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flows from land into waterways.

Luke said a minimum buffer width of 100 feet between the area of biosolids application and a body of water is recommended in the Chesapeake Bay Act. The act currently applies only to Tidewater counties, but Luke said there is a possibility that it could be expanded to apply to all counties within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and it may be in the Rappahannock’s best interest to take a proactive approach.

Luke also looked ahead to possible mandates from a Tbtal Maximum Daily Load action plan, and included language in the ordinance to prevent biosolids application from causing an already-impaired stream from exceeding its maximum intake of bacteria, nutrients, soil or other pollutants.

Commonwealth attorney Luke

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