San Francisco gets partial win at SCOTUS

High Court Rejects EPA Sewage Permits in San Francisco Win

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected EPA “end result” sewage permits issued under the Clean Water Act that focus on water quality instead of outlining specific requirements to prevent pollution, Bobby Magill reports.

The ruling is a partial win for San Francisco, which challenged nonspecific, or “narrative,” wastewater permits that the Environmental Protection Agency issues to protect surface water quality. The city wanted the EPA to specify measures it needed to take to prevent its sewage overflow system from polluting the Pacific Ocean, but the EPA issued only ...