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Landfill fine will help clean up other sites around Ohio

October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

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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Landfill worries continue

October 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

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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EPA chief: Landfill still needs work

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments

ZOARVILLE — Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Chris Korleski was not declaring “mission accomplished” at 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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Ohio EPA to reveal landfill plan

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

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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Countywide meeting Thursday

September 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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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CR: State investigator says feds led probe of Ohio EPA

August 1st, 2009 · No Comments

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general’s office took the lead in the investigation of whether Ohio EPA employees in the Northeast District Office in Twinsburg were showing favoritism toward companies such as the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility, a state investigator said Monday.

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CR: Ohio EPA employee claims colleagues sought to protect Countywide landfill

August 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Two factions of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency did not agree in 2006 on how to respond to odors at the Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility.
The first faction was made up of three members of the EPA’s enforcement unit in Columbus, whose job was to ensure uniform regulatory enforcement across the state. They believed that [...]

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Canton Rep: Ohio EPA: Landfill reaction, fire contained

June 5th, 2009 · No Comments

BOLIVAR —An Ohio Environmental Protection Agency official told the local waste district board Friday that the agency is confident that it has “completely contained” an aluminum dross reaction and fire at the Countywide landfill.

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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

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Tags: Courts · Governmental News · Landfill Press Coverage · Ohio EPA News