Harshbarger leads letter to 'save farms' from EPA rulemaking

U.S. Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) led a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday calling on the agency to scrap its proposed rule that would classify certain PFAS as "hazardous substances".

That classification falls under the federal Superfund law, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).

The PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, that are classified under CERCLA are not used by farmers but known to exist and travel naturally through the environment onto farms. In states with stringent PFAS laws, farmers have found themselves in financial ruin when these substances are discovered on their farmland.