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Spreading maps, charts and reports over the length of the table, the engineer explained what the studies will include. Four monitoring wells will be drilled to an estimated depth of 50 feet into the rock’s water-bearing strata so that background water quality data collection can begin. The solid core removed from each well will be brought up, examined and logged. In addition, soil samples will be taken from 10 bore holes dug to an estimated 30foot depth. “We’ll auger to refusal,” Mr. Joyce said.
Samples will be taken also for comprehensive water quality tests. More than 30 parameters will be measured in the analysis of water from each well and of surface water collected at specified points.
“We can have our work completed and ready to submit to Richmond in 30 to 45 days. Then their turn-around time (at the Department of Waste Management) typically runs another 30 to 45 days,” Mr. Joyce said. He estimated the cost of the drilling and testing at $23,000 to $25,000. “This is your insurance (against environmental degradation arising from landfill operations). This is the only insurance you can buy,” he told the supervisors.
His firm will produce a “turnkey” report ready to go to the Department of Waste Management for review, Mr. Joyce said. If the state’s experts determine that these detailed tests continue to show the Stover tract suitable for solid waste disposal, the department will re(Continued
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