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or four years (until such a facility comes on line), you’re talking about a'totally different system than for 30 or. 40 years (the anticipated life of the Stover landfill).” v' “We’re not married to that site for 40 years,” said Mr. Miller, adding that if a cogeneration facility is bhilt nearby and will take RappaJumnock’s municipal waste, the county could certainly opt for that ’solution. ‘ Purchase of the Stover tract, Oven if the site is never developed into a landfill, “is not a bad deal,” Mr. Miller said. “The value’s there. I£can be sold.”

He disagreed with Mr. Lane’s cointention that past boards should Have acted on a landfill. “If we’d constructed a landfill two years ago, We’d have even more of a problem with meeting today’s standards.” And Mr. Miller took exception to Col. Bingham’s charge that the supervisors have their heads in the S$md. After interviewing representatives from nine engineering firms, the board chose the highly recommended and widely experienced Joyce Engineering Company, he said. “Now what we’re doing is following the advice of our people just like you’re doing with your people,” He told the Amissville contingent. ' Mr. Miller recalled that he “bluntly” asked Mr. Joyce for reasons why the Stover tract might be more environmentally dangerofls or expensive to develop for a landfill than other potential sites, only to be told there were none. “We are under the gun to establish a landfill,” he acknowledged. “But we’re not under a -gun to establish a landfill on THIS site.”

The state will only grant a permit for a portion of the site with disposal capacity sufficient for five years, Mr. McCarthy pointed out, agreeing ‘that solid waste disposal is a fluid issue. He also conceded that the ■1460,000 budgeted this year by the supervisors won’t cover landfill costs for two vears. much less five or ten.