More time needed to solve landfill stink
The Akron Beacon Journal
PIKE TWP - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it needs more time to determine what to do about a foul-smelling landfill in southern Stark County.
PIKE TWP - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it needs more time to determine what to do about a foul-smelling landfill in southern Stark County.
The agency had been expected to make a recommendation by Dec. 31 on the 2007 operating permit for Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility in Pike Township to the Stark County Health Department.
But the agency needs more time, especially with new EPA Director Christopher Korleski not taking office until Feb. 1, said agency spokesman Mike Settles.
The EPA on Monday advised the Stark County Health Department of the delay.
The odors have plagued residents of southern Stark and northern Tuscarawas counties since last spring. That led the EPA to declare the 258-acre landfill to be a public nuisance.
