Tougher sludge rule slips in under radar

An interesting little rule change slipped quietly into Kern County law Tuesday. It's now more difficult to develop a project that spreads treated human and industrial waste, called biosolids, on county farmland. Supervisors passed the rule without any public comment as part of the routine "consent agenda" during Tuesday's meeting.
The rule change may have slipped under the radar, in part, because reports and notices describing it made little or