Mayor: Recycling’s woes shouldn’t affect garbage
The Tribune Chronicle
WARREN - Mayor Michael J. O’Brien said Friday residents shouldn’t worry about trash piling up because of problems with Warren Recycling Inc.
‘‘I am confident the problems can be resolved and garbage collection will not be interrupted,’’ O’Brien said.
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office filed contempt charges Thursday for the second time against Warren Recycling Inc. and Warren Hills LLC. Also Thursday, the state Environmental Protection Agency ruled Environmental Transfer Systems Inc. did not pass its background check, which is required annually for solid waste facilities looking to renew an operating license.
‘‘The background check showed that WRI (Warren Recycling Inc) is the owner of the landfill facility and is the operator of the transfer station and because of outstanding compliance issues with Warren Recycling it is not in substantial compliance,’’ said Ed Gortner, of the OEPA’s Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement Unit.
In the second contempt order, Attorney General Marc Dann charges that Warren Recycling and Warren Hills LLC have failed to properly manage and control leachate; failed to submit an approvable closure plan; failed to submit a post-closure plan; failed to implement groundwater monitoring, and that each defendant failed to pay $325,000 in stipulated penalties ordered by the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on Nov. 16, 2005.
O’Brien said the Warren City Health Department talked with Ohio EPA officials Friday. He also said the city is aware of the issues Dann’s office has with Warren Recycling.
‘‘I am not at liberty to discuss the details of that conversation, but I can assure residents the problem with Warren Recycling is not health-related or environment-related. It’s more of a paperwork issue,’’ he said.
The mayor said garbage collection in the city will continue on the same days and times without interruption.
WARREN - Mayor Michael J. O’Brien said Friday residents shouldn’t worry about trash piling up because of problems with Warren Recycling Inc.
‘‘I am confident the problems can be resolved and garbage collection will not be interrupted,’’ O’Brien said.
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office filed contempt charges Thursday for the second time against Warren Recycling Inc. and Warren Hills LLC. Also Thursday, the state Environmental Protection Agency ruled Environmental Transfer Systems Inc. did not pass its background check, which is required annually for solid waste facilities looking to renew an operating license.
‘‘The background check showed that WRI (Warren Recycling Inc) is the owner of the landfill facility and is the operator of the transfer station and because of outstanding compliance issues with Warren Recycling it is not in substantial compliance,’’ said Ed Gortner, of the OEPA’s Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement Unit.
In the second contempt order, Attorney General Marc Dann charges that Warren Recycling and Warren Hills LLC have failed to properly manage and control leachate; failed to submit an approvable closure plan; failed to submit a post-closure plan; failed to implement groundwater monitoring, and that each defendant failed to pay $325,000 in stipulated penalties ordered by the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on Nov. 16, 2005.
O’Brien said the Warren City Health Department talked with Ohio EPA officials Friday. He also said the city is aware of the issues Dann’s office has with Warren Recycling.
‘‘I am not at liberty to discuss the details of that conversation, but I can assure residents the problem with Warren Recycling is not health-related or environment-related. It’s more of a paperwork issue,’’ he said.
The mayor said garbage collection in the city will continue on the same days and times without interruption.
