Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) have announced that Sunny Farms Landfill, owned by Tunnel Hill Partners, Stamford, Connecticut, has agreed to pay $1.71 million in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of past water pollution, solid waste and air pollution control laws. The company also has agreed to pay an additional $2.01 million for underreported and mischaracterized fees associated with waste entering landfill facilities.
The OEPA took enforcement action against the Seneca County, Ohio, landfill in January 2019 following complaints of pungent odors emanating from the site. From October 2018 through December 2018, the public made 276 odor complaints to the landfill.
The settlements state that $1.1 million of the fine will be paid to the OEPA and $600,000 will be held The Fostoria, Ohio, Community Trust. The trust is being created for the purpose of improving public health and wellness in and around the Fostoria community and/or for the protection, conservation, preservation and enhancement of the air, water, public lands and natural resources in and around Fostoria.
The settlements include benchmarks and regulations about future operations at the landfill.
The Seneca County Health Board had threatened to deny Sunny Farms its operating license.
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