Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, February 14, 1993 TAG: 9302120070
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-8 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE LENGTH: Medium
WASTE-WATER RULES HEARING MARCH 9
A public hearing on proposed waste-water rules and regulations for a sewer project in eastern Wythe County has been scheduled for March 9.The Wythe County Board of Supervisors will continue to fine-tune the regulations before then. They were presented at the board's meeting in draft form Tuesday by Supervisors Olin Armentrout and Alan Dunford, who had been appointed to make recommendations.
The recommendations include keeping the mandatory hook-on provision that had upset some residents of the Fort Chiswell-Max Meadows area. Residents would have to hook onto the new system within 90 days of when it becomes available.
Supervisor Jack Crosswell said he disliked that provision.
But Dunford pointed out that the county stands to lose about $4,000 in grant money for every resident who could hook onto the system and does not.
"And at some point they won't fund it. It becomes an unfeasible project," County Administrator Billy Branson said.
The grant is being sought from the Farmers Home Administration, although no grant amount has been announced. The entire project near the Wythe-Pulaski county line is estimated at $9.1 million, but it has the potential of opening up that part of Wythe County to business and industrial development.
As recommended, the hook-on fee is set at $350 for each residence. It could be higher for businesses. If a potential customer fails to hook on within 90 days, the fee would go to $500.
In either case, under the recommended plan the customer could choose to pay the fee over 18 months with no interest penalty.
The public hearing at the board's first meeting in March will be at 7 p.m.