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With the news last week that the regional consultant for the Division of Solid Waste Management sees three more years of capacity at the Clark landfill, the supervisors have been beseiged by callers demanding that they abandon efforts to establish a county-owned and operated facility for solid waste disposal.
The callers reason that the additional time at the existing private dump gives the board a chance to either pursue a regional alternative to a local landfill or find a less expensive and/or more suitable site than the $185,000 Stover tract, located near the village of Amissville.
It does neither.
First, the consultant’s supervisors in Richmond question whether the preliminary reassessment will hold. They concur that the Clark landfill has additional capacity; they doubt that it’s three years worth.
Second, the Clark landfill is privately owned and operated. Only Clifton Clark can decide how long the facility will be used. The contract signed last week with Mr. Clark limits operations to an additional six months which end December 31.
Reportedly, Mr. Clark would have agreed to a longer period but only if the Board of Supervisors assumed liability for any future environmental degredation which may result from the landfill. The board rightly balked at giving that assurance. The dump on Mr. Clark’s property has been operating for 10 years with no county oversight or supervision. This being the case, the cqunty should not take responsibility fbr potential repercussipns from that operation.
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