Augusta County Administrator Patrick Coffield told supervisors that Recyc Systems of Remington has applied for a permit with Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality. The company wants to put biosolids generated from the municipal wastewater treatment process onto farmland.

A letter sent to Coffield by land application specialist Tim Higgs of DEQ’s Harrisonburg office indicated that the next step on the permit request is a public hearing in Augusta County.

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