Actually, the EPA puts out it's federal regulations that each state must use to adopt its own regulations. The states have to have regulations at least as strong as the EPA's regulations. They can't be less stringent than the federal regulations, but they can be more stringent, as is the case in places like California. I'm an Environmental Scientist and used to work in a state regulatory agency. Basically, EPA comes out with the federal regulations which are used as the standard from which the states adopt their own regulations. Enforcement of these regulations is left up to the states. States get some federal money for their individual state regulatory agencies and the EPA can come in if we have a big arse environmental catastrophe like the Love Canal incident. So yeah, fuck 'em. We could do with a significantly reduced EPA.
Actually, the EPA puts out it's federal regulations that each state must use to adopt its own regulations. The states have to have regulations at least as strong as the EPA's regulations. They can't be less stringent than the federal regulations, but they can be more stringent, as is the case in places like California. I'm an Environmental Scientist and used to work in a state regulatory agency. Basically, EPA comes out with the federal regulations which are used as the standard from which the states adopt their own regulations. Enforcement of these regulations is left up to the states. States get some federal money for their individual state regulatory agencies and the EPA can come in if we have a big arse environmental catastrophe like the Love Canal incident. So yeah, fuck 'em. We could do with a significantly reduced EPA.