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Maryland enacts SB 719 restricting PFAS in sewage sludge land application
Maryland Chapter 329 (Senate Bill 719)Maryland General AssemblyMaryland
Announced
Apr 13, 2026
Description
Chapter 329 (Senate Bill 719) establishes restrictions on the land application of sewage sludge or products containing sewage sludge with total concentrations of regulated PFAS equal to or greater than specified levels. The law prohibits land application of sewage sludge exceeding PFAS thresholds and establishes related requirements for the Maryland Department of the Environment and sewage sludge generators. Compliance teams managing biosolids or wastewater treatment byproducts in Maryland must monitor for these PFAS concentration limits.
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Maryland enacts SB 719 restricting PFAS in sewage sludge land application
SB 719 Department of Legislative Services Maryland General Assembly 2026 Session FISCAL AND POLICY NOTE Enrolled - Revised Senate Bill 719 (Senators Love and Hester) Education, Energy, and the Environment Environment and Transportation and Health Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Regulation This bill establishes prohibitions and restrictions related to the land application of sewage sludge that ha
Maryland enacts SB 719 restricting PFAS in sewage sludge land application
substances and sewage sludge. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article – Environment Section 9–201(a), (l), and (m) and 9–230 Annotated Code of Maryland (2014 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article – Environment Section 9–201(k) Annotated Code of Maryland (2014 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article – Environment Section 9–25