From: Craig Calder

Sent: Wed Mar 02 15:03:34 2011

To: ToxicsRuleMaking

Subject: Opposition to EPA fish consumption amounts

Importance: Normal

I oppose the EPA and DEQ in attempting to arbitrarily increase the fish consumption rates to 175 grams per day. How do they arrive at these numbers? The increased cost to farmers and ranchers would increase food costs to consumers. The increased costs for water treatment and storm water diversion for municipalities would be paid by hard working tax payers. The middle class is being eroded by these regulations. We will end up with a two class system, government workers and persons totally dependent on the government. That does not sound like utopia to me, which is what the progressives “think” they are going to create.