Friday, August 10, 2007

 

Landfill rules needed, one way or another

The Canton Repository

CANTON - Do Stark and two neighboring counties have a legal say in how their landfills operate? That is a question Judge Richard D. Reinbold Jr. will answer. We hope he finds that the law is on Stark County’s side. If not, Stark-area state legislators should consider the ball in their court.

Reinbold, of Stark County Common Pleas Court, is hearing a lawsuit bought by the National Solid Waste Management Association. The trade group maintains that the Stark- Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District did not have the authority last year to create rules for operation of landfills in the district....Read more.