The Red Brick Times

It is not unusual to find old or closed landfills. So why does everyone pretend that the problem isn't there? One reason is that when you dig up all the bad stuff in one old landfill, it needs to be trucked away and put into another landfill. A closed site in the Marshes of Sandusky continues to add to the water contamination problem that makes the fish unsafe to eat.

To put a community spin on it,
the Ohio EPA list of land fill sites for Lorain County, Ohio shows the following:

LORAIN AMHERST QUARRY QUARRY RD SOUTH AMHERST 44001
LORAIN ARROW ALUMINUM CASTING CO 33659 WALKER ROAD AVON LAKE 44012
LORAIN AVON LAKE LANDFILL CLINTON & MILLER RD AVON LAKE 44012
LORAIN AVON LAKE MERCURY SPILL 31990 WALKER ROAD AVON LAKE 44012
LORAIN BLACK RIVER HARBOR AREA RIVER MOUTH TO E 31ST BRIDGE LORAIN 44055
LORAIN BROTHERTON LANDFILL ST RTE 10 RUSSIA TOWNSHIP 44035
LORAIN CATALYST RESOURCES INC ELYRIA PLT 555 GARDEN STREET ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN CHEMICAL RECOVERY 142 LOCUST ST ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN CHEMTRON CORP 35850 SCHNEIDER CT AVON 44011
LORAIN EDK IRON WORKS 447 OBERLIN ROAD ELYRIA 44052
LORAIN ELYRIA CITY LANDFILL GARDEN ST ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN ELYRIA FIELD WEST RIDGE AT DELLAFIELD RD AMHERST TWP 45014
LORAIN ELYRIA PESTICIDE MULTI-SITE INVESTIGATION LORAIN
LORAIN ELYRIA PLASTIC PROD PLT 801 BOND ST ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN FORD MOTOR CO OHIO TRUCK PLT 650 MILLER RD AVON LAKE 44012
LORAIN FORD MOTOR COMPANY LORAIN ASSEMBLY PLANT 5401 BAUMHART ROAD LORAIN 44053
LORAIN FORD RD IND LANDFILL FORD RD ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN FORMER NORDSON CORP FACILITY 4937 MILLS INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY NORTH RIDGEVILLE 44039
LORAIN GLAZE PLATING 205 PARMELY ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN GMC FISHER BODY DIV ELYRIA PLT 1400 LOWELL ST ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN GOODRICH B F CO CHEM GROUP AVON LAKE 33571 WALKER RD AVON LAKE 44012
LORAIN HARSHAW CHEM CO EAST 29TH ST ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN HARSHAW CHEM CO 113 JOHN STREET ELYRIA 44054
LORAIN HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP LANDFILL BURSLEY RD/CLARK RD WELLINGTON 44090
LORAIN JAMES COBB'S WAREHOUSE 711 WOOSTER-AVON LAKE RD EATON TWP. 45320
LORAIN LORAIN CITY LANDFILL SR 611 & ROOT RD LORAIN 44035
LORAIN LORAIN COUNTY PESTICIDES 818 N. CENTRAL DRIVE LORAIN 44055
LORAIN MOEN INC 377 WOODLAND AVENUE ELYRIA 44036
LORAIN PESTICIDE FIRE 2920 WEST RIVER RD LORAIN 44055
LORAIN PRUIT & GRACE 1228 WEST 15TH STREET LORAIN 44054
LORAIN REPUBLIC STEEL QUARRY 525 15TH ST ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN ROSS INCINERATION SERVICE INC 394 GILES ROAD GRAFTON 44044
LORAIN SNAPP'S RESTAURANT 711 CLEVELAND ST ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN SPRING ST DUMP DIRT RD OFF SPRING ST OBERLIN 44074
LORAIN TAPPAN STOVE MANUFACTURING PLANT 206 - 208 WOODFORD AVENUE ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN TURUCO MOORE ROAD AVON 44011
LORAIN US STEEL CORP LORAIN PLT 1807 E 28TH STREET LORAIN 44055
LORAIN WESTERN ENTERPRISES 33672 PIN OAK PARKWAY AVON LAKE 44012
LORAIN WOODFORD ROAD QUARRY PIT NEAR 231 WOODFORD AVE ELYRIA 44035
LORAIN XERXES FIBERGLASS INC 34250 MILL ST AVON 44011

Here is the County by County List of the Ohio brownfield sites published by the Columbus Dispatch online edition. Interestingly enough, the Ohio EPA "stopped making portions of the database available to the public last year after a state commission ruled the list violated the property rights of Dayton Power & Light, a utility company. With the state preparing to spend $200 million in taxpayer-financed bonds to clean up sites, The Dispatch obtained the list through Ohio's open records law. Not all of the state's contaminated sites are on the list. Also, some sites that have been cleaned up are still on the list, such as the Adams Mark Hotel and the Miranova condominiums in Downtown Columbus." Your tax dollars at work, but it's a secret.

Not in my back yard? Sorry. Too late.
I remember the City of Elyria garbage trucks dumping their loads at the Ford Road landfill when we drove past when I was a child. The landfill is directly on the banks of the Black River bluff overlooking the Spring Valley Country Club gulf between Ford Road and Gulf Road. I remember riding in a pickup truck taking old washing machines and other trash to bury at the Elyria City Garden Street landfill, now a vista of flat fields waiting until enough time has passed and everyone has forgotten so the land can be developed for low-cost housing. Not quite Love Canal, but the same idea. Instead of "Call before you dig" signs, there will be "Dig at your own risk" signs for homeowners planting Tulips and putting in flagpoles. It will be very interesting when they try to put in underground utilities. No basements. Instead of Radon Testing, they will need to monitor for methane and heavy metal dust levels. Can you buy a cadmium detector at Wall Mart?
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