Don't let annexation issue overshadow landfill problems

The Canton Repository

OSNABURG TOWNSHIP - I am just wondering how Osnaburg Township and East Canton can be overwhelmed by the Canton annexation problem while the American Landfill is still dumping out-of-state waste into a landfill above our aquifer.

The annexation of all of this land is no big deal, really. But this is taking everybody's mind off the landfill's pollution that eventually will affect all of us....Read more.

EPA gets another month to evaluate landfill stench

By ZACH LINT
The Times-Reporter

PIKE TWP - Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility’s odor problems received a reprieve of sorts Friday from Joseph Koncelik, director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

Koncelik, on his last day as director, recommended that the Stark County Board of Health not act on the Bolivar area landfill’s operating permit until the OEPA can determine if the odor issue has sufficiently cleared up. In a letter to Stark County Health Commissioner Bill Franks, Koncelik stated it may take up to 30 days for the OEPA to complete its testing of the area....Read more.

EPA wants more time to evaluate landfill odor

BY Robert Wang
The Canton Repository

PIKE TWP - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it needs at least another month to determine whether the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility has fixed its odor problem.

Two weeks after Countywide’s state-imposed deadline passed to resolve the stench issue, EPA Director Joe Koncelik sent Stark County Health Commissioner William Franks a letter....Read more.

Landfill license is delayed

By Kymberli Hagelberg
The Akron Beacon Journal

PIKE TWP - A southern Stark County landfill will not receive its annual license until it finds a way to clear the air.

According to a letter issued Friday by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the Countywide Recycling and Disposal Center must install additional industrial flares at its Pike Township facility.

The equipment is used to burn off foul odors that have been escaping into air -- upsetting surrounding neighborhoods....Read more.