San Francisco appealed to EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board (EAB), objecting to, among other things, the two new end-result provisions. See City and Cty. of San Francisco, 18 E.A.D. 322, 325 (2020).

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In a 5–4 ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. ... Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote for the court, ruled that the agency had gone beyond what the Clean Water Act allowed.

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San Francisco and the EPA have been arguing about the permit for more than a decade. The city first objected in 2019 to the water quality language in 2013 permit updates.

According to San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, the case started about a decade ago when the EPA included generic prohibitions against violating water quality standards in discharge permits.

Lower appeals courts have split on interpretations of the Clean Water Act. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law requires the EPA to set specific limits for surface water quality.

Concerns about the high court weakening the Clean Water Act are behind a push to get the city to reconsider its position. Lawmakers in San Francisco are launching a last-ditch effort to kill the ...

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