Upon receipt of complaints related to biosolids, the Loudoun Department of Public Health will investigate in conjunction with the County Soil Scientist, and will notify the applicator as soon as possible. Enforcement action may be necessary in response to complaints that are investigated and found to be justified. No person shall apply biosolids generating persistent, obnoxious odors offensive to persons of ordinary sensitivity across property lines after land application. Significantly offensive and obnoxious odors which result in multiple complaints reported to the Health Department may be considered a violation of this chapter, and may result in enforcement action, including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of the permit under which biosolids are being applied.
Such action may be specific to the producer of the biosolids (and not to the applicator) when investigation reveals that the problem resulted from the nature of the applied biosolids, as opposed to application procedures.
(Ord. 99-05. Passed 4-7-99.)