Ohio Legislative Committee meeting report - landfill hearings

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Hannah News Service
Committee Meeting Reports
House Economic Development & Environment
Rep. Collier: 466-1431
Wed., 3 pm 01/18/06, Rm. 017

January 18, 2006

HB417 SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
(OELSLAGER W) Regarding solid waste landfills-demolition debris facilities. Second hearing.

Kerry Metzger, Tuscarawas County commissioner; Freida Schott and Jill VanVoorhis, Tuscarawas River Buried Valley Watershed Council; and Richard Sahli, environmental attorney for two Tuscarawas basin citizen groups and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) chief counsel from 1987 to 1991, testified in support of HB417.

Metzger said that HB417 is needed to provide time to collect valuable hydro-geologic data from which local policy makers can make informed decisions regarding land and water use issues for the region. . . Read more