Dear Sir,

My comments are to object to the use of sewage sluge in "at risk areas", the 600 acre site in Shenandoah County in specific. The potential risks have already been noted and will again be brought up in the public hearing this April. Here again we finds ourselves with an opportunity to watch our regulatory agencies in this matter, make decisions based on know potential hazards to people and surronding water ways. I wonder just how they would react if this situation was taking place in their own neighborhoods. I support the Riverkeepers in their efforts to clean up our water ways and to make them safe for use today and to protect the ground water that we will be using in the future. It has already been proven that many areas of farm land have been over fertilized simply because the ground is never tested to see if really needs more nutrients and what kind. To make things worse the area in question is in a know flood plain. Will all the sluge be washed away in the next spring storm? Do you know for sure? Do we want to take that risk? I for one do not. I can only hope and pray that these controling acencies will act responsibly, keeping in mind their duty to protect the public, and do what is right for us all. Most of all not be influenced by outside pressures that have other interest in mind.