
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 18, 1991                   TAG: 9104180080
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: COVINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

KIM-STAN'S CLEAN BILL DISPUTED

Residents near the Kim-Stan landfill were not reassured by state officials' statements that the dump poses no health hazard.

"There is more stuff in there than what you think," said Agnes Vint, who lives near the landfill near Selma. Residents charge that medical wastes have been dumped in the landfill, and they want more testing of water from the area.

Test wells within a quarter-mile of the site showed no contamination, state officials said at a meeting of the Alleghany County Board of Supervisors.

State officials told the board the state will spend no more money on the cleanup of the landfill, but will wait for cleanup funds from the dump's bankrupt owners.

Harry Gregori, director of planning and policy for the state Department of Waste Management, told the supervisors the landfill does not pose any health hazard. State officials said the landfill continues to contaminate the nearby Jackson River, but the contamination did not pose any threat.

Should that change, Gregori said the state would swiftly deal with the matter.

The state has spent about $300,000 to stabilize the dump, setting up a drainage system and a gas venting system.

by CNB