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site are located on the 110 -acre farm which is her homestead. She <br />emphasized that her family, her employees, and her farm animals are <br />healthy. She stated that the farm is located on sandy soil with <br />the water table less than 6 feet below the surface, and she gets <br />potable water from the well on her property. She indicated that <br />about 3 million gallons a year of treated septage and sludge are <br />spread on her farm. She felt that her farm benefits from the land - <br />spreading operation, and that she has saved thousands of dollars on <br />fertilizer. It was Ms. Voss's opinion that the proposed ordinance <br />is unnecessary because current laws and regulations are adequate. <br />Commissioner Macht asked, and Ms. Voss confirmed, that the <br />lime stabilization process kills viral agents. <br />Don C. Scurlock, Jr., 1656 71st Court, Vero Beach, suggested <br />that the Commission enact zoning ordinances restricting the areas <br />where septage and sludge can be spread, and institute a procedure <br />whereby septic tanks in the county can be inspected to make sure <br />they are being pumped out properly and the drain fields are <br />functioning properly. He did not want the Board to adopt an <br />ordinance that would hurt Mr. McCullers, who spent thousands of <br />dollars on a lime stabilization plant. Mr. Scurlock contended that <br />the purpose of the proposed ordinance is to force the public to use <br />a facility which is operating at far below capacity. He hoped that <br />the Board would at least table the proposed ordinance and take the <br />time to make -the right decision. . <br />Tom Nason, Vero Beach city manager and utilities director, was <br />opposed to the ordinance. He quoted statistics in support of land <br />spreading as a safe and appropriate means of disposing of treated <br />sludge, and he emphasized that most of the sludge in Florida is <br />spread on land. Mr. Nason discussed a 1983 meeting of 200 health <br />and environmental scientists who arrived at a public consensus that <br />existing guidelines and regulations were adequately protective of <br />the public health and environment. He noted that the U.S. <br />Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prefers land application as <br />a beneficial use of sludge. He was confident that the EPA will <br />continue to issue regulations that protect the environment, and he <br />felt that it was highly unlikely that the government would allow <br />sludge spreading to continue if it was hazardous. Mr. Nason <br />mentioned that the new regulations effective on February 19, 1995, <br />arose out of a 15 -year study which was accelerated in 1986 when the <br />Clean Water Act was enacted. He indicated that the City of Vero <br />Beach has initiated a pre-treatment program, and that all of the <br />City's sludge has minimal amounts of regulated materials and meets <br />the criteria for land application. <br />19 <br />JAN 25 1994 BOOK 91 r -m, S5 <br />
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