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has operated a private sanitary landfill near Woodville with site owner Clifton Clark and has disposed of Rappahannock’s trash at that location. But capacity was reached there last year.
At the same time, the Board of Supervisors exercised its option to extend Community Trash’s contract for another year. This left Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Updike with Rappahannock’s trash but no dumping site in the county. In June, Mr. Forman approved an emergency extension of the landfill on the Clark property for one year, but only with the condition that the county provide a new landfill or acceptable means of solid waste disposal by July 1,1987.
Since trying unsuccessfully to contract with other jurisdictions to take Rappahannock’s trash and rejecting as too expensive participating in Harrisonburg’s resource recovery system, the supervisors have been hunting hard for a landfill site here. “Mr. Lee expressed interest and the board encouraged him to apply for a permit,” Mr. McCarthy reported on Tuesday. “But everything’s open for public discussion,” he added.
Regulations governing private landfills are “somewhat” different from those which would apply if the county was the owner or operator, according to Mr. Forman. Private landfill operators must post a substantial personal bond to ensure that the site is closed properly, he noted. In addition, personal liability coverage would be more expensive for the private operator than for the county, Mr. Forman said.
Asked if new regulations require private operators to obtain liability coverage for environmental pollution while the landfill is in use, Mr. Forman answered not to his knowledge. “1 don*tthink anybody eanbtfy environmental pollution insurance. . .But I’m just about as confused as you are about the new regulations. They made changes and then they backed off. They made changes again and then they backed off again,” he said, of the policy makers in Richmond.
More land suggested
The Lees have applied to the state for a sanitary landfill on 10 acres. However, after the preliminary site inspection, Mr. Forman
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