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ard Joyce of Joyce Engineering, Rappahannock’s landfill consultant, appear before the committee. He was asked to answer questions raised by Culpeper residents living near the proposed landfill site.
Again, Mrs. Smith, who said that she is building a home near the landfill in Culpeper County, attended the meeting along with Lorraine Early of the Concerned Citizens of Jackson District and Larry Silverman, the group’s environmental consultant.
Accompanying Mr. Joyce were Dale Schreiber, Joyce Engineering’s project manager, Hubert Gilkey, Rappahannock’s board chairman, and Johfa^VlcCarthy, the board’s administrative assistant.
Before questioning Mr. Joyce, Mr. Chase emphasized that it was not the committee’s intent “to investigate Rappahannock County’s site selection or how they conduct the landfill. We are only concerned with the impact (of the project) on Culpeper County.”
“It is not,” Mr. Joyce replied, “the intent of Rappahannock County or of its landfill site to have an impact on Culpeper County or any other county.”
Explaining that Culpeper must be concerned with the supply and quality of the area’s groundwater, Mr. Chase questioned whether water table studies of the landfill site had been undertaken.
“When we did the site investigation,” Mr. Joyce explained, “we built groundwater monitoring wells as well as physiometers to measure groundwater levels.” He said that the measurements are still being taken, and that continuous monitoring is part of the state’s reporting requirements. He added that the firm’s engineers
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