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Public commenters urge Washington County to reinstate biosolids moratorium, strengthen waste monitoring

Washington County Board of Supervisors · February 20, 2026
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At the Feb. 20 Washington County Board of Supervisors meeting, resident Ron Atkinson urged the board to reinstate a moratorium on out-of-county biosolids, press for PFAS testing at the county compost facility and send representatives to a March 6 solid-waste meeting. Public commenters also raised immigration enforcement concerns.

Ron Atkinson, a Hudson Falls resident, told the Washington County Board of Supervisors during public comment that the county should reinstate its biosolids moratorium and improve solid-waste monitoring.

“At the time the moratorium was developed here for Washington County…we really should reinstate that,” Atkinson said, urging the board to send a county representative to a March 6 meeting on solid-waste management and to adopt monitoring software and…

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