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Chester Gap Cemetery Road instead of Cookshack Road and another Forest Grove Road instead of Doc’s Road.
Earlier the supervisors voted unanimously to adopt an addition to the County Code under Health banning the land1 application of sludge and an amendment to the Zoning Or- i dinance also banning the land application of sludge.
Stonewall-Hawthom District representative Robert Anderson said, “I think we have looked at this thoroughly.” He said he had “no problem” with the way the Blue Plains plant treats the water it puts in the Potomac River or with the way Bio Gro spreads sludge. “The good is easily seen,” he said. “What bothers me is what we don’t see.”
Jackson District representative Ellis Bingham said the supervisors should make the decision “on the side of safety.” He said that the county could not count on federal or state agencies to monitor sludge and “I don’t think we have the infrastructure to monitor it ourselves.”
Hampton District representative Mike Massie said, “The benefits do not outweigh the risks.” He said that more farmers spoke against the use of sludge than spoke for it at the public hearing in September.
Piedmont District representative Charles K. “Pete” Estes said the use of sludge “would probably compromise the health of the general population of Rappahannock.” He said he could support using sludge from county residences on a trial basis but “if we accept sludge, it gives every state the right to haul sludge into Rappahannock.” Mr. Estes said some have argued “if you own land you ought to be able to do what you want to. I disagree with that. You are the steward of the land. I lifetime is miniscule... You’re risking everything for a few hundred dollars.” V
Mr. Gilkey, who represents Wakefield District, said he would change his vote from the vote last fall when he supported sludge. “Since then we have had the public hearing, we have visited Blue Plains and more people have talked to me. I have to support the amendment as presented,” he said.
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