Cardin Weighs Need For 'Framework' To Govern EPA's Water Trading Role

摘要

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) is investigating the need for a "framework" to support interstate water quality trading for nutrients and sediment, including the scope of EPA's role in trading agreements, an effort that may put EPA's water trading policy on a more solid legal footing as it faces lawsuits from some environmentalists opposed to the practice. Cardin and Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), chair and ranking member on the Environment and Public Works water and wildlife subcommittee, held a hearing May 22 to discuss paths toward interstate nutrient-trading programs, and indicated both through questions to witnesses and statements for the record that they may push new policies to solidify such trading regimes.