Summit fights dumping rules

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

AKRON - Summit County is fighting a plan that could ban its trash from landfills in other counties.

The Summit-Akron Solid Waste Management Authority on Tuesday voted to fight the new rules approved Nov. 3 by the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Solid Waste Management District.

The Summit agency agreed to file an appeal with the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission, although state officials were unsure if that was the correct procedure.

The commission usually hears appeals of decisions by the EPA, not rules imposed by a county garbage district....Read more.