Divided U.S. Supreme Court Rules CWA Exceeds EPA Authority In Permitting Case

( March 4, 2025, 4:15 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided U.S. Supreme Court on March 4 ruled that the Clean Water Act (CWA) exceeds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to impose requirements that make a permittee responsible for the water quality in the body of water in which the permittee discharges pollutants, reversing and remanding a case involving a dispute over San Francisco’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit....