Saturday, July 14, 2007

 

EPA sets landfill-fund criteria

The Canton Repository

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has set criteria for distributing money out of a fund related to problems at the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility.

Under an order from the agency in March, Countywide agreed to pay more than a $1 million fine, after odors from the Pike Township landfill affected hundreds of residents in the area. Of that money, $250,000 will go into a Community Benefit Fund....Read more.