Saturday, August 18, 2007

 

Temperature increase slight at Countywide

BY Robert Wang
The Canton Repository

PIKE TWP - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is trying to determine what is causing a slight temperature increase within the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility, a state official said Friday.

Ed Gortner, one of the EPA’s enforcement coordinators, said EPA staffers want to look at more temperature readings from the landfill on Gracemont Street SW.

In April, one gas well had a reading of 228 degrees. By June, a nearby well was at 230 degrees. While that may not seem significant, Gortner said Countywide has submitted data indicating higher temperatures throughout the landfill....Read more.