Farm Dust!

[beararms1776]

With all the regulations that farmers face, I'm suprised they're still farming.
EPA to Crack Down on Farm Dust - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |

 

[John Galt]

I wonder if this would fall under the "domestic enemies" phrase that the Founding Fathers referenced? A government so large that it wants to regulate farm dust? I would love to hear a Liberal explain their version of what constitutes tyranny and oppression and if this would fall into that category!

 

[iamaclone45]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgiV85UV7SI[/ame]


I was cleaning dust out of my ears, eyes, nose and mouth for a week after this.

 

[Westside]

I have the "right" to dust free air. How dare all of you force me to breath air with dust in it.

 

[justjoe]

not to worry all the factory farms will get "exemptions" Just another step in O's plan to shut down the country's small businesses.

 

[jbombelli]

I wonder if this would fall under the "domestic enemies" phrase that the Founding Fathers referenced? A government so large that it wants to regulate farm dust? I would love to hear a Liberal explain their version of what constitutes tyranny and oppression and if this would fall into that category!

I think that depends on who's president at the time. Right now? No, it would not constitute oppression. They're simply guaranteeing everybody's right to breathe clean air.

If Bush was in office? OH MY GOD! THIS IS MORE GEORGE HITLER BUSH TYRANNY! HE'S PUTTING SMALL FARMERS OUT OF BUSINESS TO PROTECT HIS BIG AGRO FRIENDS! IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH!

 

[rambone]

I think that depends on who's president at the time. Right now? No, it would not constitute oppression. They're simply guaranteeing everybody's right to breathe clean air.

If Bush was in office? OH MY GOD! THIS IS MORE GEORGE HITLER BUSH TYRANNY! HE'S PUTTING SMALL FARMERS OUT OF BUSINESS TO PROTECT HIS BIG AGRO FRIENDS! IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH!

Democrats & Republicans both prop up Big Business at the expense of small business.

 

[littletommy]

I think it's time for every demographic that has been terrorized by big government to crackdown on big government. I've been doing it for quite a few years now, but with little success. There just aren't enough people who give a **** to put a little thought into voting. I know that's not the be all, end all solution, but it would certainly get things going in the right direction. Then again, you have to figure for every idiotic government scheme, there are millions of idiotic voters who don't know any better than to support it.

 

[jsharmon7]

This has been happening for a while in some places. I know in Las Vegas the construction industry is regulated regarding excessive dust on worksites. The county has people go out and do surveillance on construction sites to look for violations. It sounds like the EPA is taking it to new areas.

 

[jeremy]

Just makes me want to drive down a Dirt Road at 90 miles an hour kicking up a huge plume of dust...

 

[45fan]

If there is a practical way to control dust from fields, I am all for it, but what are farmers supposed to do? Rain dances in the fields during every drought? Any steps that limit dust that come to mind would only increase time, energy and fuel involved in crop production, thus raising cost to the consumer. Not to mention all the restrictions on watering lawns when the dry season comes through. How can the government think it is OK to water millions of acres of farm land when watering a few lawns in the cities will deplete the water reserves? Dust/dirt is just a fact of life. If a person isnt smart enough to pull off the road when visibility becomes an issue, perhaps they are only tempting fate. Desert dwellers deal with dust storms every year, and stopping and shutting off your car is just common knowledge.

 

[IndyBeerman]

Just another reason for the EPA to be dissolved along with a lot more alphabet agencies.

 

[Zoub]

My Brother has dealt directly with the current head of the EPA. No he is not a govt employee, he is employed by a for profit corp.

All I can say is in 2012,

"have courage to remake the world as it should be."
- Obama speech, Jan. 3, 2008

vote for comprehensive change.

 

[beararms1776]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgiV85UV7SI


I was cleaning dust out of my ears, eyes, nose and mouth for a week after this.

Man thats some bad wreckage. Not caused from farming I would assume.
When visibility is that limited people should pull over and ride the storm out.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

Democrats & Republicans both prop up Big Business at the expense of small business.

QFT

 

[inxs]

Fugitive dust has been an EPA routine since the 80's. It used to be mainly for fly ash and other somewhat hazardous substances although there was a push to pave parking lots and roads (not public areas, of course) to keep dust down. But Government agencies, if successful at one thing must find another or face extinction. We all know how rare their going out of business sales are....

 

[BigMatt]

We in the construction industry have been enduring these regulations for years. It is nothing new, just a new industry with the same rules.

 

[beararms1776]

We in the construction industry have been enduring these regulations for years. It is nothing new, just a new industry with the same rules.

I didn't know that. How do they deal with dust on construction sites with the graders and backhoes?

 

[jeremy]

I didn't know that. How do they deal with dust on construction sites with the graders and backhoes?

In a manner that is probably counter productive to a Farming Operation...

 

[BigMatt]

I didn't know that. How do they deal with dust on construction sites with the graders and backhoes?

Spray water on the site to keep down the dust. It costs hundreds and thousands of dollars to keep down the dust on large construction sites.

We spend thousands of dollars on silt fencing, hay bales, permits, inspections, temporary vegetative erosion control, erosion control blankets, etc...

The difference in this article and my experience is - we used to spray water to keep the dust off of neighboring cars. These guys are actually calling dust something I have never heard it called - pollution.