As a member of Virginia Citizens for Protection from Sewage Sludge, i recommend the following: 

2.  Five (5) mile buffer from habitat.

 

3.  Once sign is posted, citizens have fifteen business days before biosolids   

     applications begin.

 

4.  All signs posted should be the same perimeters as the re-zoning notice signs (4 x  

     8), and information on sign is visible from a distance of at least 20 ft. They must   

     be placed vertically to the roadway, straight up and down with no slant.

 

5.  All signs must have the name and phone number of the agency  or company   

     that has the authority to lift, modify or abate any and all biosolids applications.

 

6.  Make regulation that you must have proof of receipt for notification to citizens      

     adjacent to land applications and to those citizens within 1,000 ft of the land to    

     be applied.

 

7.  Biosolids applications can only be delivered and applied during business 

     daylight hours.

 

8.  Any damage to infrastructure or spillage caused by biosolids truck traffic should

     be paid by the haulers, spreaders and the recipients of the said treated sewage

     sludge and not the taxpayer.

 

9.  All land applications of biosolids must be recorded on each land deed. (impact

     on family)

 

10. Monies placed in escrow by both land owners and sludge companies to ensure 

      financial responsibility with direct proportion to the acreage to be applied.

 

11. Penalties imposed immediately upon violations. (License revoked, suspended, 

      etc., impound truck or trucks, pull permit, etc.).

 

12. Cleanup of roadways, etc. should be removed and deposited back on the truck or

      on the designated field ready for application.

 

13. Testing of soil semi-annually to ensure proper pH and that heavy metals remain

      bound in soil.

 

14. Field storage of biosolids should be covered at all times and stored no longer than

      20 days.

 

15. Field testing of all biosolids not applied within twenty-four hours for pH, and

      biological pathogens including fecal coliform.

 

16. When land applied, biosolids should be immediately incorporated into the soil.

 

17. When storing biosolids, retesting should be done, based on the fact that you are

      no longer dealing with the original contaminants or pathogens. It should be      

      considered a completely new source in itself. The retesting requirements  

      should be the same as the regulations for biosolids before land applied.