EPA lambasts California for alleged violations of federal clean water laws, blaming homelessness in large cities. Gov. Gavin Newsom's spokesman calls the criticism 'political retribution.'
the California Air Resources Board on Tuesday for a backlog of pending rules and regulations intended to reduce toxic smog. State officials blamed the logjam on federal delays in approving the plans. The administration last week revoked California’s authority to set its own automobile emission standards.last week that his administration would serve a violation notice on San Francisco for allegedly allowing needles and other waste to go through storm drains into the Pacific Ocean.
“The EPA is concerned about the potential water quality impacts from pathogens and other contaminants from untreated human waste entering nearby waters,” Wheeler said. “San Francisco, Los Angeles and the state do not appear to be acting with urgency to mitigate the risks to human health and the environment that may result from the homelessness crisis.”
He said those shortcomings prompted an EPA review that uncovered problems with California’s handing of other federal clean water programs, including 23 significant discharges of water pollutants in recent months that exceeded permit limits.
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