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Declaration of disaster due to PFAS contamination. (Link Type: Local)
See: https://www.johnsoncountytx.org/home/showpublisheddocument/17867/638748887026939083
By Johnson County Judge Christopher Boedeker
Publication Date: February 11, 2025
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Resolution 2025-02, calling for the honorable Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas, to declare an emergency in Johnson County, Texas relating to the application of biosolids containing PFAS. (Link Type: Local)
See: https://www.johnsoncountytx.org/home/showpublisheddocument/17865/638748886548863615
By Johnson County Commissioners Court
Publication Date: February 11, 2025
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Legal Documents
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James Farmer, et al., v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Michael Regan; Complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief (No. 1:24-cv-01654, claiming the EPA violated the Clean Water Act and the Administrative Procedures Act for failing to identify certain PFAS as “toxic pollutants” in sewage sludge; forever chemicals, dead or deformed cattle, horses, and fish in Johnson County, Texas). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.269379/gov.uscourts.dcd.269379.1.0.pdf
By U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Publication Date: June 6, 2024
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James Farmer, et al., v. Synagro Technologies Inc. and Synagro of Texas-CDR Inc.; First amended complaint and election of jury trial (No. C-03-cv-24-000598, suing fertilizer manufacturer Synagro and claiming that forever chemicals found in fertilizer made from sewage is resulting in dead or deformed cattle, horses, and fish in Johnson County, Texas; PFAS). (Link Type: Other State Court Case)
See: https://peer.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024.02.27-First-Amended-Complaint-Date-Stamped.pdf
By Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland
Publication Date: February 27, 2024
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