Thursday, August 30, 2012

Federal judge orders review of mining decisions in Idaho (and my order back to the judge)

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to revisit some of the decisions made when officials signed off on a mining company's plans to broaden its exploratory drilling in a historic mining district in the mountains near Idaho City. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge on Thursday vacated sections of the environmental assessment the agency produced on the CuMo Mine project, saying the agency acted arbitrarily a year ago in concluding the expanded drilling does not significantly impact water quality. Lodge also ordered the Forest Service to step back and do additional research and analysis on the impacts drilling could have on groundwater; develop a strategy for monitoring water quality before, during and after drilling; and craft a plan to treat any waters contaminated during drilling...more

Boy, we sure do have a lot of smart judges nowadays. They have been taught in law school how to manage federal lands.

Let's have some fun and where they have "drilling" in this article, substitute "decision" as follows:


The Westerner ordered Judge Lodge to step back and do additional research and analysis on the cumulative impacts of his decisions on federalism; develop a strategy for monitoring his decisions before, during and after each decision, and craft a plan to treat any decision which contaminates our constitution.

So it shall be written, so it shall be done.

Damn, I'd like to do that. Please, just once let me do it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

First the judge would have to learn to read with comprehension and write with meaning. At least beyond the 4th grade level most liberals stopped their education.