WARREN Board restricts landfill

The health board approved the license for the company in November.
By PEGGY SINKOVICH
VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF
WARREN -- If a Martin Luther King Avenue landfill wants to continue operating, it must abide by a consent decree with the state attorney general's office and follow several restrictions placed on it by the city health board.
That was the message sent Wednesday to the owners of Warren Hills, the company that manages Warren Recycling Inc., said Mayor Hank Angelo, who serves as the board's president.
The board passed a resolution that would place restrictions on Warren Hills.
The restrictions require that the facility minimize pollutants in storm water runoff; shall not accept more than 1,500 tons per day without approval from the board of health and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency; and keep the hours of operation from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the week, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Company officials could not be reached to comment.
"We feel this is a good administrative move," Angelo said. "Now we can make sure that the consent decree the company has with the state attorney general's office is followed."
Violations alleged
The decree, which was signed in July, settled a complaint from the state alleging violations at the landfill.
The health board approved the license for the company in November. The decision to place the restrictions came after Wednesday's meeting, which was attended by several residents and officials from the state and federal EPA.
EPA officials stated during the meeting that they were disappointed the board had granted the license for the company.
Residents have complained for years about a rotten-egg stench from hydrogen sulfide in the area, which the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and Ohio EPA have said emanates from the landfill.
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