[미국] 트럼프, 오바마 정부 「수자원보호법」 일부 수정

미국 도널드 트럼프 대통령은 화요일 백악관에서 미국 환경보호청(EPA)과 미육군 공병병(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)에게 미국 수자원 보호(Waters of the United States, WOTUS)라 명명된 2015년 오바마 정부의 행정명령을 검토하고, 일부를 개정 또는 철회하도록 하는 내용의 행정명령을 발표했다.

이 명령은 2015년 5월에 오바마 전 미국 대통령이 서명하고 같은 해 8월 말 발효된 것으로 트럼프는 NBC 뉴스를 통해 "이 명령은 농부, 목축업자, 노동자 등이 강력하게 반대하고 있는 최악의 연방법규 중 하나이다"고 밝혔다.

EPA는 트럼프의 행정 명령을 즉각 시행하고 2015년 오바마 정부 법안의 검토 의사 표명서를 제출하는 한편, 새로운 개정안을 제안할 계획이라고 밝혔다. 행정 명령 및 공보는 https://www.epa.gov/cleanwaterrule.에서 확인이 가능하다.

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Trump begins WOTUS rollback with executive order

President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order at the White House Tuesday, directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review and then rescind or revise the 2015 Clean Water Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS).

The rule designates what smaller bodies of water, tributaries and wetlands are under the control of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers. The President's order instructs both departments to formally reconsider the Water of the United States rule or WOTUS.

"The EPA so-called Waters of the United States rule is one of the worst examples of federal regulation, and it has truly run amok, and is one of the rules most strongly opposed by farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers all across our land," Trump told NBC news. "It's prohibiting them from being allowed to do what they're supposed to be doing. It has been a disaster. With today's executive order I'm directing the EPA to take action paving the way for the elimination of this very destructive and horrible rule," Trump said.

The rule was signed by President Obama in May of 2015, and went into effect in late August of 2015.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued the following statement after the executive order was signed: “EPA intends to immediately implement the Executive Order and submit a Notice to the Office of the Federal Register announcing our intent to review the 2015 Rule, and then to propose a new rule that will rescind or revise that rule. The President’s action today preserves a federal role in protecting water, but it also restores the states’ important role in the regulation of water.”

View the Executive Order and the Federal Register Notice here: https://www.epa.gov/cleanwaterrule.

[출처 = Water World / 2017년 3월 1일]