An Opening for Meaningful Reform?

Forthcoming rules governing federal oversight of wetlands could produce more sensible environmental policy. This past January, in accordance with a 2001 Supreme Court ruling that limited federal regulatory authority over the nation's wetlands, the Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA published a proposed list of what wetlands are still under their joint jurisdiction. Given the proposed list, there can be no doubt that a significant change in federal regulation of wetlands is underway, and the change could lead to meaningful and innovative reform of wetlands policy