Because you know, the government would never engage in quid pro quo for the benefit of capitalism over humanity
Why can't local groups be given the tax benefits and other handouts to manage this?
Are the people at Nestle THAT good at this? No one else can figure out the logistics?
The whole notion that my community, a metro area of 3 million residents, multiple universities and tech companies, needs this redundancy
But if Uncle Sam says so! Well who am I to question them!?
I was pointing that that they apparently had the legal right to the water.
Why can't local groups be given the tax benefits and other handouts to manage this? Are the people at Nestle THAT good at this? No one else can figure out the logistics?
What is the "this" you're referring to? Getting permits? Bottling water? Do you think "local groups" are less likely to be influenced by businesses and other special interests than federal agencies? Who would oversee all of these local groups to be sure they are operating fairly?
The whole notion that my community, a metro area of 3 million residents, multiple universities and tech companies, needs this redundancy
Again, you've lost me, what redundancy are you talking about?
But if Uncle Sam says so! Well who am I to question them!?
By all means, question the government, but why blame a company for operating under the conditions of the permit issued to them by the government agency that regulates the resource?
Yet the firm's permit to operate this seven-mile pipeline in the mountains expired in 1988, though since it pays its yearly $524, the licence is still considered valid by the US Forest Service and by Nestle.... However, activists consider the permit expired and the US government is now reviewing Nestle's licence. A public comment period has just closed and this month a federal hearing will consider the legality of the permit.
Later that year a federal judge sided with the Forest Service and declared the permit legal:
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled in favor of the U.S. Forest Service, declaring valid Nestlé’s permit for water-bottling operations in the San Bernardino Mountains, on a motion filed by three environmental groups that sought to shut down the company’s efforts until its effects on the environment could be evaluated.
http://www.sbsun.com/2016/09/21/why-nestl-can-continue-to-bo...