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Weekly Updates* The Stark County, Ohio, Health Department has announced plans to issue a demolition materials transfer site permit to a company out of New Jersey that will be operating on a two-acre plot of ground in Louisville's industrial park, according to a report in the Alliance Review (Alliance, Ohio).
According to Stark County Health Commissioner Bill Franks, this may be the only county in the state that requires licensing for transfer station operations, and state laws do not cover them.
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A different company tried to get a permit to operate a transfer station at the same location two to three years ago, and when asked about the differences between the two, Franks explained the previous company had wanted the county to give them a variance because they wanted to transfer up to 50 percent solid waste, which the Ohio EPA allows.
"But this company (Hudson Logistics Inc. out of Passaic, N.J.) told us that's all they want to transfer is C&D material. So, until they would violate these rules, we're pretty much obligated to approve their application for a permit," Franks tells the Review.
The application for the site permit states the property is owned by Groffre Investments and Hudson Logistics will be leasing at least two acres of ground to operate on. The anticipated total demolition material to be transferred yet this year is listed as 25,000 tons with a total yearly transfer capacity anticipated at 100,000 tons.
The construction and demolition debris trans-load operations plan submitted by Hudson Logistics Inc. states the site is located with access to Broadway Road Northeast on the west boundary and runs along the Norfolk Southern rail line to the south, giving it direct rail access from the Norfolk Southern Canton Rail Yard, which is on the west side of Broadway Road, according to the report.
The facility will only accept C&D debris for trans-load and no other material will be delivered into the facility. Material delivered to the site will be properly inspected and segregated at its origin to ensure the material delivered consists only of C&D debris, the company says.
The C&D debris will be delivered to the site on railcars and will be spotted for trans-load along the side of the off-loading platform, which will consist of an existing 6-foot high retaining wall and an earth platform. The material will be loaded with an excavator directly onto a waiting truck. No material will be stockpiled on the ground for any reason, and dust suppression will be accomplished by the use of water nozzles.
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