HeyBub wrote:
Several environmental groups challenged the opt-out provision,
and the Obama EPA chose not to defend it, working with environmentalists in
2009 to fashion a settlement removing the opt-out provision. Now, all
homeowners who renovate are required to go through the costly procedures."

And more.

http://campaign2012.washingtonexamin...mi-under-obama

This is major bad news, at least to me.

I have fantasies of putting the activists, etc. all on a reservation
and making them live according to their rules.