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.
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Lorain landfill stench may end with legal settlement with Ohio attorney general
August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Courts · Odor · Ohio EPA News
Lawsuit alleges landfill caused child’s leukemia
August 12th, 2010 · No Comments
CANTON — A former Bolivar couple says harmful chemicals released from the Countywide landfill caused their young son’s leukemia.
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Supreme Court won’t hear trash-rules case
June 10th, 2010 · No Comments
Local officials have lost another battle in their longtime effort to regulate the amounts of trash coming into the Stark County area, mainly from Cuyahoga and Summit counties.
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…Appeals filed on Countywide operating license
February 6th, 2010 · No Comments
The residents’ group Club 3000 and the Tuscarawas County commissioners have filed appeals seeking to reverse the granting of an operating license to the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility.
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Appeals court rules against Waste District
February 5th, 2010 · No Comments
An appeals court Wednesday posted online its opinion that explains why it ruled that the local waste district’s rules limiting the influx of waste are invalid.
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Appeals court to rule on landfill restrictions
January 14th, 2010 · No Comments
A state appeals court must decide whether the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Solid Waste Management District can restrict garbage shipments from other Ohio counties.
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Waste district to sue landfill
November 11th, 2009 · No Comments
BOLIVAR — The board of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District voted Friday to proceed with an environmental lawsuit against American Landfill in Federal district court in Akron.
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Dozens join lawsuit against Countywide landfill
October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
BOLIVAR — Seventy-three residents and businesses have added their names to the list of hundreds who are suing the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility.
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Countywide landfill owner to pay $10 million fine
September 30th, 2009 · No Comments
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.
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Documents in the News
April 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Letter to Governor Strickland from Richard Sahli Attorney for Club – 3000 03/31/2009
Press Release – 03/31/2009
R. Edwin Gortner – Notice of Appeal
Tags: Courts · Governmental News · Landfill Press Coverage · Ohio EPA News