Building a beach and suing the DEC

http://www.dec.ny.gov/environmentdec/18882.html

After years of not allowing stream maintenance the DEC is now being sued by many in this area. The Black Dirt in OC area is 20,000 acres of disaster now thx to them. So the law suits are flying and I will join in -bastards. However, now they are issuing General Permits and so anybody want to come see my beach front beer stand and carp fishing hole. Of course the damage is beyond repair in many cases. Big govt as usual.

Just like NY, wait till the damage is done. There was an article in the paper about a year ago where someone had a stream out back of their house that was creeping closer each year due to bank erosion. They wanted to stop the erosion by hiring a company to come in and install rip rap and whatever else was needed. The town and DEC told them they were not allowed to touch the stream and to let it take its couse. Also if the stream were to undermine the house and it collapsed into the stream and caused damage to others properties that they would be liable. They were left with basically two options once the stream got to close. One was to move the house or two, tear it down! I dont know what ever became of it. I don't recall any kind of follow up article since.

Nothing like a government entity to count on to always do the right thing ..... the first time. Your tax fleecing at work.

Thet had no problem running a gas line right next to my neice's house. Wrecked their whole summer. You can see it from Google, a big wide swath carved through Owego. Get the satellite view and go up Allen Glen road, what a scar. I told them they should tunnel underground 100' and tap into the line! I guess the hard part would be having a drill that could drill and tap into a high pressure line . Free heat for life!

So why can they do that but you can't save your own house with a few natural boulders.