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rently drafting such a contract, with a contingency danse voiding the transaction if the site is found to be unsuitable for solid waste disposal, Mr. McCarthy said.
Cheryl Cashman, public information director for the Department of Natural Resources, disagreed with Mr. Forman’s contention. She reported that Bob Wickline, head of the department’s sanitary landfill division, said review of the complete application could be accomplished in 80 days.
"Frankly, that’s not the timeline we’ve been operating under,” she conceded, acknowledging that, in the past, the process has taken six months to over a year. But since the new Department of Natural Resources was established and took over landfill supervision last July, "we’ve tried to relieve the backlog (of permit applications).”
"Given Rappahannock’s circumstances,” Ms. Cashman continued, the indication is that the county would be "given special treatment” and its landfill permit application moved to the top of the pile. "We would certainly do everything in our power to help. But we can’t do anything without a completed application and we don’t have one.”
And once that application is received, there’s "no guarantee that it won’t lack something,” she said. The public information director noted that, as a rule, there’s "a lot of back and forth” between Richmond and tbe permit applicant, with the Division of Solid Waste Management pointing out where additional information is needed or where changes are required in the landfill plan.
For this “back and forth,” Mr. Wickline estimated that at least another 30 days would be required to complete the application process.
Although Mr. Wickline promises prompt attention and quick action for Rappahannock’s application for a landfill on the Lee property, that may not be enough to head off a trash crisis.
Reportedly, the studies and tests mandated in the state’s permitting process generally take six months to complete with actual site preparation - the digging of test wells, installation of liners and erosion controls, road construction and other improvements - requiring another six months.
The studies and tests are expensive, running as high as $50,000, so applications for landfill approval are usually submitted in stages. That way, if Division of Solid Waste Management finds a problem and rejects a proposed site, the applicant can escape without spending the entire $50,000.
Mr. McCarthy confirmed that the Board of Supervisors doesn’t anticipate receiving a completed application, by state standards, this Friday.
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