Club 3000 – Ohio Landfills

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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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.

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This a copy of a letter sent to community leaders concerning the distribution of the Countywide Community Benefit Fund.

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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.

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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.

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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 [...]

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ZOARVILLE — Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Chris Korleski was not declaring “mission accomplished” at the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility.

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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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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.

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ZOARVILLE, OH —

A community meeting to update the public about the progress to contain the fire  at Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility will be held Thursday at 6:30 in the Tuscarawas Valley High auditorium at 2637 Tuscarawas Valley Rd. NE, Zoarville.

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