Questions Swirl Over Scope Of High Court Review In CWA Permitting Suit

As the Supreme Court prepares for oral argument on San Francisco’s suit over EPA’s authority to include “narrative” pollution limits in Clean Water Act (CWA) permits, observers are questioning how broadly the justices might eventually rule -- especially as some local officials have begun to echo Democrats’ concerns that a sweeping decision could weaken the water law. “I always get concerned that the Supreme Court will make broad, sweeping statements about environmental law that weren’t fully fleshed out in the...