Landfill road repairs in limbo

By BARB LIMBACHER
The Times-Reporter

BOLIVAR - Don’t expect to see smoother roads around Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility any time soon.

After a lengthy discussion with Stark County Engineer Mike Rehfus about repairing the haul roads around the landfill in Pike Township of Stark County, Rehfus was left in limbo by the board of directors of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District at Friday’s meeting.

Twice the board’s vote ended 4-4, with the tie denying the granting of the funds. The first vote was for $119,394 to repair the roads immediately. The second was for $147,756, which included $30,000 spent by Stark County earlier in the year....Read more.

Stark to ask landfill to pay for repair of 4 roads

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

BOLIVAR - The Stark County engineer will ask a landfill operator for money to help repair county roads used by garbage trucks en route to the company site.

Stark County Engineer Michael Rehfus said he will make that request of the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility after the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Solid Waste Management District voted twice Friday against allocating money for the repaving.

Rehfus said he was prepared to suggest that the load limits be reduced on the four county roads used by heavily loaded garbage trucks bound for the landfill in Pike Township, a move that would reduce damage to the roads but could have a major impact on garbage haulers and on the 258-acre landfill....Read more.

Waste district denies funding

BY Robert Wang
The Canton Repository

BOLIVAR - Gayle Jackson is no longer a Stark County commissioner, and that may mean roads damaged by garbage trucks won’t get fixed any time soon.

The board of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District voted Friday to deny spending $147,757 on repairs for roads used by trucks that carry waste to the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility....Read more.

Countywide: years for fix - Company maintains that there's no fire at controversial landfill

By PAUL KOSTYU
The Times-Reporter

COLUMBUS - Maintaining its view that there are no underground fires at the Countywide landfill, Republic Services of Ohio said in its Fire Suppression Plan to the Ohio EPA that fixing problems there will take years. Critics accused the company of wanting to maintain the status quo to the detriment of landfill neighbors.

In March, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency ordered the com-pany to submit a plan by Tuesday to deal with the fires within the 258-acre Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility.

In the plan, the company said excavating the 88 acres where the problems have occurred would take 10 years to complete, “be prohibitively expensive,” “create significant health and safety concerns for site workers” and “create significant air emissions resulting in overwhelming odor impacts for the community.”...Read more.

EPA receives landfill plan for fire safety

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

PIKE TWP - Placing a synthetic liner over a portion of a major landfill in southern Stark County is the best way to extinguish the underground fires there.

That's the conclusion of a 62-page fire-suppression plan submitted Friday to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and released Tuesday on the EPA's Web site.

The plan was prepared for Republic Waste Services of Ohio for its Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility, a 258-acre landfill in Pike Township that takes in about half of Summit County's trash. The company faced a Tuesday deadline to submit its fire plan to the state under a March 28 agreement....Read more.

Fire suppression plan submitted for landfill

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

PIKE TWP - Additional capping over the next three to six years is the best way to extinguish fires at a major landfill in southern Stark County.

That's the proposal prepared for Republic Waste Services of Ohio for dealing with underground fires at its Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility in Pike Township.

The 62-page fire-suppression plan was submitted late Friday to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and released today on the EPA's Web site....Read more.