Ohio EPA is on the dump case

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

BOLIVAR - Dealing with the problems at Countywide Disposal & Recycling Facility in southern Stark County is the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's No. 1 priority.

That's what Chris Korleski, the EPA's new director, told the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Solid Waste Management District board, describing the landfill as ``significantly malfunctioning.''

The 258-acre site in Pike Township has been producing foul-smelling odors for months and has either a smoldering underground fire or a severe chemical reaction in buried wastes, he said....Read more.