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SFPUC General Manager Dennis Herrera On U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments In City And County Of San Francisco V. Environmental Protection Agency

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
October 16, 2024

Nancy Crowley
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
ncrowley@sfwater.org
(628) 629-1748

***STATEMENT***

SFPUC GENERAL MANAGER DENNIS HERRERA ON U.S. SUPREME COURT ORAL ARGUMENTS IN CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO V. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

 

SAN FRANCISCO – Today, Dennis Herrera, General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, the City’s water, power, and sewer utility, issued the following statement on oral arguments being heard at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency:

 

“Right now, San Francisco and other clean water agencies across the country face a Catch-22. The EPA is basically saying, ‘You can’t pollute too much, but we won’t tell you what too much is until after you’ve already done it.’ That’s untenable. The financial hit to our customers could be so severe that it would drive more than 8,000 San Franciscans into poverty. San Francisco remains fully committed to complying with the Clean Water Act. We are simply asking the EPA to tell us what the requirements are. Tell us the requirements, and we’ll meet those requirements. Clean Water Act permits should say what they mean and mean what they say.”

More information is available on the San Francisco City Attorney’s website: San Francisco files final brief in SCOTUS case to protect utility ratepayers from massive bill increases – City Attorney of San Francisco (sfcityattorney.org)
 

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