Ohio EPA opposes cap at Stark landfill

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is directing the company that owns the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility in southern Stark County not to proceed with capping parts of the landfill.

Capping those sections of the Pike Township landfill would be premature and a violation of EPA Director Chris Korleski's orders, as well as state law, Ed Gortner said Tuesday in an EPA letter to Republic Waste Services of Ohio.

The EPA wants the company to delay installing a permanent cap of clay and a synthetic liner until Korleski decides what steps are needed to extinguish underground fires at the 258-acre landfill....Read more.