Dive Summary:
- Ohio's Trumbull County Health Department has appealed a decision from the Ohio EPA that allows Trans Rail America's landfill license to be evaluated under old state regulations
- Ohio House Bill 397 created strict environmental controls for landfills in the state. Existing landfills, however, were grandfathered under previous regulations. The Ohio EPA ruled that Trans America met the grandfather provisions because, without a state moratorium, the landfill in question would have been complete at the time of the bill
- Ohio's Health Department claims that the grandfather provision is not valid because the original application was not complete and because Trans America no longer owns the property in question
From the article:
Trumbull County's Health Department has appealed a recent decision by the director of the Ohio EPA that would permit Trans Rail America's landfill license application to be evaluated under old state regulations.
The demolition debris landfill is proposed for a site in Hubbard Township.
The Health Department and its attorney Rob Kokor filed the appeal with the Environmental Review Appeals Commission July 11, taking issue with Trans Rail's use of a ''grandfather clause'' contained in Amended House Bill 397.
Ohio EPA Director Scott J. Nally informed Trans Rail on Chestnut Ridge Road in June that its landfill license application submitted prior to July 1, 2005, will be reviewed and the license issued or denied in accordance with old Ohio law.
