On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) struck down rules regulating the discharge of water pollution, narrowing the landmark Clean Water Act in an unusual case that pitted one of the nation’s greenest cities — San Francisco — against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The justices found the EPA cannot impose generic prohibitions against violating water quality standards. The ruling could impact businesses and other cities that sit on bodies of water, including New York, Boston, Buffalo and Washington, D.C.
San Francisco sued the EPA after the agency found the city in violation of the terms of a 2019 permit required to discharge pollution from its wastewater system into the Pacific Ocean.
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