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Vol. 31, No. 18 | Richmond Suburban News | September 3, 2014
STOPS AT EVERY HOME IN TOWN
No sludge for Hanover, at least for now By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local
Jim Ridolphi for The Local
Kyle Winter, deputy director for Water Compliance with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, defended the use of industrial residuals on Virginia land at last week’s Hanover County Board of Supervisors meeting.
A Hanover County landowner has withdrawn his property from a list of proposed sites where an industrial waste company wants to spread industrial residuals, better known as biosolids. Synagro, a Baltimore-based company, has applied for a permit to spread industrial waste produced at large processors
like Tyson Foods and Smithfield on area farmlands. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality delayed a decision earlier this summer after a public outcry accompanied that application. Supervisors from New Kent, King William and Goochland counties have sent letters of opposition to the DEQ. Kyle Winter, deputy director for Water Compliance with the
state DEQ, told the Hanover (sludge) on area agricultural County Board of Supervisors fields is a well monitored, closely supervised process. The introduction He explained a detailed perof sludge as a viable mitting process that traces the fertilizer may sit well waste material from its source with state officials to its eventual application on but local residents fields and other tracts of land. had a different take Winter explained the byon the process. product of large production facilities like Smithfield and the industrial residuals program Tyson can be utilized for field that allows the use of biosolids application.
The introduction of sludge as a viable fertilizer may sit well with state officials but local residents had a different take on the process. Speakers from other affected counties joined Hanover citizens as they took advantage of a public comment period following Winter’s presentation to express their concerns. They cited health concerns see SLUDGE, pg. 14
Bond workout and debt restructuring 4K for Cancer ride completed for Lewistown project
Photo submitted by John Cario
Contributed Report news@mechlocal.com The Lewistown Commerce Center Community Development Authority in Hanover County has successfully completed the restructuring of $37.7 million in defaulted bonds. The workout transaction, which was completed Tuesday, Aug. 26, will reduce assessment bond debt on 123 acres
of land just south of the Town of Ashland at the intersection of I-95 and Lewistown Road. The project, known locally as Winding Brook, is anchored by Bass Pro Shops and Country GASKIN Inn & Suites. The debt restructuring was proposed and man-
aged by Common Bond Capital Partners, which specializes in recapitalizing and restarting real estate projects that stalled during the recession due to excessive bond debt. To complete the complex deal,
Stephanie Cario, the daughter of John and Sandy Cario, participated in the 4K for Cancer, which ended on Aug. 9 in San Francisco. She is shown with her bicycle and a copy of The Mechanicsville Local, with the Golden Gate Bridge and some morning fog in the background. Stephanie and 30 other young adults covered over 3,500-plus miles, biking from Baltimore to San Francisco. They stayed at churches, in host homes, at a fire house and camped at some key locations along the way. They raised more than $1 million this year for cancer research. For more information on the 4K for Cancer organization, go to 4kforcancer.org. Stephanie kept a blog of her experience at 4kscario.blogspot.com. Her parents and brother John and friend Lauren traveled to San Francisco and the Napa Valley area to greet her.
see LEWISTOWN, pg. 14
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