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past the July 1 expiration date of its state permit, Mr. McCarthy pointed out that the dump on Clifton Clark’s property near Woodville is privately owned and operated. Therefore, the county cannot apply for the necessary permit extension “and the owner is not interested in an extension,” he said, noting that new state regulations effective July 1 require a cash bond of $10,000 for every acre in a private landfill plus an approved closure plan and money “up front” to implement that plan.
The Stover tract has not yet been judged suitable for solid waste disposal, the zoning administrator pointed out. That determination will not be made without exhaustive geological and hydrological testing and state apporval of design and operational plans, he added. Keeping that in mind, Mr. McCarthy recommended only that the board sign a contingency contract on the Stover tract. “I wouldn’t recommend it for a landfill until the state gives its approval.”
“If soils on the Lee farm (on Fodderstack Road) had tested as well as the Stover tract, then the landfill would be there right now, lVi miles from the Town of Washington,” Mr. Miller told the Amissville people. “And I would be the sole dissenter because it’s in my district.”
Mr. Lane noted that his family owns land adjacent to the Clark landfill and when an extension was sought for that site, as representative of Lane Industries, he wrote a letter stating the family had no objections to its continued use for solid waste disposal.
“We’re not opposed to the landfill being in Jackson District,” countered Col. Bingham. “But if we could, we’d like to get it changed to another location . . . Perhaps if we had time, we could find something that’s suitable.”
“We haven’t stopped trying to find a site,” said Chairman Gilkey, “but none has turned up.” So the board has no alternative but to continue testing the Stover tract, he added.
“Have you eliminated (as unsuitable) all 14 sites (reviewed by the site selection committee)?” asked Lorraine Early.
“All but this one,” Mr. Gilkey replied.
“Will there be more public hearings?” she asked.
“At least three more ... on any site we consider,” the zoning administrator said.' 1
Col. Bingham again called for a short-term solution to the county’s trash problem “to get the monkey off your back” while a regional approach to waste disposal is pursued.
“It’s not a monkey on our back - it’s state law,” corrected Mr. Lane. He added that all localities within feasible hauling distance have been asked for a contract to accept Rappahannock’s trash at their landfill, with no success. In addition, he noted, efforts to work out an agreement with Harrisonburg’s resource recovery facility failed.
Mr. Miller said that the county’s best option for an alternative to a landfill here lies with the progress of plans for a regeneration facility at Riverton in neighboring Warren
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