San Francisco, City and County of v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ELR Citation: 53 ELR 20118
No(s). 21-70282 (9th Cir. Jul 31, 2023)

The Ninth Circuit, 2-1, denied the city of San Francisco's challenge to an EPA order denying review of the city's NPDES permit for a combined sewer system and wastewater treatment facility. The city argued EPA violated the CWA by including in the permit two general narrative prohibitions on discharg...