Strickland to impose debris landfill fee after all
BY Paul Kostyu
The Canton Repository
COLUMBUS - Gov. Ted Strickland’s administration reversed course and now appears ready to impose fees on construction and demolition debris landfills to help monitor groundwater.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it was seeking comment on a rule that would impose a 5 cents per cubic yard or 10 cents per ton fee on the disposal of construction and demolition debris.
In April, Strickland dropped the fee from the budget he proposed to the General Assembly, even though lawmakers had authorized the imposition of the fees in 2004, during the administration of Gov. Bob Taft. The budget went into effect July 1 without the fee included....Read more.
The Canton Repository
COLUMBUS - Gov. Ted Strickland’s administration reversed course and now appears ready to impose fees on construction and demolition debris landfills to help monitor groundwater.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it was seeking comment on a rule that would impose a 5 cents per cubic yard or 10 cents per ton fee on the disposal of construction and demolition debris.
In April, Strickland dropped the fee from the budget he proposed to the General Assembly, even though lawmakers had authorized the imposition of the fees in 2004, during the administration of Gov. Bob Taft. The budget went into effect July 1 without the fee included....Read more.
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