The Pentagon has come up with a novel approach towards dealing with clean-up orders from the Environmental Protection Agency: Just Say No.

The Defense Department, the nation’s biggest polluter, is resisting orders from the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up Fort Meade and two other military bases where the EPA says dumped chemicals pose “imminent and substantial” dangers to public health and the environment.

The Pentagon has also declined to sign agreements required by law that cover 12 other military sites on the Superfund list of the most polluted places in the country. The contracts would spell out a remediation plan, set schedules, and allow the EPA to oversee the work and assess penalties if milestones are missed.

Guess the Pentagon decided that if their Commander-in-Chief can place himself above the law, they can too. Either that, or they just don’t like bureaucrats telling them what to do.