Awaiting High Court, San Francisco Faces New EPA Enforcement Over CSOs

Warning of “widespread failures,” EPA and California are bringing a new enforcement action against the City and County of San Francisco for permit violations stemming from operations of two combined sewer systems, even as the municipality waits for the Supreme Court to decide on whether it will review its separate case challenging federal limits at one of the systems. The Justice Department on behalf of EPA, and California Attorney Rob Bonta (D) on behalf of the San Francisco Bay Regional...