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The financial part of the question presented the most difficulty to the Authority. Doug Baumgardner, attorney for the Authority, said that some funds could be gained if home owners who had requested exemption and who have satisfactory septic systems were taken off of the system. The local health department would be asked to rule on whether or not the septic systems are satisfactory.

White said that even if funds could be raised by exempting some home owners, the Authority would have to find out if those funds could be used for anything else. “The only question would be from the EPA grant aspect," said Wayne Cilimberg, executive director of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning Commission in Culpeper. “I can check on that in one simple phone call.”

Authority member Carson Johnson said that he would not count on a large number of those homeowners who had requested exemption to renew their request. “After tonight, anyone who has said that he didn’t want to hook up and he finds out that his septic system may fail a year or two down the line meaning he’ll have to hook up at a cost of $9,000 to $10,000, I'll bet that not a one will not want to hook up,” ; Johnson said.

Fletcher said that his client would have a problem with being put on a back burner for two and a half years until the system is completed to find

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