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Rivers
require
cleanup
By James P. Gannon SfMctal tu tfaw RapfMthanaock N»w«
Pollution in the Rush. Hughes and Hazel nvers, primarily caused by livestock in the streams, will require development of a dean-up plan to meet federal dean-water standards, state and regional officials told a gathering of Rappahannock County residents Tuesday.
Virginia law requires the development of an “implementation plan" designed tu reduce lugh levels of bacterial pollution in segments of the three rivers, representatives of several state and local agencies said. The clean-up plan, expected tu be unveiled by next spring, could call upon farmers and homeowners to take steps to reduce pollution-such as fencing off streams from livestock and repairing or replacing tailing home septic systems.
At a meeting at Rappahannock County High School, officials of the RappahannockRapidan Regional Commission and several state agencies, including the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, briefed citizens and local government officials from Rappahannock. Madison and Culpeper counties. They reported on tests of pollution levels - taken in '4006 and 4007 in the three stream segments, and explained the process of developing an ‘implementation plan" aimed at reducing pollution,
Much of the presentation was highly technical and couched in bureaucratic jargon that didn't communicate well to the small gathering, which included more government officials than ordinary citizens. T
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