[Epoch Times] The Supreme Court agreed on May 28 to hear San Francisco’s appeal of a federal appeals court ruling that allows the EPA to issue discharge permits that order cities not to pollute water bodies "too much" but do not provide a specific limitation.
The issue is whether the Environmental Protection Agency or states are allowed to impose generic prohibitions that subject permit-holders to enforcement for running afoul of water quality standards without identifying the specific limits to which the discharges are supposed to conform.
The petition for certiorari, or review, in City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, was granted in an unsigned order. Oral argument in the case is expected to be heard in the Supreme Court’s new term that begins in October. |