Thursday Top of the Scroll: San Francisco weighs bid to drop Supreme Court water case
Lawmakers in San Francisco are launching a last-ditch effort to kill the city’s lawsuit challenging federal water pollution requirements, weeks before Supreme Court oral arguments are set to begin. The city has accused EPA of including unreasonably vague requirements in a wastewater permit for one of its sewage treatment plants. The language in the permit is designed to protect water quality and is widely used in permits for municipalities nationwide. San Francisco says it’s virtually impossible to follow. But on Tuesday, San Francisco Supervisor Myrna Melgar introduced a resolution urging the city attorney’s office to drop the case. … Despite the case’s local origins, the outcome could have broad ramifications for wastewater permits and limit EPA’s ability to control the release of sewage and other contaminants, legal experts said.
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