In a 5-4 ruling earlier this month, the court determined the EPA cannot impose “end result” provisions in permits that regulate water pollution.
The Environmental Protection Agency is dramatically reducing the amount of U.S. waterways that get federal protection under the Clean Water Act.
When the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority began operations in 1959, sending stormwater and sewage into a combined system that could overflow into the rivers was a huge asset. But times change.
By Kara Holsopple/The Allegheny Front 