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By Kevin Allen
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
With a focus on preserving and improving the county's water quality, a five-person committee continues to plug away on regulations for the application of sewage sludge in Rappahannock County.
Rappahannock County Administrator John McCarthy, Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke, Tim Bondelid of RappFLOW, Rick Kohler of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection and Susan Trumbo of Recyc Systems Inc. gathered for nearly two hours Tuesday morning at the Rappahannock County Courthouse to work on developing a county ordinance for testing and monitoring the storage and land application of sewage sludge, which is more formally known as biosolids.
The group is revising and updating an ordinance that was considered but not adopted by the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors in 2001 and 2002.
Rappahannock has had a ban on the land application of sewage sludge since 1994. However, sludge application is allowed by Virginia law, which would likely supersede the county's ban.
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