GUARD Committee Members,
Since we are not holding a GUARD meeting this month, I thought I would share some information that may be of interest:
1. Automobile Shredder to be located in Girard:
At the Girard City Council meeting on September 8th, Dan Moadus, former city councilman, gave a short talk during the "Citizen's Comments" section of the meeting. He was upset that he recently found out that Interstate Shredding has started foundation work, and plans to install a metal shredder large enough to handle school buses. The facility will be located in an area adjacent to the now closed Indalux Aluminum plant on the south side of Girard. When Sam Pagano asked which city councilman were aware of this companies plans, only Frank Migliozzi and Joe Shelby knew about it.
It is difficult to believe that Girard city residents were not informed of administration plans to invite this type of facility into the city. Mayor James Melfi is welcoming the new plant. To read his views, and, also more comments from Dan Moadus, the article from the Tribune Chronicle written by Raymond Smith, is attached for your review.
Sam and I also attended the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Wednesday evening, Sept 10th. We found out the Mayor and City Engineer approved the permits instead of the Zoning Inspector which would have been the normal course of events. At the meeting we learned that 55 families on Emma and Maple Streets live close to the proposed facility, some are within 600 feet. Dan said that he is concerned with odors and noise from explosions . Odors are likely to be coming from wet "fluf" which remains from the shredded cars after all of the metals are seperated and removed. Noise and ground vibration are likely to be caused from propane tanks exploding during to the shredding process (some people get rid of old rusty propane tanks by leaving them in the trunks of their junk cars).
Two representatives from Interstate Shredding attended the Zoning meeting, Mike Clayman (Liberty Township), and Fred Knox (Vienna Township). When asked wher the nearest shredder of the same type and power was located, their repy was Houston, Texas. The machine in Texas, and the one proposed for Girard is a large machine that will handle 100 inch wide material (8 feet - 4 inches wide), and the motors that drive it are rated at 4000 Horsepower.
2. Eminent Domain Trial scheduled for November 19th:
Also at the Girard City Council meeting Monday evening, City Attorney Mark Standohar gave us some information regarding the upcoming Eminent Domain trial. The trial would settle a dispute between Girard City Administration and the Youngstown Belt Railway Company for rights to the land behind the Golf Dome. The City is trying to purchase the land for a city park which would also prevent the Railroad from installing a C&DD Landfill on the property.
Mark stated that the railroad attorneys filed for dismissal of the trial on grounds that the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court does not have "Subject Matter Jurisdiction" on railroad property. The RR attorneys said that selling the property interferes with interstate commerce, and the matter should be decided by the National Transportation Review Board (that is the name I think Mark used but I could not find it on a GOOGLE search). At any rate, Mark said we should know what will happen in the next few months.
3. Status of Total Waste Logistics (TWL) north side landfill application:
I called Deputy Health Commissioner James Dobson with regards to the status of TWL's application because the Girard Board of Health was on summer recess during July and August. Jim did not know much, and suggested I call Attorneys Kurt Latell or Mark Standohar. I phoned Kurt who told me that not much has happened lately, and he is waiting for the Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC) to schedule a hearing date for the Latell/Standohar appeal of TWL's landfill application. To refresh your memory, Attorney Kurt Latell and Girard City attorney Mark Standohar filed an appeal in January 2007 to try and reverse the ruling of the Ohio EPA Director (he approved the application) on Total Waste Logistics landfill application.
ERAC is an appellate review commission which is separate and distinct from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
Regards, Richard Natoli
Secretary, GUARD
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