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trial and he wasn’t overly alarmed.
However, Manwaring reiterated that while he was considering application of sewage sludge he also shared the concerns of many of his neighbors and residents of Rappahannock County about its consequences.
“I’d like everything to be done properly and I’d certainly encourage the local government to put tight monitoring in place,” added Manwaring.
“I’m in no hurry to do this.”
Legal constraints
With the Virginia State Department of Health in the business of issuing permits for sludge application, Rappahannock County would be hard pressed to do otherwise even though sludge has been banned for land application since 1994. It is not banned from incineration or being hauled off to a landfill.
Commonwealth’s attorney Peter Luke gave Monday’s audience a quick overview of the county’s history regarding sludge but emphasized, “The Virginia Supreme Court said the county cannot forbid what the State allows, or allow what the State forbids,” adding, “we may have won a battle in the past, but we lost the war.”
One of Manwaring’s closest neighbors, Harold Creel, was the first to speak on Monday.
“Heavy metals don’t break down,” said the Stonewall District
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