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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Nearly three years ago Rappahannock joined more urban communities as the home of a hazardous waste site.
As with most of this incidents, the story is a long and complicated one, and the end is not yet in sight.
Bill Laimbeer lives on property his parents own at the end of a rightof-way off Route 619 between Rock Mills and Laurel Mills. His right-ofway goes past his neighbor John B. Singleton’s property.
One evening in May 1990 Mr. Laimbeer says he saw his neighbor’s son and another man unloading 55gallon barrels just off the right-ofway onto the Singleton property.
When Mr. Laimbeer was not able to get answers about what was in the barrels, he contacted his father and Rappahannock Sheriff John Henry Woodward the next day. His report stated that the barrels appeared to be full or nearly full, although some were labeled “Empty,” with that word scratched out, and all
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