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that the state should have the power to de
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mm of its in landfills or to use it as fertilizer. • One patron of the bills, Del. Ward L. Armstrong, D-Martinsville, called) placing sewage sludge on land and crops a “can’t lose situation.”
“To use sludge as a fertilizer is both proenvironment and pro-business,” he told the committee.
Although most opponents of the bill did hot necessarily disagree with this use of sludge, they did disagree with the state having the power to regulate its use on land.
“None of our organizations are opposed to
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