That would imply we had a SCOTUS that was unbiased and followed it's mandate...I don't think that will work well..

Protecting the environment is not one of the powers listed in Article I, Section 8. So it is unconstitutional for the EPA to exist. (Of course this relies upon a correct definition of "interstate commerce", so first, Wickard v. Filburn must be overturned.)

Every time throughout history, whenever there is a strong complaint about an issue, or an injustice, the solution is either to form a committee which eventually makes the subject disappear, or create an agency to govern the problem. In the former, it usually means that they don't want the issue to see the light of day for whatever reason, and in the latter, one more way to control the populace. By and large, the people who govern us are not benevolent, and should be treated as you would a venomous snake. You may get away without being bitten, but don't take any chances.

Absolutely! Look how the EPA tried to handle its own environmental catastrophe a few weeks ago. They tried to cover it up and minimize the threat. (Good thing it wasn't BP.) I say either curtail it or get rid of it, and that goes for the controlling IRS, too.

Agenda 21 and ruled by the dumbest among 'Them'.

ummmmm ...... things like Love Canal have been the legitimate cause
of a lot of legal actions, but the progressives have been the
cause of the EPA, don't you think??? -- j
.

but the closest thing to eternal life on earth is a government bureaucracy!!! -- j
.

Indeed, they have all become power hungry bureaucratic nightmares. I would have to point out (as above) that were it not for a few companies and people, there would be no need for them. It comes back to the old adage of "we have to have laws to protect the majority from the minority" and "a few bad apples spoil the crop". They have done a few good things each of the agencies above, but n the process morphed into the monsters today. I would not want to have them completely gone, but significantly pruned back.

It may be a tool, but seems able to do enough damage on it's own. Although, in retrospect, some individual companies and persons have done enough stupid things to cause the EPA to be born. (Love Canal comes to mind).

The epa was to far from reality the day it was in retrospect started. ALL government agencies always want more authority than they are given and when they over step their bounds the agency that started them the congress will NOT rein them in. Then when you get a socialist/facist the likes of 0 in power he will agree with what ever the agency wants to do and let the courts decide an out come which in most cases agrees with the agency. So the epa HAS gone to far but they will not be reined in.

The EPA has gone too far by merely existing. Every government agency exists only in order to control its citizens by curtailing their freedom.

Nixon underwent a massive transformation after his loss to Kennedy. He went to work for George (CFR) Schultz' "White shoe" law firm and came back a "Progressive" Republican in every sense of the word. From Wage and Price controls, the final abandonment of the gold standard to the hiring of Henry Kissinger, you really can't go much further to the left! This is what the Communists mean when they use the term "co-option". Need I go on?

Yes! Yes! Yes!
They have devolved into bloated, bullying and brainless monstrosities that must be put down.

I agree GET RID OF IT!!!!!!!!

"...calling the EPA regulation "inexplicable, arbitrary and devoid of a reasoning process." " These three adjectival phrases could be applied to ANY regulation.

This agency served its purpose. It should eb eliminated and replaced with an agency fundamentally responsible for pointing out "involuntary submission to contract" (e.g. pollution, noise pollution through physics, POINT OUT ONLY! Then an appeal to Congress to legislate, not an uninhibited executive legislation such as we have now!

Through agencies like the EPA, IRS, OSHA, DOE, USPTO, and may other ridiculous agencies and regulations, a monstrous and evil Federal Government controls almost every aspect of our lives.
The theory of "man-caused global warming" is a tool used by liberals to gain control of the energy sectors of the world's economies and to create a one world government.
The EPA is a tool of the left and it should be abolished.

Is this a trick question? The EPA should never have been established in the first place. Why was Nixon a Republican?

The EPA is the poster child for administrative rule run amok. Running neck and neck are the DOI, USFS, USFWS. EPA only tops the list by interfering with the entire country, not just the Western States. And perhaps USFWS.

The War on the West goes at least back to the 70's with FLPMA. One could argue even further back with Taylor Grazing Act, the creation of the Forest Service, etc. But as we speak, they are pulling out all the stops with controlling access to western lands.

Two aspects for reining it in. Congress duly passed NEPA and are unlikely to repeal it. But, one must ask where does it apply? There is no authority for it within the Constitution, so it can't apply to/within the States. That leaves territories only. Puerto Rico, Guam, etc. Second, and even then, administrative procedure must follow the letter and intent of the law. They cannot just go rogue and make up law by executive decree.

And there is the rub, they are doing that in all these areas and the other two branches of government are letting executive administrations get away with it. There is the occasional victory, that only amount to little speed bumps in their road to total control.

I vote eliminate it, along with nearly all federal agencies.