Meeting set to discuss landfill odors

By BARB LIMBACHER
The Times-Reporter

BOLIVAR - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will address the odor nuisance at Countywide landfill during a public information session Nov. 16 at 6:30 in Faircrest Memorial Middle School cafeteria at 616 Faircrest St. SW in Canton Township of Stark County.

The Ohio EPA is consulting with the federal EPA on the decomposition of aluminum dross waste, which is believed to be triggering the odor at the landfill, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for input on potential health effects from odor exposure. Preliminary air sampling indicated the odor does not pose a public health threat but additional sampling is continuing, according to the Ohio EPA.

In September, the Ohio EPA declared Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility on Gracemont St. SW, East Sparta, just northeast of Bolivar, a public nuisance and ordered its owner-operator, Republic Services of Ohio, to implement comprehensive remedies by Dec. 15. The public session is intended to update area residents on the work completed and what needs to be done to meet the December deadline....Read more.