Club 3000 - Ohio Landfills » Ohio EPA News http://www.ohiolandfills.org Environmental Concerns Today - Looking Towards the Future Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:56:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Lorain landfill stench may end with legal settlement with Ohio attorney general http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=198 http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=198#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:01:05 +0000 Brenda http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=198 A longtime stink over the Lorain County landfill might finally be coming to an end.

And it can’t come too soon for landfill neighbors who have complained about sickening smells and unbearable odors coming from the dump — in some cases for decades.

]]> http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?feed=rss2&p=198 0 Underground fires at landfills worry state EPA http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=187 http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=187#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 07:26:06 +0000 Brenda http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=187 The first sign of trouble came in August when wells drilled into the millions of tons of rotting garbage buried at the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill coughed up heat and carbon monoxide instead of natural gas.

]]> http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?feed=rss2&p=187 0 Ohio EPA letter to community leaders http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=184 http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=184#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:12:19 +0000 Brenda http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=184 This a copy of a letter sent to community leaders concerning the distribution of the Countywide Community Benefit Fund.

]]> http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?feed=rss2&p=184 0 Battle begins for Countywide fund http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=180 http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=180#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:56:02 +0000 Brenda http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=180 BOLIVAR, OH — Recommendations are being solicited for what to do with $3 million in the Countywide Community Benefit Fund, and not everyone is happy about the proposal. ]]> http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?feed=rss2&p=180 0 Landfill fine will help clean up other sites around Ohio http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=148 http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=148#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:46:06 +0000 Brenda http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=148 BOLIVAR — Chris Korleski, the director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, explained Friday to county commissioners why most of a $10 million fine paid by the Countywide landfill will be spent on cleanups outside of the area. ]]> http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?feed=rss2&p=148 0 Landfill worries continue http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=145 http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=145#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:41:29 +0000 Brenda http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=145 ZOAR: The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency remains concerned about the synthetic liner under a Stark County landfill with odors and underground fires, the agency’s director said at a public meeting on Thursday night.

In a talk before a crowd of about 110 people at Tuscarawas Valley High School, Chris Korleski said high temperatures at Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility, a 258-acre landfill, are a worry.

]]> http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?feed=rss2&p=145 1 EPA chief: Landfill still needs work http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=142 http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=142#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:26:30 +0000 Brenda http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=142 ZOARVILLE — Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Chris Korleski was not declaring “mission accomplished” at the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility. ]]> http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?feed=rss2&p=142 0 Countywide landfill owner to pay $10 million fine http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=139 http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=139#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:22:15 +0000 Brenda http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=139 CANTON —

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issued a statement Wednesday afternoon saying that it has finalized a $10 million settlement with Republic Services regarding its landfill in Pike Township, the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility.

]]> http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?feed=rss2&p=139 0 Ohio EPA to reveal landfill plan http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=137 http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=137#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:19:23 +0000 Brenda http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=137 The head of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will outline the future management of a troubled Stark County landfill at a Thursday public meeting.

EPA Director Chris Korleski will discuss the new operations-monitoring-and-maintenance plan for the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility in Pike Township.

]]> http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?feed=rss2&p=137 0 Countywide meeting Thursday http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=134 http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=134#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:11:23 +0000 Brenda http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?p=134 ZOARVILLE, OH — ]]> http://www.ohiolandfills.org/?feed=rss2&p=134 1