Farmers Appeal Dismissal of Case Seeking EPA PFAS-in-Sludge Rule

A farm coalition is appealing a lower court’s ruling that dismissed their lawsuit claiming the EPA failed to properly regulate PFAS in treated sewage sludge commonly used as fertilizer.

A coalition of Texas farmers, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), and the Potomac Riverkeeper Network asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday to hear their appeal of the US District Court for the District of Columbia’s September ruling.

The district court found the Environmental Protection Agency wasn’t required to simultaneously identify and regulate pollutants in biosolids, ...