Landfill bill backers testify to Ohio Legislature

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By Paul E. Kostyu
Copley Newspapers Columbus Bureau Chief
The Times Reporter
January 19, 2006

COLUMBUS – Four witnesses at a legislative hearing Wednesday tried to stress how important clean water can be for 600,000 people who depend on the Tuscarawas River Valley Watershed.

Whether the handful of lawmakers who attended the hearing soaked up anything is unclear.

House Bill 417, which was introduced by state Rep. Scott Oelslager, R-North Canton, would put a moratorium in place on the siting of new solid waste and construction, demolition debris landfills as well as expansion of existing facilities. The moratorium would end within five years. This was the second hearing for the bill. . . Read more