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By VALARIE THORPE
Capital News Service
RICHMOND — In a surprise move late Tuesday, Sen. Charles B. Hawkins withdrew Senate Bill 1088 — otherwise known as the sludge bill — from the House of Delegates Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee meeting while representatives of Rappahannock County government looked On.
This bill would prohibit localities from .restricting the use of sludge in agricultural applications, and the state health department would charged with regulating the process. * The State Senate passed the bill Feb. 7.
In Sen. Hawkins short address to the house subcommittee, he said sludge is a problem that will not go away, and if it isn’t dealt with today it will be tomorrow. He then withdrew the bill.
“This bill would only have said that local governments can’t pass laws more stringent than state law,” Sen. Hawkins said. “This is something we do all the time. This would pre
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