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Podcast: Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)
Episode: San Francisco v. EPA (Admin Law / Clean Water Act)
Description: Send us Fan MailIn City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, the Supreme Court addressed the scope of the EPA's authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The case arose when the EPA issued a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to San Francisco's wastewater treatment facilities, including provisions that prohibited discharges contributing to violations of water quality standards and creating pollution or nuisance as defined by California law. San Francisco challenged these "end-result" requirements, arguing they exceeded the EPA's statutory authority.The Ninth Circuit upheld the EPA's permit conditions, inte...