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sludge from Blue Plains because of many reports of violations at that plant.
Hampton District representative Mike Massie said he could understand how people could differ on the issue. He said Virginia Tech has recommended practices later prohibited. He noted that the Extension Service once recommended that farmers plant fescue and “that has cost Virginia cattle producers millions of dollars.” He said when he started farming the government would pay farmers to dry up wetlands. “Are the experts right?” he asked. “History tells us they are sometimes wrong.”
Stonewall-Hawthorn District representative Robert Anderson said one person in his district favored the use of sludge while 10 or 12 “say no way.” He said he would vote in favor of the amendment because that is what the people in his district perceive as in the best interest of their health.
, Col. Bingham said his reading and the testimony of experts had convinced him that sludge was less hazardous than chemical fertilizers and that to ban it would be “arbitrary.” He said Rappahannock farmers should have the same advantages as farmers in surrounding counties.
Mr. Gilkey said nothing that he had heard had changed his mind and that the people in his district supported allowing farmers to use sludge.
Mr. Estes made the motion to adopt the amendment.
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