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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Facing a courtroom packed with opponents to a proposed dump 1 1/2 miles from the town of Washington and the possibility that a more suitable site near Amissville may be available, the Rappahannock Supervisors put off until this Friday a decison on whether they’ll recommend approval of a sanitary landfill on the Lee property.
For the supervisors, it was one of those Monday mornings when it didn’t pay to get out of bed. A hundred or so people filled the courtroom and spilled over into the downstairs hall, and in three hours of testimony, not one spoke in favor of the landfill proposal that the supervisors had hoped would solve the county’s trash problem. It was a crowd that reflected a cross section of Rappahannock - natives and newcomers, large landholders and small lot owners, farmers, retirees and commuters who had taken the day off from city jobs to attend the public hearing.
Prompting the outcry was an application from Tom, Loretta and James Lee for a private landfill on 128 acres between Fodderstack Road and Route 211. The Lees plan to use a ridge top on the tract for disposal of an estimated 14 tons of trash per day, including construction debris and sludge. In addition, they intend to seek a permit to burn brush, tree trimmings and stumps.
Under new state regulations, when the Virginia Bureau of Solid Waste Management receives an application for a sanitary landfill, the locality is notified and given the option of scheduling a public hearing and making a recommendation to the state on whether the site should be
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