EPA tells landfill to install firebreak
BY Robert Wang
The Canton Repository
PIKE TWP - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that an underground fire is spreading throughout the original 88 acres of the Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility.
In a letter dated Monday, EPA Director Chris Korleski said that the fire could be moving into Cell 7, the first constructed section of the landfill's 170-acre expansion, which began taking waste in early 2005.
Korleski has ordered the landfill to take safety precautions - one in the form of a cleared strip of land - to keep the fire from spreading.
"In an effort to prevent further spread of the fire and to avoid adding additional fuel (waste) to the fire, I believe installation of a firebreak is required to protect human health, safety and the environment," Korleski wrote....Read more.
The Canton Repository
PIKE TWP - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that an underground fire is spreading throughout the original 88 acres of the Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility.
In a letter dated Monday, EPA Director Chris Korleski said that the fire could be moving into Cell 7, the first constructed section of the landfill's 170-acre expansion, which began taking waste in early 2005.
Korleski has ordered the landfill to take safety precautions - one in the form of a cleared strip of land - to keep the fire from spreading.
"In an effort to prevent further spread of the fire and to avoid adding additional fuel (waste) to the fire, I believe installation of a firebreak is required to protect human health, safety and the environment," Korleski wrote....Read more.
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