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Luke seemed to concur with Estes’ assessment of the risk of giving authority over to the DEQ, advising that “there is no way to know what Tier III status will mean 10 years from now. ... We have had issues with DEQ in past where they didn’t seem to have the interests of Rappahannock in mind.” All the Supervisors expressed support for the idea of keeping Rappahannock rivers clean, but concern over what new requirements the state may choose to impose in the future if Tier III status is given.
Supervisor Roger Welch opined: “From what I’ve read, our recommendation doesn’t mean approval. It may help but it doesn’t decide. I’m sure everyone is for clean water but the question is how much are we willing to give up to get that clean water, when it seems it is clean already.” Welch went on to say he is in favor of a public hearing on the matter, and Estes asked McCarthy to set the hearing for next month’s BOS meeting.
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