Ohio EPA determines Morrow landfill applications are complete despite subsequent revisions

Opposition to landfills stymied

By Alberta Stojkovic
Gannett News Service

MOUNT GILEAD -- The hope of some residents that a new law would apply to applications for construction and demolition debris landfills pending in Morrow County has been dashed.

They were banking on the law to stall a proposed landfill.

A letter from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency director states that the "grandfather clause" built into new legislation signed by the governor in December applies to landfill applications in Harmony and Washington townships, according to county Health Commissioner Krista Wasowski. . . Read more