The EPA has announced it will assume the power to “garnish non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed the United States without first obtaining a court order.”
This would complete their Orwellian circle.
The EPA has also recently made changes to the Clean Water Act which labels a collection of water as small as a puddle as ‘navigable’, which gives them unprecedented power over your property – as Judge Napolitano states, “it’s the equivalent of the government taking the property.”
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<!–nextpage–>The EPA utilizes satellites and drones to discover ‘infractions’. We have already seen a case where a man was fined $75,000 for a small pond without the EPA even stepping foot on his property.
So they could end up citing you for some ‘problem’ using a drone, send you a fine in the mail and if you refuse to pay they will garnish your wages…all without judicial oversight.
The notice from the EPA that states they can garnish your wages also states that it will fast track the process to have this Orwellian power in place by Sept. 2nd UNLESS it receives sufficient public outcry by Aug. 1st.
So why not contact the EPA and share your discontent: http://www.truthandaction.org/epa-fines-family-75000-per-day-building-small-pond/
The EPA has claimed this new authority by citing the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, which gives all federal agencies the power to conduct administrative wage garnishment, provided that the agency allows for hearings at which debtors can challenge the amount or the terms of a repayment schedule.
In response to the report, an EPA spokeswoman also pointed to a Department of Treasury rule from 2011 outlining debt collection for various agencies, including the EPA.
“Administrative Wage Garnishment (AWG) would apply only after EPA attempts to collect delinquent debts and after Treasury attempts to collect delinquent debts through other means,” the spokeswoman told FoxNews.com. The spokeswoman added that the agency would provide notice “prior to any action,” giving the debtor the opportunity to “review, contest or enter into a repayment agreement.”
The plan has drawn protests from conservatives, including Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., who told The Washington Times, “The EPA has a history of overreaching its authority. It seems like once again the EPA is trying to take power it doesn’t have away from American citizens.”
The conservative Heritage Foundation claimed that the rule gives the EPA “unbridled discretion” over the process of challenging fines. David Addington, group vice president for research at Heritage, told the Times that the rule not only puts the burden of proof on the debtor, rather than the agency, but also allows the EPA to decide whether a debtor even gets a chance to present a defense before picking whomever it chooses to serve as a hearing officer.
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She is taken up with her own importance!
Someone needs to PUT A STOP to this Communist agency!! Who the heck do they think they are anyway!!!
It arrived with obama and his regime.
That’s what we all need more dictators in this country are we in Cuba ? Or the U.S. .?
More corruption from the obama administration – have people had enough yet????
We must get a President, Senate, and Congress who will close down these useless money pit out of control agencies… When we finally get our government out of the control of the Communistic Muslims, this is something we should demand from them.. In my opinion…
I see this an act of war.
No. It must apply to all especially that Black bastard racist in NY who doesn’t think he has to pay taxes!!!!!
Many people can’t even get jobs, pay for thier Obama Insurance, and now they want to put the burden of proof on us if the Government can find another way to fine us? They are killing the real Legal American.
this is a bunch of c**p just more theft from the American people by the EPA this department needs to be done away with it’s just a bunch of criminal that steal from the people for any reason they think is right for them to do but it’s wrong shut it down