Walter, you are 100% correct.  I do remember the chemical plant I worked at in the 1960's putting the raw chemical waste effluent into the Ohio River.  The EPA has done many good things, but also over-reached in many areas.  One pet peeve of mine is the mandated ultra low sulfur for North Slope use leading to the closing of the Crude Oil Topping Unit.  Thus we now see tanker trucks of diesel over turned between the Kenai or Valdez refineries and the Slope.  I feel the regulators have somehow decided that regulation, is their job, instead of common sense environmental protection.  Cutting the EPA or OSHA or other workplace protection budgets is not the answer.  The answer should be the self-regulation of the regulators, these policies come from the top.  I do not agree with just about everything Trump stands for, but I do agree the regulators need to be made aware of the damage they can do while trying to do good.  Regulation for regulations sake is not good.