Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
chapter
Biosolids Use Regulations See Virginia Pollution Abatement (VPA) Permit Regulation at 9 VAC 25 - 32 [12 VAC 5 ‑ 585]
Action Enforcement and Site Management
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 12/15/2006
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12/6/06  12:00 am
Commenter: Case Pieterman

Bio solids - OUT, Sewage sludge - IN
 

When reading all of the articles that have been written on the subject of bio solids, it is clear to me that the term bio solids is a grandiose misnomer, if I ever saw one. My big question is why would the Commonwealth of Virginia want to be the septic system for the BIG CITIES sewage sludge? I hope the answer is not: MONEY. 

Apart from the potential health hazards, why would the Commonwealth and its lawmakers be tempted to reduce the the beauty of the State and Bedford County to be the depository of this sludge. 

Both the spreading and in particular the "temporary" but long term storing of the sludge should be outlawed. Our septic system discharges in Bedford County soil, which may be bad enough already, and I suggest wherever this sludge comes from it stays where it is produced.  

   

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