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High Court to rule on Kern's sludge issue
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Los Angeles and Orange counties' sanitation districts have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that a voter-approved ban on dumping processed human waste in Kern County violates federal interstate commerce laws.
The petition aims to abolish a ballot initiative overwhelmingly approved by Kern County voters in 2006 that makes it a misdemeanor to dump treated wastes known as biosolids on unincorporated county land.
The ban effectively ending shipments of treated waste from Southern California.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had previously determined that the operations were not protected by federal interstate commerce laws because they involved transfers of a commodity from one portion of the state to another.
The petition aims to abolish a ballot initiative overwhelmingly approved by Kern County voters in 2006 that makes it a misdemeanor to dump treated wastes known as biosolids on unincorporated county land.
The ban effectively ending shipments of treated waste from Southern California.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had previously determined that the operations were not protected by federal interstate commerce laws because they involved transfers of a commodity from one portion of the state to another.
The sludge is used to fertilize crops, including corn.
The sparsely populated agricultural county has been battling in court ever since to uphold the ban, which it said was intended to protect underground water and the local environment from possible contamination and emissions from diesel trucks.
The sparsely populated agricultural county has been battling in court ever since to uphold the ban, which it said was intended to protect underground water and the local environment from possible contamination and emissions from diesel trucks.
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