Maryland Federal Judge Won’t Reconsider Groundwater Pollution Claims In RCRA Suit

( April 8, 2026, 12:29 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland denied a motion filed by two state residents to reconsider the dismissal of several claims brought in a citizen suit under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) alleging that Perdue Farms Inc. and its affiliates contaminated groundwater with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and caused “imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment,” finding that the residents “could not demonstrate standing as to harms to the environment” and failed to show clear error....