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bill was passed by the House on Monday.
Byron also sponsored a House resolution that calls for a panel of experts to study the impact of the land application of sludge on human health and the environment. The resolution also passed the House on Monday.
Byron represents a district in which sludge has been a very contentious issue.
In early January, a Lynchburg newspaper reported that hundreds of residents of Campbell County, which includes Lynchburg, asked their Board of Supervisors to adopt an ordinance that would ban corporations from applying sludge on land in their county.
Citizens Against Toxic Sludge, a community group in Campbell, hired a lawyer to work with them on pushing for the ban, which was sparked by a company's plan to spread sludge on a 3,100-acre field in the county.
In the Senate
Three sludge related bills have been passed by the Senate this year and, like Byron, the senators sponsoring the measures represent at least a portion of Campbell County.
A bill proposed by Sen. Charles Hawkins, R-Chatham, would require local-government certification as part of the state permit application to apply sludge.
The measure would ensure that the application site is in compliance with local ordinances. The bill also gives
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