San Francisco Seeks Supreme Court Review Of 9th Circuit’s CSO Ruling

The City and County of San Francisco is asking the Supreme Court to review and reverse a split appellate ruling finding that EPA has authority to set general narrative prohibitions on violating appliable water quality standards (WQS), charging that the ruling creates a circuit split and exposes the municipality to the “crushing consequences” of Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement. San Francisco filed a Jan. 8 petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in the suit City and...