- Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:03 am
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EPA Decree Shrinks Size of Wyoming by 100 Million Acres - the city of Riverton now falls under the jurisdiction of the Wind River Indian Reservation after a decision by the EPA to redistribute the land. My deep concern is about an administrative agency of the federal government altering a state's boundary and going against over 100 years of history and law. "This should be a concern to all citizens because, if the EPA can unilaterally take land away from a state, where will it stop?" Governor Matt Mead said in a press release on January 6. The State has also asked the EPA to stay its decision until a judicial decision has been issued." When Wyoming received the EPA's decision granting the Tribes the land on December 9, 2013, Gov. Mead called on the state's attorney general to challenge the decision: "It is outrageous to me that a regulatory agency has proposed changing jurisdictional boundaries established by history and the Courts. I have asked the Attorney General to challenge this decision and defend the existing boundaries of the reservation. -We have a Government out of control, this move was nothing more than an attempt to mess with Wyoming's oil fields. The EPA couldn't stop it legally so they're confiscating the land and calling it a federal Indian Reservation. Firing isn't enough, it's time for justice.
