“We disagree,” Laura Dumais, staff counsel at PEER, said. “We think a timeline should be inferred from the statute. It’s just really heartbreaking for the ranching families that are plaintiffs in this case and for farmers all across the country whose land has been contaminated from PFAS in sewage sludge.”
PEER is weighing whether to file an appeal, ask the judge to reconsider the ruling, or petition the EPA for a rulemaking, after which PEER could sue the agency if it denies or ignores the petition – a process that would take years, Dumais said.
