Remember in the State of the Union when President Obama alerted the nation to the tremendous inefficiencies in having salmon regulated by two different agencies? Well, it looks like the same inefficiencies govern “burial at sea“:

According to federal regulations (40 CFR 229.1 (PDF) (1 p, 149K, About PDF) based on the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuary Act of 1972, human remains transported from United States ports or on United States vessels or aircraft may be buried at sea under specified conditions. These include cremated as well as non-cremated remains.
Requirements for burying remains at sea are listed below. Burials in inland waters are regulated according to the Clean Water Act. For inland waters burial, a permit is required from the appropriate state agency. Please note the requirement that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) be notified within 30 days after burial.

If burial at sea is our new preferred way of disposing of dead terrorists — which I’m totally cool with — shouldn’t we, at the very least, do what we can to streamline the process?

And should we not also work to make future burials at sea as green as possible? I propose the Federal Government contract with this company from now on and use dead terrorists to make an artificial reef.