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-12/did-epa-intentionally-poison-animas-river-secure-superfund-money
Here is the first article I came across. Please NEVER return to this website unless you really want to know what is going on financially in this country. And keep an eye out for the black helo's when viewing.
Yup... I have a story for you that will make you shake your head in disgust.
So some names are eliminated because this is so corrupt, there may be pending legal action.
I have a customer we do a lot of work for. They have some pretty large boilers at their facility that very seldom run, I'm talking less that 20 hours a year... The rules on hot water heating boilers have been regulated for emissions concerns. These boiler fell over that cutline and needed to be source tested (at a cost of over $15,000 a shot) every two years to monitor for controlled pollutants (mainly NOX).
Fair enough. But when these were installed they were state of the art, highest possible efficiency and again, seldom run.
Anyway, they decide to replace the burners on these boilers and de-rate them to a capacity below the cutoff. Genius right?
So at a tune of about $30,000 each we get this job accomplished... The boilers run stupid clean (but still very seldom) and meet the necessary compliance numbers for the next 15 years...
So the air resources board (a small California version of the EPA) still wants these source tested after we just spent over $120,000 on retrofits... Wait.... What? You heard me....
The reason was, "well, they are still permitted as boilers over the limit". HUh? I said shaking my head.
So after protesting, some screaming, some yelling and getting $3,500 in fines because we did not get the source testing done before the deadline (even though these were just certified as a smaller boiler mere months before), one brilliant official says, "yeah, I don't think you really need to source test because the boilers were relabled as smaller boilers and they are under the benchmark"....
Ya think fukkhead?!?!?!?!?!?
Moral of the stupidity, they don't give two shits about anything but keeping the funding they have so they can get a new company car every two years... The EPA for all the good it has done has become a typical money generating machine and should be completely dismantled, but it will never happen....
Stay tuned folks, its going to be a bumpy ride.. I need to go now, I have to go lower my blood pressure... I'm going to go start my boat and let off a little steam...
GT