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San Francisco Baykeeper et al v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency et al

  1. April 05, 2021

    Activists Request $850K In Atty Fees For Calif. Water Win

    Attorneys representing environmental groups want roughly $850,000 in attorney fees and costs for work that led to a federal judge tossing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's finding that salt ponds near San Francisco Bay are not covered by the Clean Water Act.

  2. October 06, 2020

    EPA Gets Overturned On SF Salt Pond Oversight

    A California federal judge tossed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's finding that salt ponds near San Francisco Bay are not covered by the Clean Water Act, instructing the agency to reconsider the issue and pointing toward a prior appeals court decision that called for regulation.

  3. March 13, 2020

    Clean Water Act Doesn't Cover SF Bay Site, EPA Tells Court

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told a federal court that 1,300 acres of salt ponds near San Francisco Bay aren't covered under the Clean Water Act because they have been developed and that the agency doesn't need to issue federal permits for building on the area.

  4. September 24, 2019

    Calif. Says EPA Botched San Francisco Bay CWA Finding

    California on Tuesday challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's determination that about 1,300 acres of salt ponds near San Francisco Bay, which developers have eyed for housing construction, are beyond the reach of the Clean Water Act.