ORWELL —
An informational session on a solid-waste transfer station proposed for Staley Road in Orwell Township has been set for 6 p.m. Sept. 16.
The Ohio Environmen-tal Protection Agency will hold the meeting at the Orwell Fire Department, 72 E. Main St.
All County Disposal has requested the EPA approve a permit to operate a solid-waste transfer facility on five acres of land at 7669 Staley Road. Mike Settles, an Ohio EPA spokesman, said a typical transfer-station operation involves residential-type garbage trucks bringing refuse to the building and dumping the waste onto an enclosed processing area. The garbage then is processed, such as by removing metals, and then transferred to larger trucks. The processing typically occurs within a fairly short window of time.
Settles said the application calls for a processing area of 98 by 158 feet. The actual building would be 6,000 square feet.
The anticipated daily waste load is 800 tons. It would not accept hazardous wastes. The site is wooded with a clearing and is zoned industrial. There is another parcel between it and the Western Reserve Greenway Trail.
The information session was requested by Orwell Mayor Larry Bottoms, who could not be reached for comment Friday.
Orwell Township Trustee Mark Stackhouse said Bottoms indicated to him that he requested the meeting because three residents wanted more information. He said that the trustees support the project and they have not heard any negative comments from residents.
Issues that typically arise from these stations are the increased truck traffic and associated noise, groundwater safety, rodent control and waste escaping from the site, said Ashtabula County Health Commissioner Ray Saporito.
Stackhouse said access to Staley Road is off Route 322. Staley is a township road, and All County has indicated to trustees that the company would assist with road maintenance. As far as traffic volume goes, Stackhouse said it would be greatly reduced from the days when a factory was operating on the road and some 300 employees traveled on it to get to work.
Saporito said permitting is by the Ohio EPA and the county health department would not have any comment on the project.
“We are obligated, if the EPA approves it … to license and inspect the facility,” Saporito said.
The health department would make up to six inspections of the facility during the first several months of operation, then move to a quarterly inspection schedule. The county would get the annual licensing fee of $750, but Saporito said that would not begin to cover the expense of sending an inspector to the station, completing paperwork and filing it with the state.
Settles said EPA does not deal with the issue that often concerns citizens the most: the increased truck traffic. EPA looks at issues of air quality and groundwater protection. If the EPA issues a permit, it will require Waste Management to install a liquids collection and storage system.
Saporito said that the only comparable waste transfer station he’s aware of in the county is the city of Ashtabula’s on West 24th street. He said the project is probably similar to one proposed for Morgan Township but was stopped by a zoning change.
Settles said no public testimony will be taken on the record at the Sept. 16 session; it is informational only. Copies of the All County Disposal application are available at the Ashtabula County Health Department and Ohio EPA Northeast District Office in Twinsburg.
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