Kind of tangential to the O.P., at the Cali state level, a cosmetologist friend of mine had her shop "inspected." This girl is good and says she can tell within minutes if a salon is compliant. Never mind; the inspection lasted an hour and a half resulting, finally, in a $100 fine for an "improperly stored pair of hair-scissors." Said scissors were unopened in the original packaging in her desk drawer waiting to be returned. And never mind the desk scissors lying next to them...

More madness from the EPA: http://wastefraudandabuse.org/stupid-epa-regulations/

One excerpt: "American farmers have been saddled with a myriad number and variety of regulations. A major threat to farmers is Title V of the Clean Air Act. Title V, a CO2 emissions standard, would apply to “dairy facilities with over 25 cows, beef cattle operations of over 50 cattle, swine operations with over 200 hogs, and farms with over 500 acres of corn.” The EPA puts the first-year cost of each Title V permit at $46,500 and the pre-construction permitting program at $84,500. The EPA has temporarily raised the threshold for CO2 emissions but this waiver is on shaky legal grounds." (Bonkers!)

I was talking with a friend this morning who has a morbid fascination with unnecessarily costly and i***tic regulations. It pretty much ruined my day. I had already spoken for ending the life of the EPA and other agencies in am Elwood blog not too long ago. I do so again here with added fervor. Here are a few scattered examples from a list of thousands of examples.
My friend’s father delivers hogs to slaughter houses. It was deemed cruel ity to animals to use a cattle prod to get them off the truck (and into a place where they hammered in the head and k**led. So a slap stick ( and this should be slap stick instead of reality) was approved that simply hurts the animal that must be hit repeatedly instead of giving it a single jolt with sufficient oomph.
An endangered mouse in my neck of the woods is causing the Forest Service to fence off all wateholes so that the little creature can drink undisturbed at its leisure.
New York is considering banning the sale of the leftover mash from micro-breweries to farmers, which will on average increase cost to both of around 200,000 dollars. The present system has not produced any problems or ill-effects. Why? No direct answer just a vague concern a problem may one day occur.
EPA either has or is about to enforce a “methane” tax on a hog herds over 500, which will either end this industry or make pork meant only for billionaires.
You can’t make this stuff up. Crazy.

Here is an excerpt from http://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2012/08/16/how_to_get_rid_of_unnecessary_regulations_257.html
That just might give Americans back some sanity and control from these burdensome agencies.
“You can’t avoid death and taxes. Unless you’re a government agency, in which case, you gain immortality from other peoples’ tax dollars. More than 3,500 new regulations from 60 or so agencies hit the books every year, but almost none are repealed. There are hundreds more agencies that don’t issue regulations, but run spending programs and give subsidies to private businesses. This problem has many possible solutions. It is well past time to try at least one of them: automatic sunsets for new regulations.
“Just as every carton of milk has an expiration date, sunset provisions automatically end agencies, programs, and regulations after a fixed period of time, unless specifically reauthorized by Congress. We already know the idea works. Several states already have sunset laws in place. They typically establish a sunset committee or commission, which reviews programs and agencies whose time is almost up and makes recommendations to the legislature. The National Conference of State Legislatures estimates that Texas saves $42 for every dollar it spends on sunset reviews.”

I was talking with a friend this morning who has a morbid fascination with unnecessarily costly and i***tic regulations. It pretty much ruined my day. I had already spoken for ending the life of the EPA and other agencies in am Elwood blog not too long ago. I do so again here with added fervor. Here are a few scattered examples from a list of thousands of examples.
My friend’s father delivers hogs to slaughter houses. It was deemed cruel ity to animals to use a cattle prod to get them off the truck (and into a place where they hammered in the head and k**led. So a slap stick ( and this should be slap stick instead of reality) was approved that simply hurts the animal that must be hit repeatedly instead of giving it a single jolt with sufficient oomph.
An endangered mouse in my neck of the woods is causing the Forest Service to fence off all wateholes so that the little creature can drink undisturbed at its leisure.
New York is considering banning the sale of the leftover mash from micro-breweries to farmers, which will on average increase cost to both of around 200,000 dollars. The present system has not produced any problems or ill-effects. Why? No direct answer just a vague concern a problem may one day occur.
EPA either has or is about to enforce a “methane” tax on a hog herds over 500, which will either end this industry or make pork meant only for billionaires.
You can’t make this stuff up. Crazy.

Here is an excerpt from http://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2012/08/16/how_to_get_rid_of_unnecessary_regulations_257.html
That just might give Americans back some sanity and control from these burdensome agencies.
“You can’t avoid death and taxes. Unless you’re a government agency, in which case, you gain immortality from other peoples’ tax dollars. More than 3,500 new regulations from 60 or so agencies hit the books every year, but almost none are repealed. There are hundreds more agencies that don’t issue regulations, but run spending programs and give subsidies to private businesses. This problem has many possible solutions. It is well past time to try at least one of them: automatic sunsets for new regulations.
“Just as every carton of milk has an expiration date, sunset provisions automatically end agencies, programs, and regulations after a fixed period of time, unless specifically reauthorized by Congress. We already know the idea works. Several states already have sunset laws in place. They typically establish a sunset committee or commission, which reviews programs and agencies whose time is almost up and makes recommendations to the legislature. The National Conference of State Legislatures estimates that Texas saves $42 for every dollar it spends on sunset reviews.”

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The methane tax is something I'm in favor of as it is a method of getting rid of pig and cattle factories. Since these organizations have been in existence, our food supply has become horribly dangerous for people. People are becoming immune to our "old" antibiotics because they're fed to the animals. Foreign countries refuse to accept meat produced in this country. There is no reason for this except to lower the costs by allowing filthy conditions. This is the reason milk and milk products had to be pasteurized. Diseased animals don't come from healthy conditions. When will the people of this nation wise up and also refuse to eat meats produced in filthy factories.

Be careful what you wish for you may get it. The animal rights group, for which I personally have distain, demanded horses not be slaughtered for meat consumption. Those i***ts claimed the horses were treated inhumanely. They succeeded in having U.S. plants closed - horses have been shipped to Mexico for slaughter where the horses are REALLY treated inhumanely and the loose nuts can't do one peapickin' thing about it.

You are free to have your opinion, but when people start to demand change of their own free will, change will happen in a sensible and sane manner. I read, recently, where butchers are demanding beef that has NOT received hormone shots. WHY, because their customers are demanding it, not the out of control EPA.

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The easiest solution is DON'T BUY IT! Why don't you use a couple of slices of real cheese instead.

In Arizona, a community, Sun City, got together and decided NOT to take advantage of items in the supermarket they deemed too high. They stuck to their guns and, guess what? - prices in that neighborhood are lower than any other area in Phoenix and surroundings. Problem is that people will purchase what they're used to buying and pay wh**ever price is listed. I put a top price oneverything I purchase and, if it goes over that, I simply remove it from my shopping list. As an example, I have not purchased tuna since the price on each can rose 20 - 25 cents per can. I do keep my eyes open when there is a sale and stock up then. Otherwise, I do without and find substitutes.

Often I am surprised that I enjoy the substitute more than my original choice.

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The easiest solution is DON'T BUY IT! Why don't you use a couple of slices of real cheese instead.

In Arizona, a community, Sun City, got together and decided NOT to take advantage of items in the supermarket they deemed too high. They stuck to their guns and, guess what? - prices in that neighborhood are lower than any other area in Phoenix and surroundings. Problem is that people will purchase what they're used to buying and pay wh**ever price is listed. I put a top price oneverything I purchase and, if it goes over that, I simply remove it from my shopping list. As an example, I have not purchased tuna since the price on each can rose 20 - 25 cents per can. I do keep my eyes open when there is a sale and stock up then. Otherwise, I do without and find substitutes.

Often I am surprised that I enjoy the substitute more than my original choice.