In City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, 604 U.S. ___, 145 S. Ct. 704 (2025), in a 5-4 decision issued on March 4, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down ...

San Francisco v. EPA: Impact on Clean Water Act Permittees Tommy Beaudreau, Jarrod Ingles, PhD, Peggy Otum WilmerHale + Follow Contact ...

San Francisco has argued these "generic" prohibitions expose it to significant liability for pollution under the federal Clean Water Act.

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu discusses City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, in which the court is considering whether the Environmental Protection Agency violates the Clean Water Act ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will test how flexible the EPA and states can be in regulating water pollution under the Clean Water Act when it hears oral argument in City and County of San Francisco v ...

Supreme Court sides with San Francisco in raw sewage case, limits EPA ability to enforce Clean Water Act Major case could have impacts around California and the nation ...

At issue in the case is how the Clean Water Act—and, though it, the EPA—regulates offshore water pollution. The question is particularly important for San Francisco.

When the Supreme Court takes up an important environmental appeal Wednesday from the City of San Francisco, the justices will be asked to settle a dispute that at least some city leaders are ...

According to San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, the case started about a decade ago when the EPA included generic prohibitions against violating water quality standards in discharge permits.

Concerns about the high court weakening the Clean Water Act are behind a push to get the city to reconsider its position. Lawmakers in San Francisco are launching a last-ditch effort to kill the ...