I just attend a gathering of nearly 100 Bedford County residents who were all concerned about "biosolids" being spread and stored on County land. Almost all of them including myself have come to the conclusion that northern sewage sludge does not need to be spread or stored on our land. I realize that private landowners (farmers) stand to gain financially from the savings on fertilizer or in getting direct payment for storing the stuff and the state gets paid for allowing this distribution. The gain though in my opinion is not worth it! This practice is degrading the soil, an asset that can't be replaced, and creating gross smells, incredible truck traffic, road degradation, water polution and a lot of unhappy people. I would encourage lawmakers to stop this program entirely. This stuff should be landfilled not some how pawned off as fertilizer. Counties should also have direct say as to whether they want this stuff. We are being victimized by our own state!