蒙大拿州批准了新的水规则,以模糊的描述取代可衡量的污染限度,引起环境关切。 Montana approved new water rules replacing measurable pollution limits with vague descriptions, sparking environmental concerns.

美国环保局已经批准蒙大拿州从数字水质标准转为叙述性水质标准,允许国家放弃可衡量的污染限制,而采用描述性准则。 The EPA has approved Montana’s switch from numeric to narrative water quality standards, allowing the state to abandon measurable pollution limits in favor of descriptive guidelines. 这一变化得到了州和立法机构的支持,旨在放松许可,但引起了上密苏里州水管公司等环境团体的批评,这些团体警告说,它会削弱执法力度,阻碍污染跟踪,并有可能损害已经因藻类开花、低流量和气候变化而紧张的河流。 The change, backed by the state and legislature, aims to ease permitting but has drawn criticism from environmental groups like the Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, who warn it weakens enforcement, hampers pollution tracking, and risks harming rivers already strained by algal blooms, low flows, and climate change. 他们认为这一转变破坏了科学标准和《清洁水法》,有可能危害蒙大拿依赖水的经济,并可能导致法律挑战。 They argue the shift undermines scientific standards and the Clean Water Act, potentially jeopardizing Montana’s water-dependent economy, and may lead to legal challenges.