What a #@$%& ripoff...

[Wild Cobra]

I just was notified that I have to have a permit with the TCEQ ( Texas Commission on Environmental quality) that costs $100 a year for ing rainwater to run off my property. Basically talking about buildings and parking lots...NO pollution at all. NONE...Not only that, I have to MONITOR the ing runoff, pay to have water sampling done, and fill out reams of ing paperwork every year. . I ing hate big government.

o, we're from the government. We're here to help.

[Wild Cobra]

Just be thankful that you don't get as much government as you pay for.

[mrsmaalox]

This fee goes straight to the state. They aren't building any storm drains with it. That's what my $20,000 a ing year in property taxes is supposed to pay for. Not to mention the ing $68.44 EVERY ING MONTH for the "Federal Stormwater Fee". My actual water use last month was $11.43 and my SAWS bill was $90.10 after fees. !

Well I didn't mean the Municipal system. TCEQ's SEPs will "assist" financially for the noncompliants to get their systems in order. So instead of pulling your own weight and being a responsible citizen (like with your USTs), you could have been noncompliant and whined when they fined you and they would have done it all for you They do it all the time for businesses with private drainage systems.

[jack sommerset]

What's the fine is u don't do it?

[mookie2001]

Must suck owning property

[CosmicCowboy]

I am so going to protest this . After reading about 500 pages of regulations I am going to protest that they are misinterpreting my SIC classification.

[clambake]

I am so going to protest this . After reading about 500 pages of regulations I am going to protest that they are misinterpreting my SIC classification.

change "protest" to "inquire".

[CosmicCowboy]

Oh yeah...I'm being all sweetness and light and telling them I'm "confused" and looked through all the applicable regulated SIC's and didn't find mine...

[clambake]

Oh yeah...I'm being all sweetness and light and telling them I'm "confused" and looked through all the applicable regulated SIC's and didn't find mine...

thats perfect for phase one.

[Sportcamper]

I don’t get it…SA is making you monitor the rain because you…

1-Own an electrical/ AC company….
2- Have too many cows on your Ponderosa…
3- Got free golf carts from the Obama stimulus program…

[mrsmaalox]

I don’t get it…SA is making you monitor the rain because you…

1-Own an electrical/ AC company….
2- Have too many cows on your Ponderosa…
3- Got free golf carts from the Obama stimulus program…

But mostly because he's a white male----pretty unlucky thing to be these days

[gatoloco]

hey you weren't complaining when the government was giving you free golf carts!

[MiamiHeat]

How else is Obama going to pay for obamacare?

[CosmicCowboy]

Actually I think they are hassling me because my business is downtown on a major intersection but isn't "pretty".

[to21]

hey you weren't complaining when the government was giving you free golf carts!

church!

[Sportcamper]

Put some palm trees in…Fresh paint…New service with a smile sign…Sponsor a little league team…Problem solved…

[mrsmaalox]

Actually I think they are hassling me because my business is downtown on a major intersection but isn't "pretty".

Well then they must be hassling a of a lot others too. For polluting the "scenery"? One would think that considering the number of empty, derelict buildings downtown, the sight of a bustling business would be considered beautiful.

[CosmicCowboy]

hey you weren't complaining when the government was giving you free golf carts!

Considering I have paid more than a million dollars of taxes so far I really don't consider those golf carts to be "free".

[TDMVPDPOY]

revenue raising

[Das Texan]

How else is Obama going to pay for obamacare?

Maybe if this was a federal tax.

[balli]

hey you weren't complaining when the government was giving you free golf carts!

Actually, he was.

[MiamiHeat]

Maybe if this was a federal tax.

Find ways to cut spending

One way is to cut off state programs and overall state dependency on federal moneys.

Finding new ways for states to raise $$, means that the federal budget can cancel that expensive state program or project it was getting from .congress/federal budget

[EricB]

Typical big government.

People who don't know about business nor run one, what do they do? Go into government.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I just was notified that I have to have a permit with the TCEQ ( Texas Commission on Environmental quality) that costs $100 a year for ing rainwater to run off my property. Basically talking about buildings and parking lots...NO pollution at all. NONE...Not only that, I have to MONITOR the ing runoff, pay to have water sampling done, and fill out reams of ing paperwork every year. . I ing hate big government.

Bull . Whatever happened to common sense? ZERO ing pollution originates from my property. They are more than welcome to inspect my property and verify that. Why THE should I have to write a ing compliance manual, monitor and log the ing rainfall at my property, PAY for ing water testing, submit ing quarterly reports and then PAY THEM ONE HUNDRED ING DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING TO DO ALL THIS BULL ?

Boo- ing-hoo. Have you ever considered that there is a reason behind this? That perhaps its not about you but about other property owners who are doing the wrong thing? Blame the wits out there who are doing the wrong thing which has led to a need for regulation, not the people trying to correct the problem with water quality.

*reading*

I have to have a ing rain gauge and keep a ing log of all rainfall. !

Wow! You have to read a rain guage! That'll take you all of 2 minutes to read and record, if that.

Actually, since you are a rancher I'm very surprised that you don't do this as a natural part of your day. I thought rainfall would be a major concern for you and you'd want to know everything you can about the amount of rain falling on your property. I'd call that due diligence.

[Das Texan]

Find ways to cut spending

One way is to cut off state programs and overall state dependency on federal moneys.

Finding new ways for states to raise $$, means that the federal budget can cancel that expensive state program or project it was getting from .congress/federal budget

Show me proof that this is a direct result of the Obama administration doing this and I'll buy it.

Until then I'll just file this under, this isnt about the federal government.