Water logged

Followed a fun link to the EPA from a slate article.

Turns out the EPA has put some thought, time, and energy to where and how you can toss a body overboard for a sea burial. (Must be at least 3 miles from the coast. Inland lakes vary by state, but a permit is required.)

What made me chuckle is one question:

FOR NON-CREMATED REMAINS
	Did the remains appear to rapidly sink to the ocean floor? Yes ( ) No ( )

THIS is whyipaytaxes.

(Another, un-tax related but pretty cool way to go: In the other procedure, called promession, a corpse gets freeze-dried with liquid nitrogen and then shattered into powder, Terminator-style. )