Consent decree seeks EPA funding for landfill

YOUNGSTOWN — A consent agreement between the Mahoning County Health Board and the owner of the Crory Road Sanitary Landfill will hopefully lead to maintenance money being secured for the facility, a county official said.

Matthew A. Stefanak, county health commissioner, said the agreement essentially indicates that the trust that owns the small landfill, located just north of Baird Brothers Sawmill, has no more money to provide maintaince for the facility.

Stefanak said the purpose of filing the lawsuit today in common pleas court was to show the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency that all efforts had been exhausted to get the property owners to maintain it before seeking EPA funding.

Stefanak said money was available in the property owner’s trust fund for several years after the landfill closed in 1988 to provide the maintenance, but the money has run out.

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