> why not imagine one where a properly managed and funded state or federal agency takes responsibility? Why bother? Existing property law should be enough. If

> why not imagine one where a properly managed and funded state or federal agency takes responsibility? Why bother? Existing property law should be enough. If you poison water on my property, you pay me to make things right. There’s no need for any government involvement besides civil courts, and investigative bodies (FBI, local detectives, etc). In practice these property owners don’t really believe in private property. They think they can just dump contaminants onto other people’s property because containment is inconvenient. It’s not a consistent moral position and their time is coming. There will be a reckoning and they will (financially) pay for their crimes. The arc of the law is long but bends towards justice. Don’t get me started on the upcoming resolution of Native American and chattel slave property rights, which are as yet largely unadjudicated. Most (not all) property in this country was illegally seized, and he courts have yet to rule on the true ownership of most of those plots.