Club 3000 - Ohio Landfills

12/6/2007 - OEPA Director Chris Korleski’s plan to dewater Countywide Landfill has hit a snag. Liquid is pooling in the gas wells faster than expected, and deadlines have been pushed back to explore other methods of pumping the liquid out. See articles in the Times-Reporter. Article 1 - Article 2

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11/9/2007 - The public meeting with Director Korleski ran longer than expected as residents took this opportunity to air some of their frustrations with the situation. Director Korleski outlined some of his plans, which include “dewatering” the landfill in an attempt to contain the reaction and potentially excavating if that does not work. See article […]

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11/7/07 - OEPA Director Chris Korleski wrote in a letter to Stark County Health Commissioner William Franks about his frustration with the situation at Countywide. He said he was disappointed that he had not been able to do more about the odor, the fire and the chemical reactions causing them. Officials from Republic Waste still […]

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11/3/07 - After an executive session at the meeting of the board of directors of the Joint Solid Waste Management District, Kerry Metzger presented 18 pages of public records concerning Countywide Landfill. The records, which included internal correspondence, emails, a timeline of events, and other information, were submitted by an anonymous source in the OEPA […]

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10/30/07 - The OEPA has hired a consultant from Illinois to provide “slope stability expertise and review data”. The consultant, Timothy Stark of Stark Consultants, has been assisting the OEPA since the spring. He is studying the effects of the fire on the landfill, including whether or not the landfill liner has been compromised. See […]

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10/19/07 - Ohio EPA Director Chris Korleski granted Countywide more time to install a firebreak, despite originally ordering them to have it completed by October 15th. Although Countywide still has a strict time frame in which to complete construction (within 22 days after approval of the project Countywide must stop dumping into cells 7 & […]

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10/06/07 - Tuscarawas County Commissioners expressed their concerns over the OEPA’s handling of the fire at Countywide during the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District board meeting. Commissioner Kerry Metzger asked where the urgency was in finding a solution, while Commissioner Chris Abbuhl pointed out that OEPA Director Korleski believes the landfill is still “burning […]

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10/04/07 - Ohio EPA director Chris Korleski has ordered Countywide to install firebreaks between cells 8A and 8B. Analysis of the data Countywide presented in March has convinced the EPA that the fire is moving beyond the original 88 acres and possibly into the expansion. See article in the Times-Reporter.

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11/02/07 - Tuscarawas County Commissioners expressed their concern that the OEPA may have other motives for moving so slowly on the Countywide situation. Commissioner Kerry Metzger said he believes the OEPA will receive an extra $668,500 for moving the deadline back from October 15. He arrived at this figure because the OEPA gets $3.50 per […]

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09/08/07 - Following the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District board meeting on Friday, Tuscarawas County Commissioner Chris Abbuhl asked the district to contact the OEPA. He requested that the district be kept up-to-date on any new developments regarding the potential settlement in the landfill slope and what, if any, measures are to be taken. […]

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