High Court Will Review Narrative Prohibitions Within San Francisco’s NPDES Permit

(May 28, 2024, 2:27 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In granting a petition for writ of certiorari filed by San Francisco, the  U.S. Supreme Court decided May 28 that it will consider whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) by including two narrative prohibitions in the city’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) sewer system permit that are allegedly too vague to meet the CWA’s requirements....