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Orange County board approves letter to DEQ seeking PFAS testing limits for Synagro permit
Summary
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to send a comment letter to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality asking that the agency require validated PFAS testing and bar application of biosolids on county land if PFAS are detected above established detection limits in the tests.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on a motion Tuesday to authorize Chairman Johnson to sign a comment letter to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality concerning the proposed reissuance of Synagro’s Virginia pollution abatement permit VPA00075.
Supervisor Nickel presented the letter and said the permit would authorize the land application of biosolids as fertilizer, expanding the existing authorization covering 2,564.9 acres with an additional about 200.7 acres for new land application area. “The permit authorizes, if approved, the land application of biosolids as fertilizers,” Nickel said, and asked the board to submit comments before the Nov. 7 deadline.
The letter asks DEQ to require an established, validated testing method for PFAS —…
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