A senior state official says the consultant overseeing archeological work at the site where Louisa County hopes to draw a public water supply is not qualified to do the job.
In a Sept. 6 letter to the James River Water Authority, Department of Historic Resources Director Julie Langan said that because the consultant lacks the proper academic credentials, the reliability of her reports from the past two years is in question.
“The failure of the archeological consultant to meet [federal] requirements renders the information previously provided … unreliable,” Langan wrote.
The Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency from which the authority needs a permit to start construction of the water pipeline, now says it will require the authority to pursue a different permit than the one it applied for more than three years ago.
“We will continue to work with the [Department of Historic Resources] and you to understand more fully the implications of this latest development,” William Walker, Army Corps regulatory chief, wrote in a Sept. 10 letter to Christian Goodwin, Louisa County administrator. Goodwin is a member of the authority’s board.
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