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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Board of Supervisors approved 3-1, with one abstention, spraying for the gypsy moth in the southern third of the county that is covered by the Appalachian Integrated Pest Management (AIPM) program, but postponed taking action on other controversial matters at their meeting Monday.
The application for rezoning the Smet property, the request by Adelphia Cable Communications to submit a proposal for a cable TV francise and the request of the Community Services Board for a resolution in support of its budget were all tabled for one month.
Most of the county is not included in the AIPM study, which qualifies for 100 percent Federal funding of the cost of spraying for the gypsy moth. The rest of the county could qualify for a cost-share spraying program, in which 50 percent of the money would be Federal, 25 percent would be covered by the state and 25 percent would be a local responsibility, but it is now too late to qualify for that program for the 1990 gypsy moth season.
Gypsy moth coordinator Mary Dobrovir said that all the areas she studied as part of the AIPM study had more than 1,000 egg cases per acre. That means that the entire area of the county that is part of the study qualifies for the Federal program, but only forested areas would be
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