EPA sets landfill-fund criteria
The Canton Repository
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has set criteria for distributing money out of a fund related to problems at the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility.
Under an order from the agency in March, Countywide agreed to pay more than a $1 million fine, after odors from the Pike Township landfill affected hundreds of residents in the area. Of that money, $250,000 will go into a Community Benefit Fund.
The agency said it would favor doling out money from the fund to projects that:
• Are an investment in the future of the community.
• Are supported by local governments.
• Would improve the environment in a community.
• Would provide environmental education.
People have until Aug. 10 to submit suggestions on what to do with the money. People who've done so already don't have to again.
E-mail ideas to: communityfund@epa.state.oh.us. Mail them to Ohio EPA, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, OH 43216-1049, or fax to (614) 644-2737.
The EPA said project proposals will be put up on the EPA's Countywide landfill page at:
www.epa.state.oh.us/pic/countywide.html.
People will be free to comment on them before the agency decides whether to approve the projects.
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has set criteria for distributing money out of a fund related to problems at the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility.
Under an order from the agency in March, Countywide agreed to pay more than a $1 million fine, after odors from the Pike Township landfill affected hundreds of residents in the area. Of that money, $250,000 will go into a Community Benefit Fund.
The agency said it would favor doling out money from the fund to projects that:
• Are an investment in the future of the community.
• Are supported by local governments.
• Would improve the environment in a community.
• Would provide environmental education.
People have until Aug. 10 to submit suggestions on what to do with the money. People who've done so already don't have to again.
E-mail ideas to: communityfund@epa.state.oh.us. Mail them to Ohio EPA, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, OH 43216-1049, or fax to (614) 644-2737.
The EPA said project proposals will be put up on the EPA's Countywide landfill page at:
www.epa.state.oh.us/pic/countywide.html.
People will be free to comment on them before the agency decides whether to approve the projects.
