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The public
Almost fifty members of the public spoke at the meeting, directing their comments to DEQ and the State Water Control Board as well as to the gathered members present.
Many of the comments at the DEQ hearing repeated ideas that have been made either in prior letters to the Rappahannock News or DEQ.
“Well, it gave people a platform,” said RLEP president Paul Farmer, referring to the fact everyone who spoke had an opportunity to influence not only the State Water Control Board but to influence the audience as well.
“We don’t want to do anything bad, we only want to do good,” said Jeff Benson, another member of the Washington Tbwn Council.
“If the discharge is so clean, like distilled water, why doesn’t Washington bottle and sell it?”, exclaimed Kay Wilson, who owns property on the Rush.
Elizabeth Haskell, a Rush River property owner among the first to speak out against Washington’s disposal plans, called for a change in DEQ’s policies across the whole state.
“The Rush is a zero flow
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