culture at epa, is the case of the former senior epa official, john biel. of course, he's turned out to be a manipulator and charlatan of renowned proportions. we now know that epa dithered for years rather than take action against a fake cia agent who stole over a million dollars of taxpayer money. this and other failings are detailed in a series of memoranda issued by my committee staff which i would like to enter into the record. >> without objection to, so ordered. >> thank you. this memorandum exposes an indisputable timeline that raises questions not just about john biel, about epa. in january 2011 ms. mccarthy was informed that biel had been receiving erroneous bonus payments that actually elevated husband salary -- his salary above a statutory cap and was advised by her human resources staff and legal counsel to cancel the bonus. instead, she deferred to an epa official equal to her in rank at the time, allegedly payoff uncertainty -- because of uncertainty over biel's cia discuss. however, an official directly of informed ms. mechanic car think thi

the epa serves to kerry out that agenda. when the president issues a directive stating the epa must regulate a rule to regulate the existing power plant gas it is care the whitehouse doesn't care what the rule says or the impact to the jobs. whether the whitehouse directs you to veto a mining permit before a company had the opportunity to apply it is clear the administration isn't serious about creating jobs. and the latest example was revealed tuesday when the epa proposed the greatest expansion over land and water resources in the history of the 42 years of the clean water act. every small business and farmer could be subject to epa fines if they disturb a puddle on their land. epa stated that science would support tuesday's ruling. but the associate science study on streams and wetlands to downstream waters has yet to clear the review boards. the administration is wanting to go alone without the cost of impact on rules, jobs and without care for what the scientific community has to say. this subcommittee will continue to

. >> epa administrator gina mccarthy testified on the eight billion dollar budget request for the epa next year before the house appropriations subcommittee on environment. her testimony is to a half hours. -- two and a half hours. >> this meeting will come to order. thank you for rearranging your schedule today for the sneering. we are having some votes today a little bit earlier for getaway day. i appreciate your working with us on this today. again, good morning. the beating for the environmental protection agency. today we are joined by gina mccarthy and acting chief financial officer, marion follett, to discuss the proposed budget. mccarthy, i believe that this is your first formal budget hearing. i know that our members on both sides are interested in what your budget proposes and we look forward to discussing your ongoing work. overall the fiscal year 2015 budget proposal is that the level of 7.8 9 billion, 310 million, 3.8 are sent below the active level. at this level the budget for the epa would be reduced for the fifth consecutive year following the historic increase in fis

states can do that or they can let the epa do it. idaho is chosen the led the epa do it. i don't know how many states are left that leave it to the epa. tune of? >> well, i'm told is 30. >> thirty is about right. well, they passed this legislation. the state will spend millions on multi-year transitions to privacy. and once it gains promise you will spend millions each year in its own program which is generally why states don't a promising because of cost. i am told that no federal funds are there to assist states with the transition of the ongoing program. i guess my question is this, invest it is going to spend no lanes to run a program run by the epa as god hired dozens of people to handle program now run by federal employees wise in a savings in your agency or no assistance to the state in running the program were hoping to of this transition the state program? why as the state program grows dozen federal government's shrinking back. >> well, it would certainly work with any state that would want to take primacy on any program that the agency operated. i am, i guess w

trucks if the epa could not make an -- >> if the epa could not make a regulatory finding -- >> can i ask a follow-up? that to me is the quintessential ambiguity and a statute where we give deference to the agency. if your side cannot even come to one interpretation, why shouldn't we defer to the agency? >> the deference is always subject to reasonable interpretations. >> all it says as i understand it -- other than that you review there are too many people it is regulating -- is that we cannot implement it immediately. it hasn't said with streamlining and other adjustments, it cannot do this. it just as we can't do it right away. >> i would like to roof -- explain a deeper problem and then address why it is the only correct interpretation. >> kenley clarify whether you agree with the dissenting -- can we clarify whether you agree with the dissenting judges on the d c circuit? you've got a footnote saying there are a lot of differences. your reply beef -- brief turns 180 degrees from that. >> i understand that having six opening briefs is that the most helpful way to present our posit

that's what epa is committed to. it's -- >> general verrilli, really, i don't have as expansive a notion of reading exceptions into a statute that are not there as justice breyer does. but assuming, just assuming that you can you can read exceptions, that isn't the issue here. the issue is whether you can read in exceptions unnecessarily when the absurdity in question doesn't flow inevitably from the statute, when the statute can be interpreted another way that would not produce the absurdity. aren't you compelled where there is ambiguity to adopt the interpretation of the statute that does not produce absurdity rather than adopting the interpretation that produces absurdity and then going around altering the provisions of the contract of the statute? i mean, to take justice breyer's bubble gum example, yes, i suppose -- would you have to make an exception for bubble gum in the display window if the statute were subject to two interpretations, one of which would include display windows, and the other one of which wou

-- epa has? >> one is the one that your honor and justice sotomayor were referring to. -- whether you rew or regulateeshold down to the infinitesimal level, you are rewriting the threshold. another is the requirement that this particular program be focused on these area specific air-quality impacts. central features of the psd statute that we think show that. the first is section 7471. which is on page 1380. that is the -- 13a. that explains what psd refers to. program says the consists of emissions limitations as may be necessary to prevent significant deterioration of air quality in each region. resident --in each regionally defined effects on the air people breathe. >> there are many statutes and the wrigley tory area where congress passes a statute -- in the regulatory area where congress passes a statute. it turns out there are so many -- often, i would think courts read in an exception. example, if there were a statute that said you have to throw out all bubblegum that has been around for m

epa has acknowledged that. marshes can grow more quickly above rising sea particularnst ravages of rising sea levels. i would just point out that there are differences on this committee about the effect of co2 on climate change. no one is suggesting that co2 causes lung disease, asthma, or the kind of smog that the chairman talked about. i will tell you what we do agree on. we agree that there are some i.t. fine programs that the administration is posing cuts for. administrationhe proposes cutting hundred $30 million from the loan fund. $150 million from the drinking water fund, $5 million from the brownfield program. that are proven programs are well received by state and local communities that have encouraged to work with communities in a cooperative manner. these are more troubling considering that some estimate the amount to bring local what infrastructure and to comply is trillion dollars. we need to be helping local communities rather than putting unfunded mandates on them. having to make tough decisions

is it time to say bye-bye to the epa. the maker of candy crush getting crushed >>> the epa making themselves at home in your home. the agency proposing a new rule to save wetlands. some call it one of the biggest government land grabs in history. john, you say this is more reason we should abolish the e p, a. >> we should abolish the epa precisely because we want to help the environment. the epa is a barrier to economic growth, yet economic growth has been proven time after time is the best way to fix the environment so. abolish it and help it. >> rick, abolish the epa? >> i don't think so. i got to tell you, this is so dramatic i actually sat down and read the regulation that is being proposed. fascinating reading. look. you guys are overstating this. there has to absignificant nexus between whatever would be on the private land feeding into the public waters. the chances of that happening with your swimming pool or your pond are virtually none. >> you know, it's not just us. david vitters, senator -- in fact it is a big

abolish it and help it. >> rick, abolish the epa? >> i don't think so. i got to tell you, this is so dramatic i actually sat down and read the regulation that is being proposed. fascinating reading. look. you guys are overstating this. there has to absignificant nexus between whatever would be on the private land feeding into the public waters. the chances of that happening with your swimming pool or your pond are virtually none. >> you know, it's not just us. david vitters, senator -- in fact it is a big land grab. it's true tepa often goes beyond, it even requires dairy farmers to prepare themselves for what is it called, milk catastrophes. >> i like how they send s.w.a.t. teams into milk farms. if i crack a rotten egg is it going to show up. kidding. i kind of agree with rick unger, this is clearing up rules about water pollution. i don't want big corporations polluting the streams and rivers. >> mike, these are the -- the epa has such power. these are the geniuses that promoted that guy john beale who turned out to be a fake and he's now serving time

of the epa over the next two years it? >> we have requested significant funds just to take a look cantor research in this area to richer natural gas is done responsibly. i know the first line of defense. . . because we did that with natural gas. you will see that we are going to be looking at that from will and combined natural-gas and oil wells while. but that -- that is not about different regional issues. it's about what technologies are available and taking a look at moving forward. that is part of the met than strategy and a climate action plan. you will be seeing some white papers, of, but not direct regulation. we will have plenty of time to take a look. >> we certainly have plenty to do hanahan. i would volunteer that this is properly best left to the states i will you back my time. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chair. this @booktv mr. mccarthy and i want to associate myself with the comments from the chair in our full committee chair on the water issue. it's a big deal in my district in an allen has been dialed

the epa has 15,000 employees. even in the military there are bound to be a few outliers that must be held accountable. with thousands of dedicated employees, you have shown success in improving health by keeping the air and water clean and safe. in 2010, the clean-air standard prevented 13 million lost workdays and prevented 150,000 deaths from air pollution. it prevented 1.7 million asthma attacks. very many agencies that could say that. i want to show a picture of the clean-air -- what happens when you don't pay attention to the air. this is another photograph of china. we don't need to have a theory on this. we see what happens when entries don't value their people enough to protect them from dirty air. there is a new study that shows 3.7 million people worldwide have died prematurely from outdoor air pollution. the economy that has grown 212% while air pollution has dropped 58%. a responsible budget must not lose track of our top priorities. if we don'ttake have adequate state safeguards -- safeguards in place

we have the epa flirting with the idea it might lower the ethanol mandate. what would that do to you? >> when they look at the numbers we have given them to rethink their ideas -- gas demand is pushing five year -- five-year highs. >> every gallon of gasoline has to be blended with 10% ethanol. >> when they came out with 13 billion gallons, they were billions ofut 130 gas demand for 2013. when you think about it, it won't be enough for 10% mandate. you put that in front of them and they will look at the numbers. we think they will make an adjustment from the last numbers. we don't think they will go the whole way where they actually mandate it by law. they will kick the can down the road. there is plenty of demand globally as well. there were 15,000 comments put into the epa when they asked for comment, half from us and probably half from our detractors. when you look at it, they were saying it was going to take them until the end of spring to get through all the comments. that is june 21. we will not know what their program is until sometime in the summer.

now they're demanding that the epa take action more on that later. a shower monday marks are to find him in washington dc. i looked at and you are watching our key america. well let's begin this afternoon focusing on the crisis in ukraine over the weekend were a number of developments that have dramatically shifted the geo political landscape in the country. now most of the attention is centered around the southern peninsula of pride me out for the latest from that region must turn a street you aren't easy for this enough. and if you know we've been witnessing the past few days here in the crimea continue into monday as more and more are now former ukrainian troops. pledge allegiance to a little crazy in the forties and leaders in that sense the fourth of the self the open air force equipped with lots of different types of radiation including forty five mig twenty nine jet fighters and around the department of personnel told them place the allegiance to local authorities saying the wall for what people are getting orders from the self appointed gover

epa to the conclusion -- took the conclusion as a basis for re-writing other parts of the statute. the agency wrongly believes it fixes the problem. this is not a one-time act of statutory rewriting. the agency has said it intends to adjust and readjust the

abolish it and help it. >> rick, abolish the epa? >> i don't think so. i got to tell you, this is so dramatic i actually sat down and read the regulation that is being proposed. fascinating reading. look. you guys are overstating this. there has to absignificant nexus between whatever would be on the private land feeding into the public waters. the chances of that happening with your swimming pool or your pond are virtually none. >> you know, it's not just us. david vitters, senator -- in fact it is a big land grab. it's true tepa often goes beyond, it even requires dairy farmers to prepare themselves for what is it called, milk catastrophes. >> i like how they send s.w.a.t. teams into milk farms. if i crack a rotten egg is it going to show up. kidding. i kind of agree with rick unger, this is clearing up rules about water pollution. i don't want big corporations polluting the streams and rivers. >> mike, these are the -- the epa has such power. these are the geniuses that promoted that guy john beale who turned out to be a fake and he's now serving time

how is it the epa is a regulating this? >> this is one of the most surprising things to me when i read -- when i was reporting the story. there are about 80,000 chemicals in circulation in the united states. virtually none of those chemicals has been tested for safety -- or very small fraction has been tested for safety. in general, chemicals are presumed safe until proven otherwise under the respiratory system. dust under the u.s. regulatory system. when a chemical like epa is removed from a chemical line, the industry will substitute another chemical that is untested. in many cases, we just don't know the effects of that chemical. an unregulated realm. >> tell us about george bittner. george bittner is a neuroscientist at the university of texas. he has launched an independent .ab it tests products for estrogenic activity. working with the prominent georgetown professor and he and his staff tested i think it was 455 commercially available plastics that are on the market, and published a paper in an environment of health p

we do have a statement from the epa. they basically said this, from a top official over there, "many months of discussions and assessments have led us up to this point. i'm confident we've secured strong provisions to protect the integrity of the federal procurement programs." bp, the u.k. government, and the chamber of commerce have been pushing very hard for this to be lifted. >> the lobbying efforts must have been intense. thank you for that update on bp. another headline, apollo global is weighing a bid for dave and busters. cristina alesci broke the story. full disclosure, i was at dave and busters nine years ago on a date. it was fun. it was kind of expensive. >> apollo owns chuck e. cheese. now they want to add to it. you can take a lot of costs out by potentially joining these companies, or at least owning them under one umbrella corporation. both of them are headquartered in dallas. that alone cuts costs. these are big buyers of food and beverages and arcade games. you could throw that wait around to get lower p

the epa said they believe this is a fair deal and this is what they have been fighting for. that deal will be in place from here on out. >> how quickly will they put it together again? >> as soon as next week. the ban is off immediately. that is the top thing right there. , the federal government is going to be acresning off 400 million of oil and gas leases. bp can participate in that auction. you want to talk about great timing. that certainly is. in play and in the game. they could be bidding as soon as next week. >> thanks. coming up, march madness is here. we will look at the money in college basketball. ♪ >> march madness kicks off next week. estimated 50 million americans will participate in office pools and will be watching games streamed online. sportshead of bloomberg joins me now. thanks for your time. some of the confidence -- conference tournaments this week. some of them might be a tougher active follow. in today's.re it will all be about the brackets. how does bracketing tie into the trend of gaming laws in the u.s. that are now under attack gekko >> it's ve

as far as how much the epa spends on the cards in 2012, 29 million. half of the transactions they looked at were problematic. >> and this is one agency. god forbid what you would discover with the others. >> nancy pelosi says republicans need to get if bashing obamacare. but she -- did this guy win because he wouldn't do that? and did you see governor chris christie going head-to-head with a heckler today. >> i'm maria, i live in new jersey. long time for me to -- >> i can hear. >> -- answers from philadelphia for a better life to raise children here. >> either sit down and keep quiet or get out. one or the other. we're done with you. go ahead. >> that confused me. i thought the guy was impersonating a woman. he was interimming the woman. frank lutz on that because the love god is back. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a buness idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reali. start your business tod

the states can do that or they commit the epa do it. i don't know how many states are epa,that leave it to the you know? >> they pass this legislation. the state will spend millions to gain primacy. generally why states don't take primacy is because of the cost. i told that no federal funds exist to assist with the ongoing program once it is started up. if a state is going to spend millions to run a program now run by the epa and is going to hire dozens of people to handle a program now run by federal employees, why are there no savings in the agency and why is there no assistance to the state in running the program or at least in helping transition? why doesn't the federal government program shrink? >> we certainly work with any state that wanted to take time to see on any program that the agency operated. i guess what i would indicate to you, congressman, is that i do not see this rule changing the dynamic between the federal government and state. the the rule clearly states -- >> this is outside the rule. i'm talking about the state

the epa is turning these abandoned sites into containment or into waste of set are toxic, hazardous, that are still reaching in 10 minutes into our waterways, still impacting our still reaching- contaminants into our waterways, still impacting our grazing lands. we are being told that, essentially, the message we're sent is the impacts to our health, our well-being, and who we are, and our sacred lands is not meaningful enough to have serious clean -- rules to the work? >> the cleanup is a slow process. it is a complex process. they think it is challenging in onation to the current law the reservation, but we have to look at the reality that, as i mentioned before, there are more than 10,000 abandoned uranium mines throughout the u.s. there are some areas where the abandoned mines or new proposed mines are located in close proximity to our reservation lands. they are on public and private lands and leach contained a contaminants into our committed these. we have no way to regulate that. in church rock him in new mexico, where in 1979 one of the largest toxic spills happened in u.s. h

my main problem is the epa. we are giving him close to $8 million, and it'll do nothing for us. they let the fracking industry go unregulated, they let solar management go unregulated. they are spraying our skies, trying to dim the sun to fight global warming. nobody knows about it. 02 global sky watch and you can find out all aut i i o knowre i i want to know where is the epa protecting us from this, his name is david frum nasa and he wants to spray and he has been spraying our sunlight dependent. >> host: zachary goldfarb, i know you don't cover epa specifically but the president, climate change is part of the agenda this year. >> guest: that's right and the president is putting money into funding and he proposes billions of dollars for climate research and for related endeavors. epa specifically most o of the time is not necessary for new initiative of just concurrent operations and epa is missing some major controversial regulations, for example, the revelation of coal-fired power plants both new and old. they're trying to put coal-fired power plants, scott gration of new pl

wait until you hear what the epa was doing instead on your dime. talk about being up the creek, police realing and a mystery when they find an atm in a very unusual place. ♪ is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. >> more now on the fox news alert. six people confirmed dead in a gas explosion in harlem, new york. crews frantically digging through rubble right now searching for survivors. robert moses from wnyw live at the scene for us. >> we are two blocks north of where that blast took place 20 hours or so after it happened. the pile is still smoldering. firefighters are still pouring water on to it. a resident called the local utility at 9:13 to report the smell of gas in the area. the utility dispatched the crew two minutes later but it was too late because the explosion took place before the crew could a

explain to me the epa's role in this. the epa, as far as i can tell, basically said we do not trust the state regulatory body to adequately regulate the entity it's in charge of regulating. we're going to come in and issuing subpoenas to make sure there's no criminal wrongdoing in collusion between duke energy and the state regulator. >> right. the u.s. attorney's office has conducted a grand jury investigation which began last week, and separately the epa is coming down to enforce the the it's in charge of regulating. we're going to come in and issuing subpoenas to make sure there's no criminal wrongdoing in collusion between duke energy and the state regulator. >> right. the u.s. attorney's office has conducted a grand jury investigation which began last week, and separately the epa is coming down to enforce the prevention of pollution of our waterways. it's just -- this problem has been a real problem for our state forever. we've got more coal ash ponds than any other state. we've got more hazard dams. we know it's ful

meanwhile, epa has stated that science supported the rule. on conductivity of streams and wetlands has yet to clear the scientific peer review boards. it is clear the administration peru's to go at it alone. of impactnsideration on jobs or what the scientific community has to say. let me be clear. the subcommittee will continue to take whatever actions are necessary to inject some common sense into epa's rulemaking process. and provide certainty to small -- farmers and small business. so they do not have to look over their shoulder. the epa. details pointthe to the right direction, the devil is in the details. i look forward to keeping the lines of communication open. with that, i know members are interested in discussing details. now to yield to my distinguished ranking member and friend, mr. mann. -- moran. >> thank you mr. chairman. we may have a couple of points of disagreement on the bill. but we will remain friends. welcome, administrator mccarthy. this being your first hearing in went of the subcommittee, we greatly know respect your d

now the epa is turning its attention to it. it is the biggest polluter in coastal waterways. twain percent of the freshwater pollution in this country and the only water pollution that is continuing to grow. there are 20 thousand beach closures every year in the united states. always hear about those -- >> 80% of those are from storm water. state of california, d.o.t., caltrans -- we won that lawsuit. won that lawsuit. we forced california to clean up their coastal waterways. when you're looking for how do you do this, we found glenn's technology. it is a technology you can literally dropped into the storm drain. it flows toward the coast. it picks up all of the pollutants and take them out. a i'm going to make you do little physical demonstration if you can. show us how does the sponge actually work. if you can do that -- and what i would like to know, bobby kennedy, while he is doing this, are these expensive? are these covered by the payout from the state of california? what is the cost involved? is the low-cost choice. you should talk to glenn about choices. he makes the

it didn't take the epa to hammer coal. it took the business owners to really put the hurt on coal. >> steve, $2 trillion for a theory. what do you think? >> i guess i'm the token tree hugger today. it's not a theory, it's real. if you go to nasa, look up the charts, they have century old data. meanwhile, icecaps, other way. this is not models. this is not nearri r-- theories this is facts. we never went above -- this is human made and it's happening right now. >> by the way, you're not just the only token here. the fact is there's a lot of still discussion unsettled science on this issue. al gore doesn't think so by the way. steve's not alone. let's play a little sound bite. >> i think that these extreme weather events which are now a hundred times more common than 30 years ago are really waking people's awareness all over the world. it comes about, of course, because we continue to put 90 million tons of pollution into the atmosphere every day. >> he's saying that all these catastrophic events mean that $2 trillion is a g

the epa estimates that plastic marine debris effects 267 species globally, including 86% of sea turtles, 44% of sea birds, 43% of marine mammals. additionally, according to noah, plastic did he breaux come blats plastic chemicals such as pcbs, [speaker not understood] which have been shown to adhere to plastic particles at 100,000 to 1 million times the level in that of sea water drawctionv. ~. while we're not sure what percentage of plastic pollution is from bottled water, what we do know is waste prevention, that is not buying something in the first place, especially ones for which we have a safe, tasty and alternative for is the best way to reduce impact on the environment. but it's not just the downstream effects. it's a plastic packaging that's a concern. it is also the upstream effects. every part of the process from extraction to transportation to manufacture uses natural resources. in fact, according to the pacific institute, it's 2000 times more energy intensive than tap. and it takes three liters of water to make one liter of bottled water. another good reason to support this

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has both sides. >> the epa has rolled out a major new regulation forcing oil refiners to strip out sulfur. the industry estimates it will cost refiners $10 billion and raise gasoline costs about 9 cents per gallon. >> every gallon year after year after year. this money is not going to roads, not to infrastructure, not going to lessening the debt. it's going to pure compliance for a rule that has little or no environmental impact. >> the epa told reporters it won't be that bad. >> the standards will cost less than a penny per gallon of gasoline on average, and they will cost $72 per vehicle in 2025. >> the obama administration says this crackdown on sulfur will drastically reduce soot and smog and cut down on diseases associated with those pollutants. >> reducing those dangerous pollutants means fewer asthma attacks, fewer emergency room visits and medical bills, fewer missed work days. >> the chairman of the house science space and technology committee blasted the epa for using scientific information that is not publicly available. quote

>> it is not clear that that is the case at all, i would settle for access to information from the epa, access from the hhs, all manner of regulatory agencies, of the department of commerce that presently aren't able to say that the information they are denying the public is information that is somehow classified. or threatens national security, but i do belief the act was never contemplated as a tool to make it possible for people who have not been cleared and had special access granted to classified information to be able to achieve that. >> ryan right now you have about 700 in motion. and your dissertation has been declared a national security threat. >> sure. if i may respond to horace first. i agree that it was never intended to be a means to obtain properly classified information. however the drafters understood it was an attempt to get overly classified material. overclassification and improper classification was addressed as a major problem area -- >> is there more classified or unclassified information now? >> well, as the professor at harvard has demonstrated right now the un

the two countries have been working on an economic partnership agreement, or epa. abbott expressed his hopes for an early conclusion of the deal. it would strengthen ties. he said they will lobby the japanese government to complete, as he put it, a comprehensive and high-quality epa. abbott is scheduled to visit japan early next month. the two sides are hoping to complete the agreement by then. >>> japan's agriculture minister says if the talks go smoothly, it could help talks with the united states over the trans-pacific free trade deal. >> translator: concluding the economic partnership agreement with australia would set a successful example of compromise. this might lead to progress in the tpp negotiations. >> he said avoiding major tariff cuts in talks, australia would make it easier for japan to win similar concessions from the united states. the u.s. negotiators are urging them to remove tariffs on all farm products. >>> and officials hit another japanese company with a significant fine. this was over a bribery case in indonesia. they have pleaded guilty and

grant funding for the proximity of the area and the eir processes that has to be mitigated and the epa support. sometime later in 1897 six the city staff determined the cost of the recreational facilities was doubled their original estimation and the proper maintenance would be impossible because of the elevation and form of the bayview hunters point community didn't support this aspect of the project. so for the next 3 years at the city and staff and community members developed a plan that identified mitigation measures consistently of can he recall greenhouse and a skills training center located adjacent to the plant. in 1981 the city went back to the board to amend the orders determining if the bayview hunters point community is also suffering and the series of the impacts of the decision to relocate freeways in the existing plant and those facilities generate a lack of pride in the community and the commercial greenhouse should reduce those impacts and in support of the bayview hunters point the folks say those facilities are necessary and they will might the impacts of the project

if they do not comply, the epa can put no restrictions on them. the epa is happy with this, which is why negotiations have gone this far. but the company is not quite in the clear. still facing a lot of lawsuits and the u.s. justice department. >> what is it that bp wants out of the gulf? what kinds of contracts might it want to participate in? how big are they? >> bp still see the gulf as a major growth area. the four major growth areas from the company. i think they already had 10 drilling rigs there. this could not have been more timely for the company. next week, the federal government is auctioning off 4 million acres of oil and gas leases. immediately, you can see a business impact on the company. >> thank you for giving us an update. really, bp has been through a lot, trying to make their way out. thinkn we come back, you you are funny? >> i do. humor in find the interest rates. not credit -- rates. humor in interest rates. ♪ >> investing cannot always be serious business. sometimes, it can be a lot. for 30 years, a cartoonist has been tw

the epa, which has been fighting them for the last couple of months, says this is a fair agreement. placehey are putting in is an independent auditor that will be able to oversee the agreement they are getting into and will be able to report back to the epa on an annual basis. the auditor maintains the ability to maintain -- file a report where the mp -- where the epa could impose a ban like this if bp is not cooperating. >> thank you very much. switching gears. we are talking about wall street 15% in, bonuses rose 2013. bonus for wall street employee amount the to well over $160,000. michael moore of bloomberg businessweek has covered this issue extensively. reason for wall street to rejoice? this is primarily stock? >> there are two ways to look at comp. what you were awarded and what you actually got in the bank. with deferrals going up, those numbers have diverged. are getting inu your bank account. this is cash on the day. this is deferred comp from previous years. you are now just getting. has been bank stocks have been on a tear lately. >> all of that compensation they got in

explain to me the epa's role in this. the epa, as far as i can tell, basically said we do not trust the state regulatory body to adequately regulate the entity it's in charge of regulating. we're going to come in and issuing subpoenas to make sure there's no criminal wrongdoing in collusion between duke energy and the state regulator. >> right. the u.s. attorney's office has conducted a grand jury investigation which began last week, and separately the epa is coming down to enforce the prevention of pollution of our waterways. it's just -- this problem has been a real problem for our state forever. we've got more coal ash ponds than any other state. we've got more hazard dams. we know it's full of toxins and contaminants and known carcinogens. it's been very problematic to me to watch our lack of regulation continue when we know we have this huge problem. and duke understood that the stuff was seeping out of its dams, its dirt dikes, and the department knew it, too. so it's just, you know, you got to wonder, if we hadn't

and they said only that he supports the u s epa's clean cut the situation in ukraine. world ranking official in tokyo said that does not mean the japanese would take the same action as the eminent candidates. and this is a reason maybe to pass negotiations to resolve a dispute over for russian consul dining is the cd is in tokyo the nikkei can send any deterioration in times that moscow could turn those talks i do. and. the disability of cake to the global celebration of sports on ice and snow. they can and in the russian city of sochi for the opening of the winter paralympics. a record number of countries and ten trees and taking cost forty five delegation sloshed into the stadium in the lord of the russian alphabet the ukrainians had considered boycotting the games because of the russian occupation of training and he decided to take on as a way to keep attention focused on the crisis still one of the team's twenty three athletes entered the stadium this family stone was in baking the eye is downstairs and the chance and i speak a shift in the street and a message and

officials are considering taking such a step in stages over seven years following the conclusion of the epa. meanwhile japan is calling on the eu to eliminate tariffs on japanese cars, and televisions. eu officials are showing a willingness to abolish tariffs on some auto parts. now eu officials are planning to review the progress of the bilateral talks in april, and decide whether to keep pursuing an epa with japan. the negotiators started negotiations just about a year ago. let's get a check of the markets now. most asian bourses ended the first quarter of 2014 on a pose five note. here's how the region finished out this monday. investors braced for a busy week of key economic data for major economies. tokyo's nikkei closed at its highest level in more than two weeks. in fact, the nikkei climbed 0.9% to 14,827, making a fourth straight day of gains. fund managers bought stocks before closing their books on this last trading day of fiscal 2013 in japan. a weaker yen also lent a bit of support to overall sentiment. in hong kong the hang seng index gained nearly 0.4%, 22,151. investors bough

negotiators are meeting in tokyo through friday to work out an economic partnership agreement epa in this realm the two sides are aiming to exchange lists of tariffs that will show which was they are willing to eliminate or reduce them by how much you officials have been urging japan to remove tariffs on european wine. japanese officials are considering taking such a step in stages over seven years following the conclusion of the epa meanwhile japan is culling of the eu to eliminate tariffs on japanese cars and televisions. eu officials are showing a willingness to abolish tariffs on some auto parts. eu officials are planning to review the progress of the bilateral talks in april and decide whether to keep pursuing an ep with japan the negotiations started just about a year ago. here are the latest market figures i know. i can. it is. it is i do. the secretary of state john kerry has expressed concern about russia's financing of troops along its border with ukraine. or even russian foreign minister sergei lavrov in paris on sunday to discuss the situation of the former soviet republi

within a few hours, the epa says the leak was plugged and distorted efforts to contain the oil. by tuesday, crews were walking the beach area cleaning up balls that had washed ashore. the coast guard said the wind and weather helped to keep the oil close to the shore. the malfunction happened in the refinery's crude distillation unit. bp says somehow oil leaked into the cooling system that circulates water between lake michigan and the refinery. >> it acts like in every dieter system. keeps the car engine cool. we use in processing the oil. it never comes in contact with oil but some amount of oil did get into the system. >> no known impact at this point to human health or the environment. there is an oil on the beach. bp is making efforts to clean that up. the u.s. coast guard is overseeing this. >> this waregion recently expanded to start refining oil. is the largest source of industrial in the area. dick durbin and mark kirk said they are concerned that this move to expand could lead to more oil spills and they plan to hold bp accountable and make sure that steps are taken to

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