June, 2013 marks the 75th anniversary of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).  The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is an annual codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal
Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The purpose of the CFR is to present the official and complete text of agency regulations in one organized publication and to provide a comprehensive and convenient reference for all those who may need to know the text of general and
permanent Federal regulations.

The CFR is divided into 50 titles representing broad areas subject to Federal regulation.

To locate the current regulations pertaining to CFR Title 20, Employees' Benefits, click here.

Slaying the Monster: The EPA
 
I Spy can now be heard on two different stations at different times! 
Listen on Saturday: 11:00 to noon (Pacific time) on KYKN (1430-AM) or, if you’re outside of the Salem, OR, listening area, go to www.kykn.com and hit the "listen live" button.  Or on Sunday, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (Pacific time) tune to KAJO (1270-AM) or if you’re outside of the Grants Pass, OR, listening area, go
to www.kajo.com and hit the listen live button at the top of the page.

Our Guests:  
Physicist, Dr. Gordon Fulks, & Shannon Goessling, Exec. Dir. of Southeastern Legal Foundation

 This week: There are a few essentials to any good story: a hero who won’t give up; a villain or  obstacle that seems impossible to overcome; and (if you’re writing in the classical vein) a wise mentor who gives the hero the weapon they need to slay the villain.  That’s just the case this week on the I Spy Radio Show. The EPA is a huge, immovable monster that is slowly devouring businesses. If it’s not stopped, it will shut down power plants all across the country and prevent America from using one of its most abundant resources—coal.
 
Along comes Shannon Goessling, the Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel for the Southeastern Legal Foundation, which took up the fight against the EPA. As with any good novel, they lost their previous round at the D.C. Appellate Court, but now they’re taking their case to the Supreme Court.  To aid them in their quest, Dr. Gordon Fulks and a group of highly qualified scientists have filed a brief with the court that challenges the underlying science of global warming, which could undo the EPA’s entire case. Incredibly, challenging the EPA’s bad science at the Supreme Court has never been done before.
 
Tune in to hear their inspiring story as they refuse to go quietly, and what it takes to go up against the monster. 
 
Have you heard our very popular “I Spy Minute,” aired weekdays at 10:00 a.m. during KYKN’s peak listenership? We’re looking for personal and corporate sponsorships to help keep these educational and informative minutes on the air. Are you a business owner (or know one) that would like “prime real estate” to
advertise? We have two :30 ad spots following the I Spy Minute available, but you need to contact karla@ispyradio.com to take advantage of these. 

Saturday’s, 11:00 a.m. to noon, (Pacific time).  Listen live on KYKN(1430-AM), or, if you’re outside of the Salem listening area, just go to www.kykn.com and hit the listen live button. 

Or Sunday’s, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (Pacific time). Listen live on KAJO (1270-AM) or, if you’re outside of the
Grants Pass, OR listening area, go to www.kajo.com and hit the listen live button at the top of the page.

 Busy on Saturday or Sunday?  Not a problem.  Monday, after the show airs, you can go to our webpage www.ispyradio.com and download it from our “past shows” page.

I Spy can now be heard on two different stations at different times! 
 Listen on Saturday:
11:00 to noon (Pacific time) on KYKN
(1430-AM) or, if you’re outside of the Salem, OR, listening area, go to www.kykn.com and hit the "listen live"
button.
 
Or on Sunday, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (Pacific time) tune to KAJO (1270-AM) or if you’re outside of the Grants Pass, OR, listening area, go to www.kajo.com and hit the listen live button at the top of the page.

 Our Guest:  Shannon Goessling, Executive Director of Southeastern Legal Foundation

 This week: Our host, Mark Anderson, is just coming off of a two-week residency program and he’s
anxious to get back into the swing of things in the real world.  But that also  means that this weekend on the I Spy Radio Show, we need to run a best of I Spy. We'll rebroadcast our show with Shannon Goessling. She is the Chief Legal Counsel for the Southeastern Legal Foundation, which argued last year before the 12th District Court against the EPA’s overreach on Carbon Dioxide. 

If you heard our show last week with Dr. Easterbrook, you know the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is almost zero and could not possibly cause global warming. As he said, if you double zero you still have zero.  So why is the EPA targeting CO2? If you’ve ever suspected that Obama is anti-business, and wants to control all
aspects of our life (think IRS and monitoring phone records), you need to listen to this week’s show. You’ll get a peek behind the scenes at his administration’s contempt for industry.


All of this is in preparation for our show on the weekend of June 22nd.  We’ll talk again with Shannon who is taking their lawsuit to the Supreme Court.  And with Dr. Gordon Fulks, who along with other scientists have filed a brief with the Supreme Court over the EPA’s bad science.

 Have you heard our very popular “I Spy Minute,” aired weekdays at 10:00 a.m. during KYKN’s peak listenership? We’re looking for personal and corporate sponsorships to help keep these educational
and informative minutes on the air. Are you a business owner (or know one) that would like “prime real estate” to
advertise? We have two :30 ad spots following the I Spy Minute available, but you need to contact karla@ispyradio.com to take advantage of these.

Saturday’s, 11:00 a.m.  to noon, (Pacific time).  Listen live on KYKN(1430-AM), or, if you’re outside of
the Salem listening area, just go to www.kykn.com and hit the listen live button. 

Or Sunday’s, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (Pacific time). Listen live on KAJO (1270-AM) or, if you’re outside of the
Grants Pass, OR listening area, go to www.kajo.com and hit the listen live button at the top of the page.

 Busy on Saturday or Sunday?  Not a problem.  Monday, after the show airs, you can go to our webpage www.ispyradio.com and download it from our “past shows” page.

Hey Folks,
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has a new program to get people to tell how they were victims of the government and government bureaucracy.  Please click the link below and tell the Senator about your story. 
Unless you speak up you will continue to be a victim and you will set a bad example to other, especially the young.......Rob T.

Hey Rob,
I am on Merkley's e-mail list.  Not sure if you are.  He is very proud of this.   I do not agree with him.  I googled league of conservation voters. other group for the environment  Working with the EPA and our tax dollars to clean it up.  http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/DCFEE4736819171785257B0F00635930
  has to do with wetlands.  They are all connected to the United Nations.

 If you are a member of Linkedin you can search Amy Mehta.  She is the Programme Management Officer for the Permanent Missions of IUCN and UPEACE to the United Nations, Greater New York City Area  International Affairs.  expert in everything unbelievable.
 
Tressa

Hey Folks,
The link below will take you to an article about the Federalization of local Urban Renewal Agencies.  Through HUD and EPA matching Grant programs, the fed plans on implementing their agenda with local property tax dollars.  This is the idea of Private-Public Partnership and taken to its extreme, it becomes fascism....Rob T.  

Hey Folks,
Below are a few stories about DeFazio's land acquisition requests.....Rob T.

Hello,
Below are the definitions of two different Federal Programs designed to procure private property and take it out of production and off the tax roll----all in the name of Environmental Restoration.  Rob T.  

Federal Private Lands Programs for Bird Conservation
Funding By Federal Programs Department 
Agency Program FY 2002 Approp. M
 MULTIPLE AGENCY 
Land and Water Conservation Fund           $450.0             (FY2001)

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation       $ 17.1             (FY2001)

Hey Folks,
The links below are to three different articles with some historic relevance to the LWCF and the NFWF.  Both agencies function to destroy local economies through the proccess of acqusition from "willing sellers" and use the land for mitigation purposes.....Rob T.  

Hey Folks,

Check out the legislation that had to be enacted, so medical companies could sell their remaining stock of inhalers.  This would not be important, except these are the people who will be in control of our healthcare.
Rob T........

From: Lauren Montgomery 
To: oca@orcattle.com 
Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2012 4:59 PM
Subject: WANTED: Examples of Economic Hardship Due to The Endangered Species Act (ESA) Critical Habitat
  
Members,
  Please read the below call to action.  PLC and NCBA need your examples of economic hardship suffered due to ESA Critical Habitat designations.  You’re participation is crucial in preventing unnecessary and burdensome regulations on working landscapes. 
___________________________________________________________________
 
Subject: Affiliate Call to Action: Send Examples of Economic Hardship Due to ESA Critical Habitat

TO:PLC and NCBA Affiliates
FROM:Dustin Van Liew and Theo Dowling, PLC/NCBA Staff
DATE:November 7, 2012
RE:Examples of Economic Hardship Due to ESA Critical Habitat – by Tuesday, November 13th 
  
 
PLC and NCBA are looking for examples of economic and regulatory hardship to members brought on by the designation of critical habitat under the ESA. In light of the recent unprecedented ESA settlement between U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and radical environmental groups, the federal government will be forced to make 1,201 decisions on proposed listing, listing and critical habitat designations for 1,053 species in the next 7 years. The USFWS’ FY 2013 budget request includes an increase in funding that could result in 88 more species being listed and critical habitat being designated in just this year alone. As USFWS struggles to meet the settlement deadline, little analysis—including economic impacts—is being done on large bundled decisions. For example, in Hawaii, cattlemen are currently being faced with at least five critical habitat designations that will directly impact them, and they are looking for specific examples to make the argument that the designations will have negative impacts on them (if they don’t come up with specific predictions of negative impacts, the agency won’t count any).

Furthermore, the agency has begun using broader strokes in designating critical habitat, defining “occupied” areas as areas that are used only intermittently by the species, or in some cases proposing CH in areas where the species is not even known to exist (such as with the jaguar of Arizona and New Mexico).

All the while, USFWS commonly underestimates the economic impacts of critical habitat designations. We have
insisted that all economic impacts be considered, using sound economic data, so as to allow for the exclusion of certain areas from CH designations.  Gathering your examples of economic/regulatory hardships due to Critical Habitat will help us argue against sweeping CH designations in the aforementioned Hawaii case and in inevitable future cases. Examples could include not just financial impacts, but negative impacts such as additional compliance time, cost and paperwork for every-day practices.

Thank you in advance for taking a few moments to supply us with the backing we need to fight this damaging and misguided overreach. We’d appreciate your response by Tuesday, November 13th.

Thanks, 
Theo

Theodora Dowling
Manager of Legislative Affairs
Public Lands Council/ National
Cattlemen’s Beef Association
(202) 879-9135


Lauren Montgomery
Administrative Assistant Oregon Cattlemen's Association
503-361-8941 ext 10
http://www.orcattle.com/
www.facebook.com/orcattle

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GROUP IN NEED OF DONATIONS
URGENT: Public Comment on The Bandon Marsh Expansion are due by Oct. 22, 2012
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UPDATE: Advisory Question Meeting to discuss the reasons to
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From Trude,

If you hear a candidate use the word  "sustainable",  ask what he/she means :
 
http://epaabuse.com/9519/videos/to-the-epa-sustainable-energy-means-socialism/?utm_source=EPA+Abuse&utm_campaign=4065b0ea81-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email‏

CG912 Project Members and friends,
  
EUGENE, Ore. — Lane County commissioners have delayed for two weeks their consideration of a proposed resolution supporting a coal cargo terminal at Coos Bay, Ore.

 Such a terminal would handle coal trains shipped through Eugene.

The Register-Guard reports (http://is.gd/HEUBAN ) that all five commissioners said Wednesday they supported the delay to give the public more time to comment.  Interested parties will be able to comment at commissioners' meetings Oct. 16 in Florence and Oct. 17 in Eugene.

Environmental groups are fighting several proposals for terminals at Northwest ports that would ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia. Supporters include business and labor groups.
 http://www.registerguard.com/web/updates/28844478-55/coal-public-board-commissioners-trains.html.csp


 Congressional District 4 Calendar: http://bit.ly/Oregon-CD4LibertyCalendar

 Statewide Calendar of Events - http://bit.ly/OregonLibertyCalendar


Bob Sowdon 
Issues Committee
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Is the EPA superagency bigger than the President and  Congress?
Sep 23, 2012 05:05 pm | Breaking News

So much for the separation of powers. Thanks to federal court rulings, even if Mitt Romney prevails in Nov., he  will be hard-pressed to unilaterally rein in regulatory   overreach by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).       
The problems at the agency are fixable, but they will require decisive action by Congress and the president —    and [...]

Read  More and Comment: Is the EPA superagency bigger than the President and Congress?


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Subject: CWA meeting recap and information
House  Committee: EPA Overstepped Its Authority
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The  "NO BANDON MARSH" Signs are now Available
The Nature Conservancy--Ecotrust Study on Salmon Economics 

No Change in the Next Four Years Puts Agriculture at Risk and Maybe Out of Business 
 
Saturday, 11a.m.-noon (Pacific time). Listen live on KYKN (1430-AM) or, if you’re outside of the Salem
(Oregon) listening area, go to www.kykn.com and hit the listen live button. 
  
Our Guest: Caren Cowan, Executive Director of New Mexico Cattle Growers Association,  New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc., and Publisher for New Mexico Stockman Magazine and the Livestock Market Digest 

This week: We continue our look at Obama’s second term--focusing on natural resources. Farmers and ranchers have quietly been under assault by far left environmentalist who are quietly supported by the Obama administration’s policies.  Slight of hand has been occurring in many governmental departments including the Forestry Department, Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the EPA.  Road closures in national forest that were to be decided with input from the public are now being decided behind closed doors.

Find out the reality of living on the border and the dangers that ranchers deal with daily--and protection and land grabs for animals that don’t even live in the state.  If you think Oregon has been used as a Petri dish, you're right. But the
entire West is truly under assault.  Water rights, grazing rights, forget big corporations—find out what it’s really like to be a rancher now—and four years from now if this continues.  This is a national dilemma. 
 

Join us tomorrow for the I Spy Radio Show, 11:00 a.m. to noon p.m., Pacific Coast Time and get a little more intelligence on big government.

Register today for the Basic American Rights Series at http://barsor1.eventbrite.com go here for a flyer
www.ispyradio.com!  Bring some friends! Get a Group Rate when you're in a group of four or more.

 Have you heard our very popular “I Spy Minute,” aired weekdays at 10:00 a.m. during KYKN’s peak listenership? We’re  looking for personal and corporate sponsorships to help keep these educational  and informative minutes on the air. Are you a business owner (or know one) that would like “prime real estate” to  advertise? We have two :30 ad spots following the I Spy Minute available,  but you need to contact karla@ispyonsalem.com or
marcia@ispyonsalem.com to take advantage of  these. 

The show will be aired on KYKN(1430-AM), this Saturday at 11:00 a.m., West Coast time.  If you’re outside of the Salem listening area, just go to www.kykn.com and hit the listen live button.  Busy on Saturday?  Not a
problem.  After the show airs, you can go to our webpage www.ispyonsalem.com and download it from our “past shows” page.

 Go here for the International Perth Clock

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Range Magazine "GOOD-BYE PROPERTY RIGHTS by Mark Anderson
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Radio Show on the ORS 190
ISpy Radio Show talks about The Bandon Marsh Expansion
The I Spy Radio Show Erosion of our Property
Rights and Agenda  21 in Action, Part  III
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The  Erosion of our Property Rights from 1700’s thru Today, Part I

Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 3:31 PM
Subject: Preserve the Waters of the US Act
   
( excerpt from information below )
-----The Preserve The Waters of the US Act (S-2245) would  stop Washington overreach and block any further attempt to   issue “guidance” to agency bureaucrats that says it is OK to  regulate non-navigable water in people’s backyards and  farms.

*Preserve the waters of the u.s. Act (S-2245)*
 ----------------------------------------
Land Rights Network
American Land Rights  Association
PO Box 400 – Battle Ground, WA 98604
Phone: 360-687-3087 –
Fax: 360-687-2973
E-mail: alra@pacifier.com
Web Address: http://www.landrights.org
Legislative Office:  507 Seward Square SE – Washington, DC 20003
Block EPA & Corps  Wetlands Jurisdiction Over Your Water & Land
  *Do You Want The  EPA &Corps In Your Backyard?*

Do you want the EPA & Corps  jurisdiction over all forest roads?
 If Not, Here’s Why You Need  The *“Preserve The Waters Of The US Act” (S-2245)*

Below are  action items to protect your water and your land as well as
roads on Federal  land. But first, read this:

-----The EPA wants to lift the ban that  prevents Washington, DC bureaucrats from regulating non-navigable
waters.

-----Lifting the navigable ban, passed by Congress to  protect families, small businesses and farmers from federal 
bureaucrats seizing their water or their land, would devastate economic   and recreational activity as well as small communities across the U.S.


------You need to insist that Congress not remove the requirement  set by Congress in the original Clean Water Act that said the EPA  and Corps *can only regulate “navigable waters”*. The EPA and Corps want  to eliminate the
word “navigable” and give the EPA and Corps jurisdiction  over “all waters of the United States and all activities affecting all waters  of the United States.”

-----If the ban is lifted, when it rains,  your backyard or farm becomes a minefield of Washington red tape and  taxes.

-----If you’re a farmer, when it rains, your backyard  becomes a bonanza for Washington, DC bureaucrats to go on your property  to force you from doing activities like building a swimming  pool, installing a bird bath, running rainwater away from your  home, irrigating your fields, installing stock watering ponds and  many more.

-----If you’re a suburban homeowner, when it rains,  the water in your backyard allows Washington, DC bureaucrats on your property  to block you from doing basic things without a permit that can  cost thousands of dollars and long delays causing great damage.  

-----Congress blocked attempts by former Congressman James  Oberstar (D-MN) and former Senator Russ Feingold (R-MN) from passing the  Clean Water Restoration Act, which would have lifted the “navigable” ban.  As with the EPA and Corp, Oberstar and Feingold tried to remove the word “navigable” from the Clean Water Act.

-----Despite Congress not  changing the law, the Obama EPA and Army Corps of Engineers are attempting to remove this key protection for families, small business and farmers by  issuing an internal guidance document to agency bureaucrats telling them it is now OK to regulate non-navigable waters on people’s property throughout  the United
States. The Obama folks seem to care less about how they are ignoring two Supreme Court decisions.

-----The Preserve The Waters  of the US Act (S-2245) would stop Washington overreach and block any further  attempt to issue  “guidance” to agency bureaucrats that says it is OK to  regulate non-navigable water in people’s backyards and  farms.

*Preserve the waters of the u.s. Act  (S-2245)*

*Purpose:* To preserve existing rights and  responsibilities with respect to waters of the U.S.

* **Background:*  In May 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of  Engineers (Corps) issued draft guidance on “Identifying Waters Protected by  the Clean Water Act.”

This guidance document, which was sent in  final form to OMB on February 21, 2012, significantly changes and expands  what features are considered protected under the Clean Water Act and  makes substantial additions, such as a first time inclusion of ditches  and other water features that may flow, if at all, only after a  heavy rainfall.

EPA and the Corps received over 230,000  comments from the public on their guidance, discussing the potential  consequences of the draft guidance to governments, businesses, and landowners. They have not responded to the comments.

EPA and the  Corps estimate that between 2 – 17% percent of non-jurisdictional  determinations under current practice would be jurisdictional using the  expanded tests of the new guidance.
This guidance  has  clear regulatory consequences and goes far beyond being simply advisory guidelines.

*The legislation (S-2245) prevents EPA and the Corps  from using this /guidance/ to change legal responsibilities under the Clean Water Act.*

*-----Regulation through Guidance:* By issuing a  guidance document as opposed to going through the rulemaking process, EPA and  the Corps are bypassing the necessary public outreach required under  the Administrative Procedures Act and failing to fully consider the legal,  economic, and unforeseen consequences of their actions.
* *
*-----Applies  to all Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs:* In addition to the Corps §404 dredge and fill permits, the guidance applies to all CWA programs including §303  water quality standards, §401 state water quality certifications, §311 Oil  Pollution Act (including SPCC), and §402 program (including NPDES permits,  pesticide general permit, and storm water).

*-----Increasing  Permits: *EPA and the Corps affirm that this guidance will result in an  increase in jurisdictional determinations that will result in an increased  need for permits. In addition to more Corps §404 permits, State-permitting  authorities will be faced with more NPDES permits and more entities will be  subject to CWA requirements.

*-----Economic and Job Impacts:*  Additional regulatory costs associated with changes in jurisdiction and  increases in permits will  erect bureaucratic barriers to economic growth,  negatively impacting farms, small businesses, commercial development, road  construction and energy production, to name a few.

*-----Impact  on State on Local Governments:* Changes to the “waters of the U.S.” definition may have far-reaching effects and unintended consequences on a  number of state and local programs. The guidance creates significant unfunded  mandates and preempts state and local authority.

*-----Conflicts  with Supreme Court Rulings:* The guidance uses an overly broad interpretation  of the  /Rapanos /decision. The effect is virtually all wet areas that connect  in  any way to navigable waters are jurisdictional. Both the plurality opinion  and Kennedy rejected this assertion in /Rapanos/.

*-----Private  Property Rights:* Expanding federal control over intrastate waters will  substantially interfere with the ability of individual landowners to use  their property.

*-----Action Items:*

*-----1. It’s critical  to get some of the Senators below as co-sponsors of the Preserve The Waters  Of The US Act (S 2245). *You need to call, fax and e-mail your Senator (s)  listed below to urge them to cosponsor the Preserve The Waters Of The US Act.

-----2. For more information about S 2245 type in to Google  the following search term: Preserve The Waters Of The US Act. 
 
-----3. Please forward this message to at least 10 other people.  Your whole list if possible.

The best thing to do is write a  letter with your letterhead and either fax it or e-mail it to your Senator  (s).
They don’t like attachments so call ahead to ask for the staff person  who handles the Clean Water Act and Wetlands issues. Ask for his personal  e-mail and send him your letter.
...................................
 
Thank you for your help.
Chuck Cushman, American Land  Rights
ccushman@pacifier.com

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“Potential Indirect Economic Impacts and Benefits  Associated with Guidance Clarifying the Scope of Clean Water Act  Jurisdiction.” April 27, 2011
http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/guidance/wetlands/upload/cwa_guidance_impacts_benefits.pdf

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Hello

The Bandon city council passed a very restrictive lighting ordinance on Monday August 6, 2012 and several of us residents have filed a Referendum Petition on this measure.  The group, “The Committee to Keep the Lights ON in Bandon” will be gathering signatures until the 5th of September and we need your help.

We need you to sign the petition.

We need people to gather more signatures.

We need businesses to sponsor a petition site.

We need help from our fellow citizens.  

Only Bandon voters can sign the petition, but
anybody can gather signatures.  

For a copy of the Ordinance and a petition please contact:
Rob Taylor
PO Box 973
Bandon OR 97411
obetewic@msn.com
541-347-9942


IMPORTANT:
Time is of the essence, so we have to get started NOW! 

Please join us in the fight against the local intrusion onto our private property.  This is a matter of safety and comfort and your right to choose what’s best for your home.  Technology will improve existing lighting fixtures and these products will become more efficient on their own and with better quality, without the force of more government regulation.  
 
The Bandon outdoor lighting ordinance, Ordinance 1594, gives the authority for city officials to determine what type of lighting fixtures can be used on your property.  This law will give the city the right to fine people arbitrarily, or because neighbors have a grudge.  You could pay a fine if your property has lighting that faces the forest or the
  beach or if it can be seen.   These new local regulations will add 5 new pages to the City Code and the cities analisys of the fiscal impact is officially“Undetermined.”  The recommendation by the City Manager to the city council was to adopt Ordinance No. 1594.  Do we need more bureaucracy and government control?

The law should be suspect since it is promoted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, which is the same agency involved with the Bandon marsh expansion.  No federal agency should be influencing local law and the public should worry when they do.  The other non-governmental agency involved is the International Dark –Sky Association www.darksky.org, which has an environmental extremist agenda. I like wildlife, but this law goes too far in the name of protectionism over the free choices of the individual.  The environment will be saved through education and advancement, not administrative intervention.  
 

Here a link to Ordinance 1594
 http://www.ci.bandon.or.us/council/council-08-06-2012/5-b-2.pdf
 

Here is what the Dark Sky’s group wants to do internationally:  
  Outreach to the Environmental Protection Agency 


International Dark‐Sky Association Policy Statement:
 Recommended Protected Areas



All of these regulations were designed and constructed for a specific agenda from the United Nations group International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives or ICLEI. 

Sample Ordinances and Warranting
 
An ICLEI Community Meeting on Dark Skies Suitable Lighting
 
Lighting, Safety & Crime According to ICLEI



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STOP THE BANDON OUTDOOR LIGHTING ORDINANCE--1594
Bandon: The City of Ordinances

House Committee: EPA Overstepped Its Authority

Despite the absence of administrators from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Republicans and Democrats on the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Oversight sparred today over the EPA’s January 2011 retroactive withdrawal of a permit issued to the Spruce Coal Mine in Logan County,West
Virginia. In March 2012, a Federal District Court rejected the EPA’s action stating that the EPA had overstepped its authority and resorted to, “magical thinking” in its attempts to apply the Clean Water Act as a means to revoke the permit.