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show development of the Stover site as a landfill to be “too risky and too costly.” Essentially, Mr. Joyce’s redesign entails “digging a valley in order to bury trash between two faces of rock . . .There are plenty of valleys already in Rappahannock where you wouldn't have the expense of digging.” she said, repeating the contention that development of a landfill on the Stover tract should be abandoned.
Addressing the concerns of the Citizens Committee, Mr. Joyce noted that test borings can be conducted after the seismic studies are completed. And once the rock configurations are defined by the seismic lines, it will be possible to estimate the volume of soil on the balance of the site, he said.
“I don’t like surprises and I’ve been surprised once,” said Supervisor Ellis Bingham, the Jackson District representative who has been consistently opposed to a landfill on the Stover tract. “There's too much going on that we don’t know about.” Saving he’d also spoken with Mr. Wright. Col. Bingham reported that the message he’d received was no work would go on at the Stover tract "except on peripherals."
Col. Bingham added that he would know more but for Mr. Joyce’s request that he leave the site during the engineer’s discussion with the Department of Waste Management’s technical services chief. “For all negotiations, I think we have to have a representative there," he maintained.
And he seconded the Citizens Committee’s request for a second opinion. “We should get a third party in here for review ... It doesn’t make a bit of sense to dig a trench between two ridges of rock . . . This landfill is going to cost every family in Rappahannock County $500. and that’s before we dump the first load of trash!” Col. Bingham said, pounding the table loudly with his fist. “This is the most ridiculous damn thing I’ve ever seen ... I refuse to have anything else to do with this landfill. Do you want to admit you made a mistake or what?” he asked the other three supervisors. (Supervisor Nelson Lane did not attend Monday's session, the regular monthly meeting for August.)
As for what the county will do with its refuse, he maintained that there are farmers in Rappahannock “willing to let us fill gullies” with solid waste since those natural disposal pits can be capped to make “beautiful pastures for grazing.”
“When you find that farmer and that valley that someone will let us use, then you come see me,” countered Chairman Hubert Gilkey.
Plenty of farmers would be eager to offer land for a waste disposal facility, particularly if a road is built into the site at the county’s expense, Col. Bingham insisted.
“It’s not that simple, Colonel,” Mr. Gilkey replied.
“Do you feel we’ve made a mistake?" Supervisor Mike Massie asked the engineer.
“No,” Mr. Joyce stated, adding that even compensating for rock, the Stover tract will provide 25 to 40 years of capacity for the county’s solid waste.
“We all want to be sure before we dump a single thing there,” em
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