Industrial Excess Landfill
Uniontown, Ohio

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT CCLT'S WEBSITE AT: http://www.afsc.net/cclt/index.htm

NEW!!! October 11, 2006 - Read the Cleveland Free Times COVER STORY, Buried Secrets - Activists Fear a Landfill Near Canton May Contain Illegally Dumped Radioactive Waste. (pdf Version) or visit their website at: http://www.freetimes.com/story/4185

PUBLIC MEETING! On Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Concerned Citizens of Lake Township (CCLT) held a public meeting to share conclusions of their report on radiation at the Industrial Excess Landfill (IEL) in Uniontown. CCLT received a $50,000 grant from the national group RESOLVE a few years ago to use to hire consultants to review existing data and conduct/analyze new water samples surrounding the site (the consultants were denied access to the site itself).

Read the Akron Beacon Journal article(pdf) and Canton Repository article(pdf) regarding this meeting.

July 10, 2006 - Read Economic Justice & Empowerment Committee Member, Joe Mosyjowski's Voice of the People letter to Akron Beacon Journal's Editor HERE (pdf).

Overview
Buried Truth
Nothing Less than a Whitewash - April 1995 article from the Environmental Health Network
Fact Sheet
AFSC testimony to EPA Ombudsman
AFSC testimony to EPA Region 5
Talking points on Superfund, regulatory agencies and corporations
Links:
EPA Website regarding IEL Clean-up

Major Media Coverage
• WKSU, 89.7 FM has been covering recent developments regarding IEL, beginning with a  3-part series in March,  as well as coverage of the EPA community meetings in April 2002.  To listen to  clips of these broadcasts go to WKSU Online. (http://www.wksu.org/news/features/landfill/)
• Read an excellent article "See No Evil"  by Martin Kuz featured in the April 25 edition of Cleveland Scene Magazine.  The online article can be viewed at www.clevescene.com.  A text version of this article can  be viewed HERE.
• WKYC Target 3 Investigation

• June 17, 2004 - Canton Repository Article - Rubber Companies Settle IEL Suit
• June 4, 2004 - Canton Repository Article - EPA's Plan to Close 33 Old Wells at IEL Called into Question
• January 26, 2004 - Letter to the Editor/Canton Repository - Rep is right to question EPA ombudsman’s independence

• October 16, 2003 - Letter to the Editor - Canton Repository - Real issue is whether remedy for pollution works at area landfill by Greg Coleridge, AFSC
• October 3, 2003 - 33 wells to close at dump - EPA plans to abandon some Uniontown monitoring sites. Group wants more tests By Bob Downing, Beacon Journal staff writer
• June 3, 2003 - AFSC FILES MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT ON WITHHELD RADIATION DOCUMENTS
Proposed Memorandum and Order - Gregory D. Coleridge, Plaintiff v. Department of the Army, United States Environmental Protection Agency, and United States Department of Energy - June 3, 2003
Supplement to Motion for Summary Judgment - Gregory D. Coleridge, Plaintiff v. Department of the Army, United States Environmental Protection Agency, and United States Department of Energy - June 3, 2003
Martin Affidavit - Declaration of Robert J. Martin, National Hazardous and Solid Waste Ombudsman for the EPA from 10/18/1997 until 4/22/2002 given on June 2, 2003
 • April 25, 2003 - Lake officials support closing two IEL test wells - By KELLY HILL Repository staff writer
• March 2, 2003 - Group claims proof of man-made uranium at IEL - By KELLY HILL Repository staff writer
• February 19, 2003 - Was Franklin used to divert attention from serious pollution? - Letter to the  Editor/Canton Repository from Chris Borello, CCLT.
• February 13, 2003 - Ohio EPA confronts possible death sentence By PAUL E. KOSTYU Copley Columbus Bureau chief 
• February 9, 2003 - Published version of letter to the editor of the Respository - by Greg Coleridge

• September 6, 2002 - Landfill opponents hardly `lunatics' - Letter to the Editor/Beacon Journal by Chris Borello, President of CCLT
• August 30, 2002 - Former ombudsman reaches deal, won’t be returning to EPA - By PAUL M. KRAWZAK Copley Washington correspondent
• July 25, 2002 - Need for EPA ombudsman not clear-cut in Lake landfill case - By KELLY HILL Repository staff writer 
• July 24, 2002 - Community divided on IEL remedy - By KELLY HILL Repository staff writer
• July 23, 2002 - Plain Dealer Article - Ohio EPA not guarding public, employees say - By Julie Carr Smyth Plain Dealer Bureau
• July 22, 2002 - Canton Repository Editorial - Does EPA believe in mission to protect?
• July 17, 2002 - Ombudsman losing power, EPA reveals - By PAUL M. KRAWZAK, Copley Washington correspondent 
• July 17, 2002 - Response to Sue Ruley letter’s on POGO report to Senate Committee on the Industrial Excess Landfill (IEL)
• June 23, 2002 - MUSTARD SEEDS Rick Senften Repository special projects editor
• April 24, 2002 - Canton Repository Editorial - Should EPA define its own oversight? 
• April 22, 2002 - Canton Repository Editorial - Agency has little to back up its claim
• April 22, 2002 - Akron Beacon Journal - Voice of the People - EPA needs to come clean on landfill by Greg Coleridge
• April 19, 2002 - Lake residents discuss plan to plant trees
Canton Repository article by KELLY HILL and BRAD DAVIS (Repository staff writers).
• April 8, 2002 - CCLT President, Chris Borello's letter to the Canton Repository Editor: A Rep has turned its back on Lake Township citizens group.
• April 4, 2002 - PRESS RELEASE - Greg Coleridge, AFSC, comments on the EPA's cleanup proposal.
• April 4, 2002 - EPA proposes more trees, plants, and improved monitoring at site - By KELLY HILL Repository staff writer 
• April 4, 2002 - Beacon Journal staff writer, Bob Downing reports on the EPA's third clean-up plan for IEL
• February 22, 2002 - Plea made for federal inquiry - Groups push for new investigation into allegations radioactive materials at Stark toxic waste site, by Bob Downing, Akron Beacon Journal staff writer
• February 21, 2002 - CALL FOR USEPA ADMINISTRATOR WHITMAN TO DELAY CHANGE OF IEL CLEAN UP PLANS; CALL FOR USEPA OMBUDSMAN TO RESUME INVESTIGATION                                                         
• January 19, 2002 - Group demands radiation records - by Bob Downing, Akron Beacon Journal
• January 18, 2002 - PRESS RELEASE - Social Action Group Files Suit On Radiation At Uniontown Dump                                                     
• January 14, 2002 -  Terrorists aren't the only source of toxic threat - Chris Borello, President of Concerned Citizens of Lake Township, writes letter to the editor of the Beacon Journal.  
• January 8, 2002 - AFSC Staff calls for Department of Justice to release radiation information!

• December 2, 2001 - Radiation? Mystery may never be solved at IEL.  - article by BRAD DAVIS Repository staff writer.
• October 16, 2001 - Second Letter - Subject: Examination of the data and associated information on the radionuclide problem in the Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund site.
• September 27, 2001 - Letter - Subject: Examination of the data and associated information on the radionuclide problem in the Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund site.
• September 7, 2001 - Companies Say Water Is Okay
• September 1, 2001 - Radiation Testing to End at IEL...
• Stark County Crisis - Statement by Greg Coleridge, AFSC
• March 2001 - Letter to the Editor - Ground Water Testing
• April 24, 2001 - Why won't Congressman Sawyer meet with the people?
• February 16, 2001 - Letter to Congressmen Sawyer
• February 14, 2001 - Letter to EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman

 

  
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