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Phil Irwin said, “It’s not in my backyard, but I feel it’s one of the more serious threats to Rappahannock’s environment . . . It’s unfortunate we had a quarry there; we should built a fence around it and call it a shrine to improper land use. There is a lot of asbestos coming out of schools and government buildings. It would be attractive to bury it with other related items. Who is going to be at the gate to stop it?”
Jean Lillard presented the planners with a petition signed by “30 voters who live around the rock quarry” opposing the application.
After several other Flint Hill residents had spoken in opposition, Mr. McCarthy said he would recommend that the hearing be continued until October to give Mr. Frazier time to submit additional information.
Mr. Frazier said he was concerned that the state might force the quarry to reopen. He said the rock taken from the quarry was processed to provide the top coat for Interstate 81. “It was one of two quarries in the state with that type of rock. The state is keeping an eye on this thing,” he said.
Mrs. Ralph said, “If the state is going to do that they’d have to take a lot of Route 522; they’d have to take my house and three others. All of us
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