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EPA moves to give states, tribes more power to protect water

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Indigenous leaders and "water protectors" march through swamp land to the boardwalk leading to an Enbridge pipeline construction site, June 7, 2021, in Clearwater County, Minn. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 2, 2022, proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks at a news conference to announce actions to enhance the Biden administration's environmental justice efforts, Thursday, May 5, 2022, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, left, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022, on the six-month anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure law. National Economic Council director Brian Deese, center, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, right, listen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
EPA moves to give states, tribes more power to protect water