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The application has been withdrawn.
John McCarthy
Rappahannock County Administrator
resident. “Recyc didn’t address that.”
Urging that the supervisors come up with heavy restrictions, Creel was open with his praise for Manwaring. “They don’t eat babies, they are honorable stewards of their land.”
Another Stonewall District resident, Emeiy Lazar, stated his concerns that the Environmental Protection Agency wasn’t doing enough and there were inherent weaknesses in their rulings regarding not only human health but the welfare of wildlife.
“No way to ban, well, being sued is not the end of the world,” said Lazar who reminded the audience about the original formation of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection established in 1970. “Remember, it was originally a legal defense fund.”
Later in the evening, RLEP’s current president Paul Farmer read from a prepared statement. “The Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection believes that keeping sewage sludge out of Rappahannock County is in the best health, safety, environmental, and financial interests of every county citizen. We oppose repeal of the County ban on the land application of sewage sludge at this time. We believe that removing the current sludge ban, without substituting strict regulation of sludge use, sends the wrong message to
See SLUDGE, Page A2
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