"Trump Plan Waives Protection At +80% Of Wetlands" [1]
"In some states, more than 90 percent of wetlands could be excluded from safeguards provided by the Clean Water Act."
"The Trump administration has proposed dramatic new standards under the Clean Water Act that would leave scores of wetlands and small streams more vulnerable to pollution.
Just 19 percent of wetlands by acreage — about 17,360,970 acres — in the contiguous U.S that have been mapped by the federal government would be protected under the sweeping draft “waters of the U.S.” definition unveiled Monday. That’s according to an estimate in a regulatory impact analysis conducted by EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers and released alongside the proposed rule.
Trump administration officials said the proposal conforms with Sackett v. EPA, a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that asserted that only wetlands that directly touched a relatively permanent waterway – like a river or lake – fell under the scope of the Clean Water Act and the regulatory powers of the federal government."