Potential Implications of Approaches to Climate Change on the Clean Water Rule Definition of "Waters of the United States"

被引：4

作者：

Faust, Derek R. ^{[1
]}

Moore, Matthew T. ^{[2
]}

Emison, Gerald Andrews ^{[3
]}

Rush, Scott A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Mississippi State Univ, Dept Wildlife Fisheries & Aquaculture, Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA

[2] USDA ARS, Natl Sedimentat Lab, Water Qual & Ecol Res Unit, 598 McElroy Dr, Oxford, MS 38655 USA

[3] Mississippi State Univ, Dept Polit Sci & Publ Adm, Box PC, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA

来源：

BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY | 2016年 / 96卷 / 05期

关键词：

Clean Water Act; Climate change; Policy; Waters of the United States; Connectivity; MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY; CALIFORNIA; TOXICOLOGY; RESOURCES; STRESSORS; POLLUTION; IMPACTS; HEALTH;

D O I：

10.1007/s00128-016-1773-z

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The 1972 Clean Water Act was passed to protect chemical, physical, and biological integrity of United States' waters. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers codified a new "waters of the United States" rule on June 29, 2015, because several Supreme Court case decisions caused confusion with the existing rule. Climate change could affect this rule through connectivity between groundwater and surface waters; floodplain waters and the 100-year floodplain; changes in jurisdictional status; and sea level rise on coastal ecosystems. Four approaches are discussed for handling these implications: (1) "Wait and see"; (2) changes to the rule; (3) use guidance documents; (4) Congress statutorily defining "waters of the United States." The approach chosen should be legally defensible and achieved in a timely fashion to provide protection to "waters of the United States" in proactive consideration of scientifically documented effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems.

引用

页码：565 / 572

页数：8

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