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There s another reason why Jackson District is a logical choice for a landfill. The reason also relies on a long range rationale and it borrows an argument opponents use AGAINST the Stover tract. Yes, Jackson is the fastest growing section of the county, and as more open space is gobbled up by subdivisions, the new residents will look for recreation areas. The ultimate use of a landfill in two or three decades could be that recreation area.
Virginia Beach has shown that this can be done successfully with its Mount Trashmore Park.
And the results of a recent survey of Lake Trashmore by the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries should hearten those who fear that a landfill will contaminate ground and surface water. Fish Division biologists found walleyes of citation size, striped bass running four to 10 pounds and largemouth bass and channel catfish in good numbers and reproducing on their own. The Game Commission calls Lake Trashmore one of Tidewater’s “best fishing holes” - a fishing hole uncontaminated by leachate from the millions of tons of garbage buried nearby.
Certainly, there are genuine concerns posed by a landfill, any landfill. But those concerns can be addressed in the permitting process, both at the state and local level. Tough new state regulations are intended to guard against pollution and environmental degradation. Even tougher federal regulations will soon be enacted. When they are, Virginia’s rules will be tightened to comply, and all landfills will have to meet the more stringent standards. There will be no “grandfather” clause exempting landfills already in operation from compliance.
On top of the state’s regulations, the county can impose controls on itself through the special exception permit
We don’t expect Jackson District residents to welcome a landfill. But we remind folks there that the not-in-mybackyarders are going to have to lose, sometime and someplace soon, because the landfill has to go in SOMEBODY’S backyard.
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