US EditionSupreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges
- The Supreme Court ruled that federal environmental regulators exceeded their authority by imposing vague limits on sewage discharges in San Francisco, as stated by Justice Samuel Alito in a 5-4 opinion.
- Justice Amy Coney Barrett noted in a dissent that the Environmental Protection Agency must issue necessary limitations to meet water quality standards.
- San Francisco claimed that the imposed narrative requirements lacked clarity and were unachievable, arguing that this could lead to significant financial burdens on ratepayers.
- This ruling may hinder the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to enforce water quality standards, contributing to a series of setbacks for environmentalists.
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Supreme Court Lifts Restraints on Wastewater Discharges, Further Eroding Clean Water Act
The U.S. Supreme Court has further eroded the power of the Environmental Protection Agency and state governments to safeguard water quality under the Clean Water Act. In Tuesday’s 5-4 ruling, the majority overturned measures limiting the discharge of wastewater into harbors and coastal areas, including limits on the release of raw sewage. This comes less than two years after the Supreme Court gutted Clean Water Act protections for about half of …
WA Agency Again Ordered to Rewrite Mega-Dairy Permits to Safeguard Public Health, Clean Water
Yesterday, in response to a challenge from community and conservation groups, the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board ordered the Department of Ecology to rewrite pollution discharge permits for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to better protect water resources and public health. Earlier, a unanimous 2021 Washington Court of Appeals decision required the Department of Ecology to rewrite these permits because they viol…
Supreme Court Takes Big Ol’ Poop In Body of Water Near You
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court decided yet another case making it harder to protect the environment, siding with the city of San Francisco in its challenge to limitations on dumping sewage in public water. For the last five years, the city’s failure to comply with Environmental Protection Agency regulations has resulted in billions of gallons of sewage flowing across beaches, into the Pacific Ocean, and sometimes even through streets and i…
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