Residents raise many landfill issues

LISBON — More than 600 people have signed petitions over operations at A & L Salvage Inc., according to Columbiana County Commissioner Daniel Bing.

Bing said Wednesday that the petitions will be turned over to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Gov. Ted Strickland, formerly of Lisbon, also asked for feedback from residents by phone or fax. Those numbers were not available.

In these petitions, residents ask for all unlicensed or illegal dumping to stop immediately, any solid or infectious wastes be removed, an evaluation of any contamination in areas around the landfill, disclosure of public records on the landfill’s operation, the OEPA to pursue civil orders and penalties to clean up the landfill, and any applicable criminal prosecution.

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