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sorry for the landfill typo..

That info is from a discussion with MHM.

When speaking to people in the industry in the states they are not short of evidence of saltslag environmental disaster.

eg this $10 M Fine

http://www.cantonrep.com/news/x576530196/Countywide-landfill-owner-to-pay-10-million-fine



The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Stark County Board of Health have finalized a multimillion-dollar settlement with the owner of the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility.

According to the settlement filed Wednesday with Stark County Common Pleas Court, Republic Services will pay the state a $10 million fine due to its failure to extinguish an ?aluminum dross reaction/fire? in the Countywide landfill in Pike Township and to resolve allegations of other rule violations.

The EPA says $3 million will go into a Community Benefit Fund that will ?pay for civic projects that benefit communities around the landfill.? The other $7 million will be deposited into a fund devoted to cleaning up landfills that were closed decades ago.

?It doesn?t make up for years of putting up with odors,? said Ohio EPA spokesman Mike Settles, who didn?t know how the agency decided on the $3 million figure. ?But hopefully ... that money can be applied to civic projects that will both enhance the communities and enhance the lives of those living in those communities.?

Republic also will pay the Stark County Health Department $300,000 to cover the costs of odor monitoring, said the health department?s attorney Deborah Dawson. She added that the Board of Health voted 7-0 Wednesday morning to approve the settlement.

The Ohio EPA has approved dividing oversight of Countywide into two areas. The original 88 acres of the landfill, where the reaction and fire is located, will remain under Ohio EPA supervision. The state agency says it will ensure that gas wells, flares, a liquid collection system and a plastic cap continue to contain the reaction and fire.

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