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Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Harry Gregori, director of the Office of Policy Planning of Virginia’s Division of Solid Waste Management in Richmond. The letter, dated April 23, 1987, is reprinted here with the permission of the writer, James B. Carter, and by request of representatives of the Citizens for Jackson District Committee. The italicized quotes in the letter are verbatim criteria from the Rappahannock County Landfill Site Selection Committee’s report, dated March 27,1987.
Dear Mr. Gregori:
We are writing as concerned citizens in Amiss ville, Virginia, in an effort to have the proposed dump site which was selected by the Board of Supervisors relocated to a more appropriate site. We do not oppose locating a site in Jackson District, but rather, we do oppose locating the site in a location we feel inappropriate. In addition the location of the site on the Stover tract of land will not only devalue the property of the surrounding residents but will also present a safety hazard in the future.
We appreciate your attendance at the meeting, along with Mr. Wright, and are glad that you stayed until the end. If you recall, Mr. Gilkey suggested that you speak first so you could return to Richmond, indicating to us that he preferred that you not hear the citizens’ comments.
The Committee reported 11 items in the Rappahannock News which they called critical criteria. Mr. Massie also read them out at the Supervisors’ Public Hearing held on Friday, April 8,1987.
While this meeting was in session as the speakers were discussing very valid points of interest some supervisors were actually looking disgusted and squirming in their seats. They were just as good as saying “Let’s get this over with so I can go home because Amiss ville is where the landfill is going to be.”
Out of the 11 criteria, the Stover tract, containing approximately 100 acres, has nine of the criteria as listed below to prevent a landfill.
(1) TOPOGRAPHY: “The site should not be located in mountainous areas, rocky land, or flood plains.” Stover tract: The surrounding land is very rocky land and is surrounded by streams on three sides of the proposed pit sites with many springs.
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