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By Scott Handshy
Rappahannock News Writer
A few months ago, the Virginia State Supreme Court overthrew Amelia County’s ban on land application of sewage sludge. Now Rappahannock County, which enacted a similar prohibition in 1993, finds its ban on sludge legally invalid, and is scramblingf to tiixl legal ways to regulate the use of sludge on farm fields. %
The Board of Supervisors is expected to take up the sludge issue at its monthly meeting on Monday, April 2. County Administrator John McCarthy and county attorney Peter Luke have been drafting proposed regulations, which may include fees, public notice of any use of sludge, signposting of land, and registering properties that have received sludge applications.
Now that the controversial issue is back on the front burner in Rappahannock County, it may be useful to ask: What is the fuss all about? First, a little history: For hundreds of years, humans have
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