Environmentalists Urge Court To Save EPA’s Use Of Narrative NPDES Limits

September 3, 2024
A California environmental group is defending EPA’s right to set narrative limits in Clean Water Act (CWA) permits against a Supreme Court challenge brought by San Francisco, charging that while some narrative limitations may be unduly vague, those at issue in this suit are sufficient and a total bar on narrative limits would not be appropriate. Orange County Coastkeeper filed an Aug. 30 amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the suit City and County of San Francisco v....


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