EPA修改通航水域保护规则

来源：农场进步

On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army announced their intent to revise the definition of “waters of the United States,” claiming a broad array of stakeholders are seeing “destructive impacts to critical water bodies under the 2020 rule established under the Trump administration," reports农场进步。

根据2015年奥巴马政府，EPA和美国工程兵团发出了一项新的水规则，向美国海岸提供了对美国水域的广泛管辖权，包括上游水域和间歇性和短暂的流。

Wotus规则在法庭上立即受到挑战，并受几项初步禁令。2019年，特朗普政府废除了2015年的统治，并于2020年6月，用新的通航水域保护规则更换了农业群体。

“The American Farm Bureau Federation is extremely disappointed in the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement of its intention to reverse the environmentally conscious Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which finally brought clarity and certainty to clean water efforts," says American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall. "Farmers and ranchers care about clean water and preserving the land, and they support the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

“署长瑞安最近在美国统治的2015年水域公认的缺陷，并承诺不返回那些逾期条例，”他继续。

“我们非常关切的是，EPA计划扭转导航水域保护规则，这使得未来的负责任的保护面临风险。我们预计广泛的外展，但本公告未能认识到农民和牧场主的关切。”