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> do you really want a US senator voting on what level of chemicals are allowed to be present in drinking water? That’s not the level of granularity here. Usin
by barsonme 4y ago
> do you really want a US senator voting on what level of chemicals are allowed to be present in drinking water?
That’s not the level of granularity here. Using your hypothetical example about clean drinking water, Congress would need to delegate authority to EPA to regulate clean drinking water instead of EPA inferring or assuming it has that authority because of some other unrelated statute. Congress itself would not decide what a safe level of arsenic in drinking water is, EPA experts would.
- Goronmon 4y agoCongress itself would not decide what a safe level of arsenic is, EPA experts would. But as you said the EPA only would have the authority to regulate "clean drinking water", and since arsenic isn't drinking water, then the EPA would have no authority to regulate it unless Congress specifically says so.
- barsonme 4y agoBy “a safe level of arsenic” I meant “a safe level of arsenic in drinking water.” I’ve edited my comment to make this more clear.