It should chill every wetland defender in America to hear that the Bush Administration is thinking of issuing "guidance" on how to interpret a bad ruling by the Bush-influenced Supreme Court on whether all wetlands, or just a few, merit protection under the Clean Water Act.
Be afraid, be very afraid, if you care about water resources.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Bush administration is preparing instructions for regulators puzzling over which wetlands are covered by federal clean water law, a top Environmental Protection Agency official said Wednesday.
But the EPA hasn't decided whether to issue a comprehensive regulation on the issue in the wake of a confusing U.S. Supreme Court ruling in two Michigan wetlands cases, said Benjamin Grumbles, assistant administrator for water.
"Our overarching goal is to continue to protect wetlands under the Clean Water Act to the maximum extent allowable since the decision," Grumbles told The Associated Press in an interview. "Which tools are the best to use is a policy decision we haven't made yet."
Posted by Dave at August 31, 2006 06:38 AM