The lawsuit against the EPA states that the federal agency violated the Clean Water Act and the Administrative Procedures Act for failing to identify certain PFAS as “toxic pollutants” in sewage sludge and failing to regulate them where information exists to show that the chemicals must be regulated.
Johnson County joined the farmers’ lawsuit against the EPA in July.
The EPA has requested an extension to respond to the lawsuit in September, said Laura Dumais, an attorney with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the nonprofit organization that is representing the farmers and Johnson County in their lawsuit against the EPA.
