Wednesday, March 07, 2007

 

Countywide landfill data mistrusted

BY Robert Wang
The Canton Repository

BOLIVAR - Should the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency rely on data submitted by Countywide landfill?

At a meeting Friday of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District, Tuscarawas County Commissioner Kerry Metzger cited the recent settlement proposal by the Ohio EPA.

Under that proposed agreement, the agency would determine whether Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility was complying with environmental regulations, based in large part on data collected by the landfill....Read more.