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ing." said Mr. Kramer, pointing to the pollution pack, “that's reassurance."
“But we're still in the same situation," countered Mr. Hur. “The Health Department says they’re not in the business of approving wells."
"They approve the distance of the septic field from the well. That’s what we re after," Mr. Kramer replied.
Mr. Zindel said that as a real estate agent. he regularly calls on Mr. Lockhart to confirm that septic fields and wells are adequate as a condition of a property sale. “Jack inspects them for us all the time," he noted, adding that the sanitarian also tests water samples.
“But he apparently believes that Rappahannock Lakes is a great problem area, and he'll have nothing to do with it," said Mr. Hur.
The regulations specifying that a septic field may be as close as 50 feet to a grouted well are written down somewhere, interjected Mr. Thorne. “Why do we have to involve the Health Department?” he asked. “You want us to run around,” he told the BZA members, charging them with being “scared to make a decision . . . The reason we’re here is a setback variance. Attached to that, you ask for nebulous assurances . . . If we had a sanitary issue here, it would be in front of the sanitary board. You’ve tacked On something that is not in your purview.”
“It’s simple," Mr. Kramer replied. “I’m not trying to be difficult. I'm not trying to give you a hard time. I'm trying to do my job . . <. What will satisfy us? A letter from the Health Department saying that if you grout the well, it can be 50 feet (from the septic field)."
"Will Mr. Lockhart or Mr. Shepherd approve that device?" said Mr. Hur, referring to the pollution pack. "If they won't even comment, where do w e stand?" An existing well cannot be grouted since to pull the casing out is difficult and impractical, he said. As to digging a new well in another location, "Mr. LeHew can't get his new machine in there.”
Chairman Lee Bird suggested a delegation from the BZA see Mr. Lockhart at his office the following morning.
Sid Gottlieb agreed this approach would be preferable to directing Mr. Hur to get an answer from the Health Department. “We’re trying to get these people to make a bureaucracy work that won’t . . . The question is, can we make it work?”
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