Supreme Court Rules With San Francisco On Water Quality Standard In Discharge Permits
A years-long dispute over a San Francisco stormwater discharge permit came to an end Tuesday with a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of the city, but the earlier-than-expected decision raises questions about weakening water quality standards in the federal Clean Water Act.
Supreme Court lets San Francisco discharge more raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean
The conservative Supreme Court aligned with liberal San Francisco on Tuesday, ruling that federal environmental regulators overstepped their authority by attempting to impose vague limits on how much raw sewage the California city may pump into the Pacific Ocean.
The justices ruled that the agency cannot impose generic prohibitions against violating water quality standards.
On March 3, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided City and County of San Francisco, California v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 23-753, ...
San Francisco argued that Clean Water Act permits should function like recipes that restrict specific ingredients in a dish, ...
The Supreme Court's decision is the latest in which conservative justices have reined in pollution control efforts.
On March 4, 2025 the Supreme Court overturned the 9th Circuit to rule in favor of the City of San Francisco in a landmark Clean Water Act case.
The 5-to-4 decision is the latest setback for the agency and could have sweeping implications for curtailing water pollution ...
The Supreme Court's recent ruling limits EPA's ability to regulate sewage discharge into U.S. waterways affecting water ...
Continuing the rout of the EPA's authority undertaken by the Trump Administration, the Supreme Court Tuesday overturned rules ...
Environmental advocates had accused San Francisco of trying to dismantle the Clean Water Act in a case about the city’s ...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that EPA cannot enforce requirements in wastewater permits that “do not spell out what a ...
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