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Half the Stover tract unusable
Cathleen Shiff pointed out that 26 percent of the Stover site has slopes between 14 and 25 percent while an additional 24 percent is comprised of swampland, both unsuitable for landfilling. ‘That knocks out half the site.”
According to Lorraine Early, organizer of the citizens’ group, Mr. McCarthy has stated that the county expects a landfill on the Stover tract to handle Rappahannock’s solid waste for 40 years. ‘There’s no way this site is going to last that long.”
“It bothers us very much that the permit application is for a 99-acre site,” added Mr. Silverman.
“The permit will be strictly limited” to a specific number of acres in the parcel, Mr. Wright explained, adding that he questioned if the Stover property’s limitations merited further study to determine “whether there’s enough usable acreage .to make the development of the site worthwhile.”
As to the concerns over springs, artesian water and communcation between surface and groundwater raised by both the citizens’ group and the State Water Control Board’s geologist, Mr. Wright said: “I have the same concerns myself . . . The concerns about this being, an artesian area must be addressed to as
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