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SCOTUS Rules Against EPA in Clean Water Case

In City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court again limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) power under the Clean Water Act (CWA). According to the Court’s five-member majority, the EPA can’t enforce requirements in wastewater permits that “do not spell out what a permittee must do or refrain from doing.”