Biosolids (Sewage Sludge) Information

The following e-mail was received, from Nutri-Blend, by the County Administrator on June 30, 2008:

Subject: Biosolids Application

Nutri-Blend is planning a biosolids application in Campbell County on the Gilliam Tract T-2410 on Route 641.  This application will most likely take place in the next 2-4 weeks, weather dependent.  The most likely biosolids source is Blue Plains and the application would take about a week.

Please refer to January 29, 2004 Permit Application for the map of Gilliam T-2410 tract.

As of January 1, 2008 the regulatory control of biosolids transferred from the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

According to Neil Zaharadka, head of the biosolids section of the DEQ, this will involve the public having more of a say about when and where biosolids will be spread. There will be better notification to the adjoining landowners and public hearings / meetings will be scheduled to give everyone a chance to express concerns and opinions before permits are issued.

Along with the change of control there will be 20 new fulltime enforcement positions within DEQ for the oversight of spreading sewage sludge. Some of the existing permits along with all current requests to change or renew existing permits will be processed as new DEQ permits.

For more information on the enforcement of biosolids and the Department of Environmental Quality visit http://www.deq.state.va.us. 
 
Or contact:

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
P. O. Box 10009
Richmond, VA 23240

(800) 592-5482

For information on the State panel investigating biosolids use visit http://www.deq.state.va.us/info/biosolidspanel.html.

The local Campbell County office monitoring biosolids jointly with DEQ is in the Community Development Department. Contact the Environmental Manager, Brian Stokes at brstokes@campbellcountyva.gov. 

From the Campbell County Board of Supervisors

• Biosolids Ordinance (County Code, Chapter 13) adopted April 17, 2007
• Biosolids Sampling and Testing Request Form

Nutri-Blend Correspondence

• Nutri-Blend Website
• Biosolids Application Proposal – Oct 24, 2006
• Nutri-Blend Biosolids Application Map – Nov 20, 2006
• Possible Biosolids Application Sites — 100 Days Notice – Jun 19, 2007
• January 29, 2004 Permit Application – Jul 23, 2007

Correspondence with the VDH and minutes of the Board Meetings are available through the County Administrator’s Office.