EPA set to garnish your wages for breaking regulations
07/09/2014
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The EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, has announced that as of September 2014, it will have the unbridled ability to garnish your wages for environmental infractions.
If this seems odd to you then you had best speak up. Otherwise, breaking an EPA regulation will cost you plenty and they can take it via wage garnishment.
As per link below, According to The Washington Times, the agency announced the plan to enhance its purview last week in a notice in the Federal Register. The notice claimed that federal law allows the EPA to “garnish non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed the United States without first obtaining a court order.”
The notice went on to say that the EPA had fast-tracked the new rule, enabling it to take effect September 2.
1. The EPA said the rule was not subject to review because it was not a “significant regulatory action.”
The EPA has claimed this new authority by citing the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Section 31001(o), which gives all federal agencies the power to conduct administrative wage garnishment, provided that the agency allows for hearings at which debtors to challenge the amount or the terms of repayment schedule.
.”The EPA also states that, “we view this as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no adverse comment.”
“This direct final rule is effective September 2, 2014 without further notice unless EPA receives adverse comments by August 1, 2014.”
To contact the EPA on this subject please use one of these to post your comments. I was unable find an ability to comment online.
Submit your comments by one of the following methods:
1. Email: jones.anita@epa.gov.
2. Fax: (202) 565-2585.
3. Mail: OCFO-2014-0001; FRL-9910-14-OCFO FPPS c/o Anita Jones, OCFO/OFM/FPPS, Mailcode 2733R, Environmental Protection Agency, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA_FRDOC_0001-15898
The conservative Heritage Foundation claimed that the rule gives the EPA “unbridled discretion” over the process of challenging fines. David Addington, group vice president for research at Heritage, told the Times that the rule not only puts the burden of proof on the debtor, rather than the agency, but also allows the EPA to decide whether a debtor even gets a chance to present a defense before picking whomever it chooses to serve as a hearing officer.
The amount of money the EPA has collected in fines has increased steadily since President Barack Obama took office. In 2012, the agency took in $252 million in fines, up from just $96 million in 2009.
Also be conscious of the fact that a growth plan is probably in effect in your community. This Agenda 21 project gives the DOT, the EPA and HUD full access to your community with all authority rendered to them via your locally elected representatives.
It’s time to speak up and out about government overreach into your wallets by a truly oppressive regime.
Share this info and by all means comment on the EPA hotline and comment line expressing your distaste for this overreach. Then contact your elected representatives and tell them to stop the EPA from garnishing your wages and taking your hard earned money.
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An example of how the EPA is reaching into the pockets of Americans can be seen in the example given in this link below. Just one story of where this could go.
A 75,000 dollar a day fine placed on a man and his family for building a pond in his yard, a perceived violation of the Clean Water Act!
If silence falls on this, we are in for some serious tyranny by a federal agency that will only gain strength at each fine and garnishment levied.
The wage garnishment rule:
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2002/03/13/02-5924/administrative-wage-garnishment
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