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Uniontown site needs radiation tests, group says of EPA proposal
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Thursday, May 15, 2008
A grass-roots group is lobbying to ensure that a now-closed toxic-waste dump in Uniontown is not sold or given away.
Concerned Citizens of Lake Township has written to federal, state and county officials seeking to block the proposed sale of the 30-acre Industrial Excess Landfill off Cleveland Avenue Northwest.
In a statement submitted to the U.S. Justice Department, the group said it fears the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to conduct proper radiation testing at the site and that buried plutonium could pose a significant health threat.
''The selling/giving of this site to anyone other than proper radiation authorities such as the (U.S.) Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should be prohibited by the Department of Justice,'' spokeswoman Chris Borello said.
Her group called on Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, members of Congress, state legislative leaders and the Stark County commissioners to prohibit sale of the property or donation to Lake Township as an undeveloped nature preserve.
Concerned Citizens of Lake Township continues to push for congressional hearings on the dump radiation issue, although the EPA insists that radiation is not a problem.
On April 11, the federal government kicked off a public-comment period on disposing of the site.
The plan calls for Industrial Excess Landfill Inc. to sell off the landfill with restrictions on the property's use imposed by the EPA. The proceeds would help the EPA recoup a portion of its costs in dealing with the site.
The restrictions include no residences, no excavating and no wells on the property.
The plan must be approved by U.S. District Judge Peter C. Economus in Youngstown.
The four companies held liable for monitoring pollution at the site — Goodyear, Bridgestone-Firestone, B.F. Goodrich and GenCorp — have said they would like to see the former landfill turned into a community-based nature preserve.
Toxic waste remains buried at the site. The contaminated aquifer is being monitored and allowed to naturally cleanse itself. Methane gas had been collected and burned, although that system has been turned off for a couple of years.
Between 1966 and 1980, the landfill accepted both household trash and toxic waste.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
A grass-roots group is lobbying to ensure that a now-closed toxic-waste dump in Uniontown is not sold or given away.
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