Citing Permit Flexibility, Democratic AGs Back EPA’s Narrative CWA Limits

Democratic state attorneys general (AG) are urging the Supreme Court to preserve EPA’s authority to set narrative limits in Clean Water Act (CWA) permits, emphasizing that such limits are not only statutorily permissible, but add needed flexibility for permittees that would otherwise result in overly burdensome mandates. A coalition of 13 AGs from Democratic states and the District of Columbia filed a Sept. 3 amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the suit City and County of San Francisco...