The EPA must ease restrictions
I am writing in response to Katharine Yates’ March 19 letter to the editor. She appears to be yet another liberal who is wrapped up in a clearly biased media. She harped on President Trump for dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The president will not dismantle or remove it, but reduce its authority. This is something that is long overdue.
President Nixon – a Republican, by the way – created the EPA when heavy industry was dumping waste into rivers and polluting the air. Since its inception, scrubbers have been developed and waterways are no longer used for dumping waste. These things will still be policed.
Yates fails to understand the ridiculous restrictions the EPA has implemented that are killing industry and jobs. Western states were mining precious metals used in nearly all electronic devices and the EPA shut that down.
The last plant in America that was recycling and processing lead was slapped with fines and orders to retool the plant. This lead was used in car and household batteries, as well as ordnance for our military and law-enforcement personnel to protect people with. The plant spent millions to meet EPA standards, but 18 months later they came back and told them the standards had changed. Facing bankruptcy, the plant closed.
I would suggest that Yates turn in all of her electronic and battery-powered devices, start growing her own vegetables and raising her own cattle. If she wants to continue living like she does, the EPA must ease up on restrictions and deal with reality.
I’m as green as the next guy, but some of the things the EPA does are outrageous.
Frank Trapuzzano
Washington