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ney Peter Luke has cautioned that discrimination against “outside” sludge is legally questionable without a rational basis for the differentiation.

“Legally, we’re in a tight spot,” Mr, Strider told the WSA members. “If we can’t get it hauled outside the county...”

“But if we can contract with a hauler, that would solve our problem,” interjected WSA chairman Martin Woodard.

“The shoe is still on our foot,” noted Del Price. “The supervisors are waiting for us to tell them we’ve contracted with somebody to haul the sludge and septage,” he said, before they act on the two-year-old moratorium, either to lift it or turn it into an outright ban against land ap-, plication of sewage treatment’s byproducts.

If a hauler is found, the supervisors will ban sludge spreading in Rappahannock, the WSA chairman predicted. The state has issued a certificate to operate for the Sperry

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