Washington dairies challenge EPA groundwater pollution study
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A dispute between Washington state dairies and the Environmental Protection Agency over groundwater contamination is being argued in federal court.
The Yakima Herald-Republic reported Sunday that a 2012 EPA study linked a handful of dairies near Granger and Sunnyside to groundwater pollution.
The dairy industry says the study was flawed and earlier this year the Washington State Dairy Federation and the impacted dairies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the study.
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last month rejected the EPA’s motion to dismiss the case on grounds that the statute of limitations had expired.
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