Club 3000 – Ohio Landfills

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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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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When Kerry Metzger talks about how state legislators operate, he speaks from experience. He served three terms in the Ohio House in the 1990s.
So we’ll listen to what he has to say. And when it comes to the Countywide landfill in Pike Township, Stark County’s delegation to the Legislature should listen, too.

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This week, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Stark County Board of Health reached a $10 million settlement with Republic Services, owner of the troubled Countywide Landfill in southern Stark County.

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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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