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Landfill
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A closure plan for the landfill on the Clarke property near WoodviDe has been approved. “It’s being put into effect right now. Come July 1 - maybe a few days before - that will be the end of refiise going into that site,” Mr. Forman said, noting that the refiise flow has been heavier than anticipated.
Pressed on whether approval for a new landfill could come before that deadline, Mr. Forman didn’t back down from his contention that it is impossible. "I know of one site that's been under consideration since 1986 and it still hasn’t been approved by Richmond. They’ve been sitting on things down there.” He added that permits were granted recently for three landfills in his district but engineering reports on those sites were submitted in October and November of 1985.
What will happen if July 1 arrives and the Clarice dump closes before either (1) a new landfill has been approved or (2) the Board of Supervisors has worked out an agreement with some other locality to dispose of Rappahannock’s trash?
"That’s going to be a problem for somebody,” Mr. Forman answered. But as to whose problem it will be and what enforcement action - if any - the state may take against the county, the district landfill supervisor wouldn’t hazard a guess. "That’s for Richmond to say,” he concluded.
Zoning administrator John Me-1 Carthy, who doubles as administrative assistant to the Board of Supervisors, reported that the board has been unable to get an answer to that same question. Consequently, the supervisors, at a special meeting last Friday, decided to ask for a conference with representatives of the State’s Division of Solid Waste Management “to make sure everybody understands the situation here,” Mr. McCarthy explained.
Also at last Friday’s meeting, the board learned that consultant Leonard Joyce has been unsuccessful in finding a locality willing to take Rappahannock’s trash on a pay basis under even a short term contract. The effort to persuade another county to accept the refuse has been complicated by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision which holds that solid waste falls under interstate commerce provisions. This means that if refuse is taken from one source for 1>ey, it must be accented from others seeking to pay for disposal, Mr. McCarthy explained. Acceptance of one paying landfill user and rejection of others would be judged an unfair trade practice, according to the court’s ruling, Mr. McCarthy said.
The board’s administrative assistant noted that the engineer’s report on further studies at the Lee jute is expected to be put in the mail on Friday, Jan. 23. At the same time, the Board of Supervisors is continuing to search for an alternative landfill location. Last week, the supervisors approved an independent appraisal of the Stover property near Amissville as a preliminary step to drafting a sales contract on the 100 acres off Route 639. Reportedly, the owners are interested in selling the land to the county for a landfill but refuse to allow testing without a signed sales contract. Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke is cur
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