Lawyer Touts CERCLA Waivers For Biosolids As EPA Readies PFAS Rule

A leading water sector lawyer says the Superfund law provides multiple cleanup liability exemptions for the use of biosolids as a fertilizer on land, seeking to assure industry officials who fear EPA’s imminent plan to list two PFAS as Superfund “hazardous substances” could impose new liabilities and block disposal of the material. Current law provides numerous “defenses” to allow for continued land application of biosolids even though additional “congressional relief” might be preferrable, James Slaughter, a principal at Beveridge and...