EPA orders firebreaks to be installed at landfill

By BARB LIMBACHER
The Times-Reporter

EAST SPARTA - Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility in Pike Township, Stark County, has been instructed by Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Chris Korleski to install a firebreak between cells 8A and 8B.

The letter from Korleski was sent Monday. In the letter he instructed Republic Services of Florida, Countywide’s parent company, to install a firebreak as an interim fire suppression measure.

Countywide submitted data on March 28 in correlation with the OEPA director’s final findings and orders. Analysis of the data led the director to conclude that the fire is migrating beyond the original 88 acres and possibly into the expansion area (cell 7). Cell 8B is a new cell being prepared for future waste disposal.

Korleski said the firebreak is required to be installed to protect human health, safety and environment....Read more.