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Midland and Cedar Run residents press supervisors over years‑long dumping, allege settlement and environmental harm
Summary
Multiple residents told the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors on April 10 that trucks have been dumping fill at a property owned by RC Hawkins Construction for about eight years, raising concerns about road damage, wetlands, property values and possible undisclosed settlement activity.
Residents of Midland and Cedar Run urged the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors on April 10 to take further action over years of fill‑material imports at a property operated by RC Hawkins Construction.
Speakers said truck traffic and dumped material have damaged roads, filled wetlands, altered topography and harmed property values; some residents said a court docket entry was removed and voiced concern that a settlement may have been reached without public notice. The remarks came during the meeting’s citizens’ time; the board did not take formal action on the complaints at the session.
Anita Burke of Cedar Run displayed photographs and said the road and her car are damaged every time it rains. “I find your lack of help and communication is totally unacceptable,” she told the board. She and other neighbors said the site had been approved as a sod farm but that they have seen no sod removed from the property. “He has admitted … that this is a fill material. Doesn't sound like a sod farm to me,” she said.
Other speakers described repeated truck traffic and environmental damage. Morgan Price, a resident who said she lives on Brenttown Road in Midland, criticized a proposed agreement posted online and removed from the docket, saying the draft would effectively allow only clean fill after an agreement takes effect and questioned enforcement: “Who's going to regulate that?” Price told the board. She also cautioned that reaching an agreement with the property owner would “make Fauquier County look like crooks.”
Duane Long, a Cedar Run resident, said the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) visited the site years ago and warned of future collapse; he estimated truck volume at the site as high and described ongoing silt and stream impacts. Jennifer Rainwater said fighting the matter in court has cost her household about $600,000 and said a jury had ruled in their favor in June 2024; she and other speakers said they remain in litigation and continue to suffer property damage and disruption.
Speakers requested more transparency about any agreements or settlements, more county enforcement and visible law enforcement presence on affected roads. Several said they believe enforcement has been inadequate and said they were not contacted about draft documents briefly posted online.
The board did not vote on the matter during the meeting. Supervisors and staff did not announce any immediate enforcement action at the session; residents said litigation and other county processes remain ongoing.
