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source discharges would be allowed in the designated sections or in the “mixing areas” for those sections. To qualify for Tier III designation a section of river must have “an exceptional environmental setting and either exceptional recreational value or aquatic communities,” she said.
Bill Chase, a member of the Culpeper Board of Supervisors, said that Culpeper is concerned that Tier III designation not prohibit expansion of sewage treatment plants in Culpeper County. “We don’t know if we have concerns or not,” Mr. Chase said, since Culpeper has not received copies of the regulations that would apply.
Ms. Gregory said Culpeper and other counties potentially affected by the Tier III designation would get copies of the regulations August 9 as part of a “notice of intent” to consider the Rappahannock River.
Mr. Chase said Culpeper has high unemployment and “is not a wealthy county.” He said growth is planned for South Wales and for the industrial park near the airport and that sewage treatment plants are planned to accommodate that growth. He said that water from sewage treatment plants “comes out cleaner than the river.”
“Can we expand?” he asked. “The standards the state has applied have nothing to do with the quality of the water or its purity," he said.
Ms. Gregory said the EPA regulations control Tier III designations and do not allow any increase in sewage discharge no matter how pure the discharge is.
She said the department of Environmental Quality is considering adopting a designation such as Tier “two and a half’ that would be less stringent than Tier III.
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