Repeat offenders.

Same with the Carson River below the Comstock only from the old mills around Dayton rather than placering. Elevated mercury in fish in Lahontan Reservoir. A declared super fund site. But to "clean" it up they would have to tear up the entire riparian zone where the Cottonwoods lining the river are the only deciduous trees for miles around.

Indeed! A distracted zealot.

Gotcha Mikey!

Perhaps we need an even more gothic, bleeding gun to instill a fire for government responsibility. Like King George, these recent events should be instilling fire in an amendment demanding government responsibility. What is the key to the value determination? Not a new, arbitrary value each time, but simple, clear Milton Friedman oriented involuntary servitude assessments. Move all issues to liquidity and it all becomes so easy!

I ignore the government weather installations affecting the jet stream too...and the moon landing really happened.

Exactly!

But, but...the experts told us...

I just don't know what will happen to us if even our technocrat experts can't make everything work. Oh my.

I am sure the EPA cares what they did to the Native Americans. It was not that many years ago, a friend of mine in the Army was doing the government bidding, testing what happened when psychotropic drugs were put in the Indians' water source. It was hush hush, but he was so upset at having to monitor the effects, tahat he got out of the Army as soon as he could. He could not take it any longer. It is like when the EPA goes after citizens they want to control, while ignoring .nearby real issues they ought to address. Also, the way the blames cows for methane, but ignore the government weather warfare installations for affecting the jet wstream.

Fine the principals of the EPA involved in the spill, demand the same reparations and jail time demanded of any private individual.

they probably did what all civil servants do, NOT THINK!

During the 1849 Gold Rush in the PDRC there were a lot of hydrologic mining operations going on. They would blast placer deposits with large water cannon called "monitors". The resultant mud would then go through a series of sluce boxes that had mercury in the riffles to capture the gold through amalgamation. A lot of this mercury washed downstream. So nowadays they advise that no more than two fish per week should be eaten from the Sacramento River and none should be eaten when pregnant. Bottom feeding fish, such as cats, should be avoided.

The big problem is that the plaintiff has to front the money for the suit. There is no guarantee of getting anything back.

When I worked for a governmental agency I was sued personally for an act performed in the course of my job. The agency was not federal, but rather of the PDRC (People's Democratic Republic of California). The plaintiff's (we'll call him LW) hack lawyer ran up an $83k bill before he fired the hack and hired a good attorney. We settled for the bill of the second attorney (abt $14k). Then the hack sued LW for his bill plus damages. In the end it cost LW A LOT of money for really nothing in return.

LOL!
The link is for those of you who don't get the joke~

https://www.galtsgulchonline.com/post...

In 1975, I got together with three doctors, a prosecutor, and our sons, 14 in all and took a large rubber raft down the Colorado River from Lake Powell to Lake Mead, over the rapids and through breathtaking scenery. We swam in the icy waters that were so clear you could see to the bottom. Thanks to the recent caretakers, I doubt if I'd try that now.

Spot on, Dino. Maybe the laid off EPA personnel could become optometrists.

Hello ChuckyBob,
Indeed; more of this needs to occur. If it can be done, I wonder why more of it is not commonplace. This could be of interest.. https://www.justice.gov/usam/civil-re...
Respectfully,
O.A.

I'm surprised they are not blaming us for their own stupidity...any doubts they are the least qualified part of "Kakistocracy"?

"EPA said the water that spilled from he plant was partially treated, and the metals present in it should quickly settle to the bottom of waterways where they are less harmful." GE had to dredge the Hudson river to remove PCB that had settled there and been covered up by silt. This cost about $1.6B and is almost done. No one was harmed by the covered up PCB and there was no danger of it being introduced into the water but the EPA forced them to dig it up. No doubt some of it was sent downstream during the process. They should have used the EPA's standard...

Then I guess the real path to put them in their place is a civil suit. Most "public servants are immune from suit if something happened in the course of their assigned duties and they were acting in a reasonably prudent manner. If you can prove that they were negligent, willfully committed bad acts, or were acting outside of their assigned duties they are fair game. So, start a civil suit against THE INDIVIDUAL, not the EPA. Even if it can't move forward, one and a half years of discovery can become quite a punishment.