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Ohio agency unsure what caused spike at Countywide last weekend
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Saturday, Apr 05, 2008
BOLIVAR: The odors last weekend from the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility were especially pungent, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday.
The agency is unsure why the ''very intense odors'' from the landfill in southern Stark County were so powerful, EPA staffer Kurt Princic told the governing board of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District.
In the past, the number of complaints from landfill neighbors has jumped when Florida-based Republic Services Inc., the landfill owner and operator, was drilling into the 88-acre tract that has created odors, underground fires and excessive settling for the last two years.
But the company was not conducting such work last Saturday and Sunday and EPA staffers, who confirmed the foul odors, were unable to explain why they were so bad, Princic said.
The Stark County Health Department registered 63 odor complaints in March, up from the 45 in February, he said. There were 100 such complaints in January, he said.
Princic also reported that the company has installed four special wells to remove excessive liquids from the landfill, although it will take several months to determine if that step will help solve the problems.
The company is having problems getting the pumps to work because of the corrosive nature of the leachate or liquid, he said.
The company has also submitted a proposed plan on dealing with airborne toxic chemicals including dioxins and furans, both cancer-causing pollutants, and the Ohio EPA is reviewing those plans, he said.
The EPA is also continuing to investigate how solid waste and liquid came to be outside the lined area on the landfill's southern slope, he said.
The company intends to add 36 new gas-extraction wells and replace 23 gas-extraction wells with problems, he said.
The Ohio EPA is fairly confident that slope issues at the landfill are not a major concern now, Princic said.
The Ohio EPA has been joined by the U.S. EPA and both agencies are heavily involved in the Countywide problem, said Ohio EPA staffer Boll Skowronski.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
BOLIVAR: The odors last weekend from the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility were especially pungent, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday.
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