Club 3000 members ask to be heard at health board

By BARB LIMBACHER
The Times-Reporter

CANTON – Area residents with concerns about Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility and odor problems can attend the Stark County Board of Health meeting Wednesday at 8 a.m. at 3951 Convenience Cl. NW, Canton.

Members of Club 3000, a grassroots environmental group, have asked to be placed on the agenda to request that the health board deny Countywide’s 2007 license application....Read more.

Waste district plan moves closer to approval

By BARB LIMBACHER
The Times-Reporter

BOLIVAR – Andrew Booker, environmental supervisor of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Division of Solid and Infectious Waste Management, presented a working draft of the solid waste plan to the board of directors of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District.

During a recent board meeting in the district office at Wilkshire Hills. Booker said the plan is nearly complete and OEPA is working on editing and some remaining minor issues. He said only some consistency, formatting and appearance changes need to be made.

Booker will present a complete draft plan at Friday’s Policy Committee meeting at 9:30 in the district office. A special board of directors meeting will be Dec. 21 at 3 to look at the completed plan....Read more.

Do Lake trustees think putting smiley face on landfill will make tons of toxins vanish?

The Canton Repository

PLAIN TOWNSHIP - Regarding “EPA review indicates IEL site getting cleaner” (Nov. 17): So, the U.S. EPA, in its five-year review of the Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund Site, relying upon polluter-generated data, has once again declared the noncleanup of allowing rainfall to flush the toxic waste into the area’s aquifer to be working — just nine chemicals found, with only three toxins exceeding the federal drinking water limits. Golly, could it be that the list of chemicals has been reduced because key wells have been sealed that previously showed the most contamination, including radiation?...Read more.

Deadline looms for landfill to clear air

By BARB LIMBACHER
The Times-Reporter

BOLIVAR – As Friday’s deadline looms for Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility to clear up its odor problems or face consequences, landfill officials said they are working hard to resolve the problem.

In September, Director Joseph Koncelik of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency declared the landfill a public nuisance. He also set a Dec. 15 deadline for the landfill to clean up the problems.

Among those efforts were the results of ambian air monitoring at Countywide that were disclosed during the board of directors meeting of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District held Friday in the district office at Wilkshire Hills....Read more.

Foul odors remain problem at southern Stark landfill

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

BOLIVAR -Progress is being made to curtail the foul odors from a major landfill in southern Stark County, but the problem persists.

That assessment came from Ohio Environmental Protection Agency staffer Kurt Princic in a report Friday on the Countywide Recycling and Disposal Center to the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Solid Waste Management District.

Tests continue to show the smells, although offensive, do not exceed levels that would create health issues for residents of southern Stark and northern Tuscarawas counties, he said....Read more.

Recycling plan makes progress

BY Robert Wang
The Canton Repository

BOLIVAR - The local waste district is on the verge of approving a long-delayed recycling plan that would reward communities that recycle more and penalize communities that recycle less.

Under the plan, the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District would continue to fund local recycling programs at current levels, plus inflation, for two years, said Andrew Booker, a supervisor for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, which negotiated the plan with the district....Read more.

What agenda is allowing Pike Township landfill to grow?

The Canton Repository

CANTON TOWNSHIP - Our elected officials were elected to serve the greater community, but do some have other, questionable agendas?

Being a local farmer, I enjoy moments of solitude, allowing me to reflect on various topics. Recently my thoughts centered on our sociopolitical structure. Why would a farmer’s mind drift to such a complex issue? Here on the farm, the air is normally fresh and clean; however, this day, the pungent odor of the Pike Township landfill some 10 miles away forced me to take notice....Read more.