Wednesday, September 05, 2007

 

EPA probes risks to I-77

BY Robert Wang
The Canton Repository

PIKE TWP - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is looking into whether tension cracks and possible slope movement at the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility could affect nearby Interstate 77.

In a letter to the landfill dated Aug. 22, the agency recommended that Countywide by Aug. 27 start installing a series of instruments along its west slope to measure movement of decomposing trash.

EPA spokesman Mike Settles said Tuesday that he believes agency inspectors found tension cracks at the landfill in early August....Read more.