Fill in a wetland without a permit, face a fine from the EPA. Go to court and have the Supreme Court hear your case to consider how and when you can challenge the kind of order EPA issues to stop and restore the damage.
There is way more to this than meets the eye, and the party in question is purposely misleading the press about their issues, it seems. We have a similar scofflaw around Port Townsend who has routinely sent out his bulldozers on holidays when he knows the city people aren’t around, and calls ‘bully’ when caught.
There are a number of people in Jefferson and Clallam who have fought the SMP and Critical Areas Ordinance that would love to see this couple win in court. I’m not so sure this is cut and dry.
High court to hear EPA case from Idaho
Property rights case reaches Supreme Court
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