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By THERESA REYNOLDS
Rappahannock News Special Writer
“Besides religion and politics, nothing is more controversial these days than trash,” Virginia Department of Waste Management Director Cynthia Bailey told the audience Monday night at the forum sponsored by the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection.
Most of the sparse crowd agreed with the state’s senior waste management official. Citizens from Jackson District, potential site of the county landfill currently under consideration by Ms. Bailey’s office, repeated concerns previously addressed to the county’s supervisors and planners.
At a special meeting held on Sept. 14, the county amended its Comprehensive Plan to direct the establishment of a county-owned sanitary landfill, with the language referring to the 99-acre Stover tract east of Amissville as a “potential site.” The Board of Supervisors then voted to purchase the property, and the deal was closed last week.
Nearby landowners, who have formed a coalition called the Concerned Citizens of Jackson District, have expressed concerns about pollution of the Rappahannock River,
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