THEY’RE COMING AFTER YOUR POND: EPA Targets Couple’s Private Pond In WY, Threatens Huge Fines
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By Kelly David Burke, FOX NEWS
When Andy and Katie Johnson built a pond on their property in 2011 to provide water for their cattle, they never dreamed it would result in threats of $75,000 a day in fines from the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Johnsons believed they had done everything necessary to get permission for the pond, where the tiny Six Mile Creek runs through their property south of Fort Bridger, Wyo. The Wyoming State Engineer’s Office provided the permit and even stated in an April 4, 2013 letter to the Johnsons: “All of the legal requirements of the State Engineer’s Office, that were your responsibility, have been satisfied for the Johnson Stock Reservoir.”
The EPA saw it differently — and sent the Johnsons a Jan. 30 notice informing them they had violated the Clean Water Act, which could carry thousands of dollars in fines.
“I believe that the EPA does need to regulate industry and the bigger projects,” Andy Johnson conceded, “but my little pristine stock pond, I believe, is a waste of our taxpayer money for them to come after me. It’s a waste of my time, it’s a waste of my money and we’re going to fight it.”
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