Friday, April 06, 2007

 

Health board won’t put its foot down

The Tribune Chronicle

WARREN - The city of Warren has had years to find an alternative to taking its garbage to a transfer station tied to a controversial, polluted landfill on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Now that the city again finds itself between a rock and hard place, it appears the Warren Health Department will continue to allow the public nuisance.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office filed contempt charges for the second time against Warren Recycling Inc. and Warren Hills LLC, the remnants of the closed construction and demolition debris landfill. Also, the state Environmental Protection Agency ruled Environmental Transfer Systems Inc., located at the same site, did not pass its background check, which is required annually for solid waste facilities looking to renew an operating license....Read more.