EPA Arrogance

A series of memos the Obama Administration intended to keep private shows a culture of secrecy, falsehood and dysfunction that permeated the Waters of the U.S. rulemaking process. The American Farm Bureau charges the Army Corps of Engineers memos show the Corps "repeatedly rebuked EPA officials for their abuse of the rulemaking process in producing the deeply controversial Waters of the United States rule," and the entire economic analysis used to support the rule "had no basis in either science or economics." I spoke with reporter and spokesperson for the Idaho Farm Bureau, Jake Putnam: ""It is clear from the memos that there were dire concerns internally that EPA was getting it wrong and with a high degree of arrogance. The flawed economic study is just the tip of the iceberg, and it was known internally that trouble was ahead. In fact, the memos themselves were stamped 'Litigation Sensitive.' They were never intended to see the light of day."