High court schedules San Francisco CSO suit for conference

The Supreme Court is planning to consider next week whether to hear a case brought by the City and County of San Francisco challenging an appellate ruling finding that EPA has authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to set general narrative permit prohibitions on violating applicable water quality standards (WQS). The court on April 30 posted an item to the docket in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, et al. , indicating that the justices are planning...