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BY MARY BETH MARTIN
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Representatives of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the county toured the Aileen property in Flint Hill for two hours on Feb. 24 trying to locate “hot spots” of contamination in the abandoned facility.
County Administrator John McCarthy and County Attorney Peter Luke accompanied five DEQ personnel and Mike Williams of Joyce Engineering on a tour through the facility and property.
“They wanted to see the ground and the relation of the wells to the stream and see if We can explain the contamination - vhy some spots appear fhot’ and others not,” Luke said. ! “They’re not convinced they know the point source of the contamination,” said Luke. “If they decide contamihation is under the building, then the floor can be sealed to protect the air.” f Over the past 10 months, the county, along with the DEQ, has tested the monitoring wells and residential wells. ! In December 1998, the county offered $150,000 to Aileen for the 36-acre property. McCarthy said the supervisors agreed in February to spend $10,000 more for additional .testing required by the DEQ. | By offering a bid for the facility, the county hoped to turn the abandoned 100,000isquare-foot facility from a deteriorating eyesore into an occupied, income producing property. The supervisors named Faith Mountain as one prospective tenant.
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