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have “new facilities tor the disposal of solid wastes” in operation by July 1, 1987, and that “any new Rappahannock County landfill, if established, will be located somewhere other than on the Clifton Clark property.” The resolution asks for assurances that the board will not seek to acquire all or any portion of the Clark property for use as a sanitary landfill and that use of the facility there be discontinued when the existing permit for the landfill expires. In return for these assurances, the adjoining landowners agree they won’t challenge the oneyear extension now being considered.
Mr. Forman explained that the 10-foot lift at the Clark property landfill is being allowed “on an emergency basis” as “an outlet to give Rappahannock County time to get ready.”
Robert Maldoven, another nearby landowner, asked if the lift would fall under existing regulations and permitting procedures.
Mr. Forman said that this limited expansion will be allowed under “the present permitting procedures and under the old regulations.” By old regulations, he explained that he meant the less stringent, pre-1978 standards that govern the operation of the existing facility.
“Is that as safe?” asked Mr. Maldoven.
“I don’t know if it would make any difference,” Mr. Forman replied. Besides, he added, it’s “impossible” for the lift to meet the new standards in the 1978 landfill regulations. “There’s no way we can get in under that landfill and put in protection for groundwater (that the 1978 regulations might require).” He noted that the liners sometimes required by the 1978 regulations may not be needed.
“There may be a natural clay barrier down there, or a rock formation that’s tight. All the regulations say
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