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he Chesapeake Bay Local Assisance Board, which mandates a 100oot wide buffer strip between cro)land and any Bay tributaries, Colenan replied that a “delicate balance” nust be struck between the requirenents for preserving the Bay and ;he wishes of the agriculture industry.
The Virginia Farm Bureau Fedjration has strongly opposed the suffer strip, calling it a needless waste of farmland and predicting that it will accelerate the pressures on farmers to sell out to developers.
“We must be careful to take into consideration the needs of farmers,” he added, but reminded reporters of his record as an “environmental attorney general... I will look at that — but I’m not taking one side or the other. We will not sacrifice the best interests of the Bay.”
Cbleman also spoke out against the state’s planned expansion of Camp 11, the correctional facility located in Culpeper. The expansion project has generated opposition
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