Landfill fee hike sought

By PAUL KOSTYU
The Times-Reporter

COLUMBUS - A Stark County lawmaker wants the governor to change course on assessing fees at construction and demolition debris landfills saying the money is needed to monitor groundwater and protect the public.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency dropped plans, three years in the making, to charge a 10-cent per ton fee on waste dumped at the landfills in order to follow Gov. Ted Strickland’s directive that taxes and fees not be raised in the two-year budget he submitted last month to the Legislature....Read more.