It couldn't happen here?

EPA staff covered up and lied about the failed science review of the 2012-2013 Yakima nitrate report

EPA staff lying and covering up a failed peer review for a controversial and damaging science study. The 2012-2013 Yakima Nitrate Report was used by EPA Region 10 to coerce four dairy farms into signing a punitive consent order and then used by an environmental attorney to impose even more costly and unjustified measures on the farms

EPA staff lied about the study’s peer review process. “This study was categorized as ‘influential science information’ which requires an extensive independent peer review. It never received that kind of review and when farmers called EPA staff on this critical failure, they lied claiming it was not categorized as influential but a lower level that didn’t require peer review. The internal emails make it crystal clear they lied about the categorization and lied defending their failed review.”

Now the EPA are trying to run the clock on the lawsuit to protect their arses.

Imposed costs and unjustified measures on dairy farms wouldn't happen here in little old NZ.

Would it?