美国环保署宣布征求补充性公众意见，以完善根据2023年最高法院Sackett诉EPA案裁决而修订的《清洁水法》实施规则1。该案裁决移除了对大范围湿地的联邦保护，促使EPA重新界定其监管范围1。
根据新规提案，联邦保护将聚焦于"相对永久、静止或持续流动"的水体（如溪流、河流、湖泊和海洋）以及与其直接相连的湿地，其他水资源管理权则转由州和部落负责1。EPA主任Lee Zeldin表示，该规则的目标是"制定一份遵守法律并结束繁琐监管不确定性的耐久定义"1。
该提案已于去年11月提出，已产生超过220,000条公众意见1。新一轮评论期为30天，计划在联邦登记册发布后的下周开始1。环保组织对此提案提出批评，指其将"几乎消除对淡水湿地的保护"，对美国西部地区尤为不利1。
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it would solicit further public comments on a revised water rule designed to implement a 2023 Supreme Court decision that narrowed federal wetlands protections 1. The new regulation aims to restrict the scope of federal oversight to "relatively permanent, standing, or continuously flowing" bodies of water such as streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans, along with directly connected wetlands, while delegating broader water resource management to states and tribes 1.
EPA Director Lee Zeldin stated that the objective is to "establish an enduring definition of Waters of the United States that complies with the law and ends the regulatory uncertainty that has plagued our nation" 1. The proposed rule stems from the Supreme Court's decision in Sackett v. EPA, which removed federal protection for a broad range of wetlands 1. The public comment period will last thirty days, beginning the week following publication in the Federal Register 1. The initial proposal, unveiled in November 2024, has already generated over 220,000 public comments 1.
Environmental organizations have criticized the regulation, warning that it would "virtually eliminate protections for freshwater wetlands" and disproportionately harm western regions of the country 1.
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