Opposition Puts Block On Sludge Weyers Cave-Area Residents Stop Lagoon Storage Permit by Jeremy Hunt
HARRISONBURG - Weyers Cave-area residents opposed to industrial sludge being stored on neighboring farmland succeeded in blocking a special-use permit that would have allowed food-processing waste to be kept in a southern Rockingham County lagoon.
About a half-dozen property owners took issue with the proposal by Houff's Feed and Fertilizer Co. Inc. at Wednesday's Rockingham County Board of Supervisors meeting.
The board denied the company's application, citin...
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