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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
Rappahannock’s supervisors are looking over their shoulders in two directions for legal challenges: towards Amissville where they propose a new county landfill as the long term solution to the county’s trash crisis and towards Woodville where they hope to continue disposal operations for the short term at the privately owned and operated Clark landfill which is scheduled to close June 30.
Last Monday, the board went into executive session to discuss contractual arrangements and potential litigation, over both the existing dump on Clifton Clark’s property and the proposed dump on the 100-acre Stover tract which the county has contracted to purchase contingent upon state approval of a landfill there.
Following the closed door meeting, Supervisor Newbill Miller reported that the board had agreed by consensus, with Nelson Lane opposed, to pursue continued operation of the Clark landfill.
According to the board’s assistant, engineering consultant Leonard Joyce inspected the site and determined that “it has permitted space left suitable for a landfill.” The county is working on the assumption that as long as usable space remains, the state permit for the Clark landfill remains valid, John McCarthy explained, adding that Mr. Joyce has forwarded his findings to the Division of Solid Waste Management.
Of the eight acres covered in the state permit issued for solid waste disposal at the privately owned and operated dump, only three have been used, Mr. McCarthy said. But he acknowledged that a good portion of what remains would be considered unsuitable for a landfill by the state. “They haven’t told us exactly how much yet.”
Also on Monday, the board signed a contract with Community Trash Inc. to haul Rappahannock’s trash to Culpeper’s landfill for $13,000 per month. “Hopefully, their services will not be necessary,” said Mr. McCarthy. “But we need this contract for insurance.”
(As stand-by relief in the county’s brash crisis, Culpeper has tentatively agreed to take Rappahannock’s solid waste at its landfill for 120 days, provided Rappahannock accepts one-and-a-half times the amount deposited there at its new landfill here at some future time. In addition, Rappahannock is to pay all hauling costs, both for its trash to go there and for Culpeper’s to come here.)
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