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Senate's Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee and, if it passes from the Committee in the 2003 legislative session, Mr. McCarthy said, it stands a good chance of passage in the legislature.
In a press release dated July 2, the Academy's National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, said, "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s standards that govern using treated sewage sludge on soil are based on outdated science . .. The agency should update its standards using improved methods for assessing health risks, and should further study whether treated sewage sludge causes health problems.”
Mr. McCarthy concluded that either a favorable court decision on pending lawsuits or passage of SB618 will provide Rappahannock County with the support to enact its sludge ordinance, and the National Research Council statement and the "Windy Hill" decision all help the cause.
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