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(Continued from Page 1) Kuncewicz replied in reference to Sperryville’s malfunctioning septic fields that currently release raw sewage into the Thornton. He emphasized that he could go to jail if criteria in his SWCB discharge permit are violated.
Woodward interjected that Hopewell’s kepone factory was permitted under state and federal regulations and continued to pollute Virginia’s waters until spotlighted by “60 Minutes.”
o . Chromium Dangerous?
Sperryville resident Cheri Woodard noted that chromium, the same pollutant which spilled over recently into streams from Culpeper Wood Preservers, would be used in the tanning process and supposedly settled out before water is returned to the Thornton. “Chromium created quite a mess down there,” she said.
Kuncewicz replied that the chrome used in tanning is trivalent chromium, an entirely different structure than the hexavalent carcinogen released by the wood preserving business. Trivalent chromium, he said, is an essential component of the human diet.
Woodard also asked if the tannery operation, as a small business, would be subject to all State Water Control Board regulations.
The only controls waived by the SWCB refer to sewage treatment by small business, according to SWCB representative Patty Jackson. “There is no industrial facility that has any requirements waived,” she said.
Jackson noted that the SWCB will require a montly monitoring report on the tannery, including flow and effluents released into the Thornton. The SWCB will also make two or three unannounced inspections per year and if results don’t agree with the monthly reports, enforcement will proceed
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