Agreement reached on Countywide dump

The Akron Beacon Journal

PIKE TWP - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency today announced an agreement with Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility in Stark County on stringent orders to end an underground fire and odor problems there.

Republic Services of Ohio must develop and submit a plan for suppressing the underground fire at the Pike Township facility within 60 days.

The EPA must approve the company's plan, and the agency has hired two consultants to help it assess that plan.

The company also agreed to pay more than $1 million in fines for the fire and odors at the 258-acre landfill....Read more.