From the most noble "Marcellus Drilling News." The respect it shows this government is amazing. I can only imagine the joy they bring to Congressional offices carrying fits full of money.
These companies are LEASING our land. They don't own it and they don't have the right to ignore safety and protections of our citizens even if they did own it. But, the TONE of this publication tells the tale of the level of reverence they show toward the people that lease the land to them.
...The plan, (click here) drafted by EPA staffers, now goes to an advisory committee, the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB), for a review. The SAB is made up of scientific experts, mostly academics, who will review the proposed methodology of the study and offer feedback on how to revise the study. Once that’s done, in early March, the official study will be launched....
What I find interesting is that the House Appropriations Subcommittee complained about is that the EPA and Army Corp was proceeding without the Science Advisory Board completed or was assigned it's work. Well. That is a significant change in the appreciation of science. Somehow that is suppose to act now as a snafu now of the new rule by the EPA and Army Corp.
I don't think so.
Congress established the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) (click here) in 1978 and gave it a broad mandate to advise the Agency on technical matters. The SAB's principal mission includes:
The difference between the EPA today under President Obama and those in the past is that it is lead by a scientist. The Secretary of the EPA has the right and obligation to act in her capacity. She is qualified to work in collaboration with the Army Corp and make decisions. The Science Advisory Board does not preempt her authority or that of the US Army Corp. Please tell me the Appropriations knows what they are doing and understand authority within the federal government.
...(Lisa) Jackson (click here) was a self-described "geek", who didn't settle for mediocrity in the classroom. After graduating summa cum laude from Tulane's School of Chemical Engineering in 1983, Jackson moved north to Princeton University for her master's. She followed up her degree with a two-year stint at Clean Sites, Inc., a non-profit that manages environmental cleanup projects, many of them associated with the Superfund program. She then went to work for the EPA's Superfund program, making a name for herself as one of its staff engineers.
In 2002, Jackson joined New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) as an assistant commissioner. She was appointed to the top post in 2006....
The Congress needs to get over itself. We have a very qualified President with a highly qualified cabinet. The business community needs to get smart and find the respect they need to show for these magnificent Americans.
McCarthy (click here) received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a joint Master of Science in Environmental Health Engineering and Planning and Policy from Tufts University.
These companies are LEASING our land. They don't own it and they don't have the right to ignore safety and protections of our citizens even if they did own it. But, the TONE of this publication tells the tale of the level of reverence they show toward the people that lease the land to them....The plan, (click here) drafted by EPA staffers, now goes to an advisory committee, the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB), for a review. The SAB is made up of scientific experts, mostly academics, who will review the proposed methodology of the study and offer feedback on how to revise the study. Once that’s done, in early March, the official study will be launched....
What I find interesting is that the House Appropriations Subcommittee complained about is that the EPA and Army Corp was proceeding without the Science Advisory Board completed or was assigned it's work. Well. That is a significant change in the appreciation of science. Somehow that is suppose to act now as a snafu now of the new rule by the EPA and Army Corp.
I don't think so.
Congress established the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) (click here) in 1978 and gave it a broad mandate to advise the Agency on technical matters. The SAB's principal mission includes:
- reviewing the quality and relevance of the scientific and technical information being used or proposed as the basis for Agency regulations
- reviewing research programs and the technical basis of applied programs
- reviewing generic approaches to regulatory science, including guidelines governing the use of scientific and technical information in regulatory decisions, and critiquing such analytic methods as mathematical modelling
- advising the Agency on broad scientific matters in science, technology, social and economic issues, and
- advising the Agency on emergency and other short-notice programs
The difference between the EPA today under President Obama and those in the past is that it is lead by a scientist. The Secretary of the EPA has the right and obligation to act in her capacity. She is qualified to work in collaboration with the Army Corp and make decisions. The Science Advisory Board does not preempt her authority or that of the US Army Corp. Please tell me the Appropriations knows what they are doing and understand authority within the federal government.
...(Lisa) Jackson (click here) was a self-described "geek", who didn't settle for mediocrity in the classroom. After graduating summa cum laude from Tulane's School of Chemical Engineering in 1983, Jackson moved north to Princeton University for her master's. She followed up her degree with a two-year stint at Clean Sites, Inc., a non-profit that manages environmental cleanup projects, many of them associated with the Superfund program. She then went to work for the EPA's Superfund program, making a name for herself as one of its staff engineers.
In 2002, Jackson joined New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) as an assistant commissioner. She was appointed to the top post in 2006....
The Congress needs to get over itself. We have a very qualified President with a highly qualified cabinet. The business community needs to get smart and find the respect they need to show for these magnificent Americans.
McCarthy (click here) received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a joint Master of Science in Environmental Health Engineering and Planning and Policy from Tufts University.
