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Folks for ANY MODEL BOATER living in the U.S. this is something that needs to be elevated to the top of your must keep an eye on list-
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/14/private-property-clean-water-restoration-act/
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.787:
Read it closely.... very, very closely. If this gets through then your government will have unimpeded jurisdiction over ANY body of water public or private. here is Clean Water Restoration Act (S-787-IS) section 4 of the bill-
SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (7);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (25) as paragraphs (7) through (24), respectively; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
`(25) WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES- The term `waters of the United States' means all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting these waters, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.'.
This is serious stuff. I love this hobby and want to protect it. h34r:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/14/private-property-clean-water-restoration-act/
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.787:
Read it closely.... very, very closely. If this gets through then your government will have unimpeded jurisdiction over ANY body of water public or private. here is Clean Water Restoration Act (S-787-IS) section 4 of the bill-
SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (7);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (25) as paragraphs (7) through (24), respectively; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
`(25) WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES- The term `waters of the United States' means all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting these waters, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.'.
This is serious stuff. I love this hobby and want to protect it. h34r:
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