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Alter a pacKea courtnouse neanng on Monday evening, Rappahannock County Administrator John McCarthy said on Wednesday morning that Recyc Systems had phoned him.
“Recyc was called by Mr. Manwaring and then they immediately called me. The application has been withdrawn,” Said McCarthy who added, “certainly the time constraint has been removed and it doesn’t mean that another applicant might not pursue later but now the pressure is off.”
Susan Trumbo of Recyc Systems confirmed on Wednesday that Jim Manwaring had withdrawn their site - Red Oak Ranch Associates, LLC, - from consideration for land application of sewage sludge. She declined, however, to say why Mr. Manwaring made this decision. “You’d have to ask him,” she said.
James Manwaring was not reached for comment. He was the County’s sole applicant.
At Monday’s public hearing, Manwaring, who had sat quietly while nearly 30 speakers urged the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors to either retain the county’s ban on sludge or put in tighter restrictions, was one of the last to speak.
“I’ve been listening and I’m very concerned about our property,” said Manwaring who told the audience that he had visited a Mend’s farm in Madison County, seen sludge firsthand and was comfortably surprised that it didn’t contain condoms. “It was damp material and full of lyme,” said Manwaring who added that it appeared to come from residential properties rather than indus
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