If storage of biosolid wastes must occur in the Valley it should be closer to the facilities that produce it and closer to major highways to distribute it. The tanker truck traffic would be better handled there than on the roads here in Churchville. To place such a heavy industrial land use in a rural agricultural area with vulnerable ground water should require inspections and enforcement at a level that neither the County, our taxpayers or the DEQ is able to provide.
It is not wise to consolidate this waste material:
1. On land underlain by Karst, where spillage or failure will pollute the “Swiss cheese” limestone holding our groundwater,
2. Surrounded by homes and farms dependent on private wells,
3. Creating twice the truck traffic for land application (from the manufacturing plant through Churchville to this farm and then out again to be applied to fields.)
4. Creating air quality and odor problems both when it is pumped into the tank and when it is pumped back out into another tank truck.
5. When there is no system in place in either the County or through the DEQ to limit what is placed in this tank or where it comes from. While there are guidelines and laws that may address this material and the operator may volunteer their intention; neither the County or the State has the personnel or the budget to give these ponds or the waste in them more than cursory inspection.
Thank you.