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The Canton Repository

PIKE TWP - After the new director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency figures out how to deal with the odor at a Stark County landfill in the short term, he should look into whether his agency is doing all it can do to deal with such problems in the long term.

When EPA Director Chris Korleski toured the Countywide landfill in Pike Township last week, he said that ending the odor that has plagued the area for months is his top priority. Countywide officials have said that the odor stems from a chemical reaction caused by liquid coming into contact with a waste product in the disintegration of aluminum. A pilot who took infrared images of the landfill has told the EPA he believes the problem is an underground fire....Read more.