The letter comes after the EPA threatened to cut federal transportation funding from California for not submitting timely pollution-control plans.
from President Trump to punish San Francisco with some type of violation notice for what he described as environmental pollution during a recent trip to the state.During the trip, Trump ramped up his attacks on California over its homeless crisis, threatening San Francisco with a violation notice for the “tremendous pollution” he said was flowing into the ocean because of waste in storm sewers, specifically citing used needles.
It was unclear at the time what Trump was referring to, and there was not a clarification about what rules San Francisco violated. “The EPA is concerned about the potential water quality impacts from pathogens and other contaminants from untreated human waste entering nearby waters,” the letter reads.
Although the EPA does not warn in the letter of specific sanctions, Wheeler wrote that he has directed EPA staff to consider all possible options to bring the city into compliance.
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