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Board agrees to draft DEQ letter asking for testing and monitoring of biosolids after regional concerns about PFAS
Summary
Following an information item and county discussion, staff will draft a letter modeled on Orange County’s to send to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality asking for PFAS/chemical testing and better permit transparency for biosolids applications; board also asked staff to map existing application sites for planning use.
County staff brought biosolids permitting and public‑health concerns to the board after reviewing a recent Orange County letter and a Delmarva Farmer article about PFAS and other contaminants in land‑applied biosolids.
Staff said legal counsel previously advised (2019) that banning biosolids outright was not advisable, but a locality can submit comments during…
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