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Published July 05, 2008 01:14 am - MONROE TOWNSHIP — Clean-up crews could begin removing thousands of scrap tires from a Sweet Road property within a few weeks, according to an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency spokesman. Monroe tire dump may be cleaned soon By MARK TODD - Staff Writer - mtodd@starbeacon.com Star Beacon MONROE TOWNSHIP — Clean-up crews could begin removing thousands of scrap tires from a Sweet Road property within a few weeks, according to an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency spokesman.
A contractor could begin cleaning up the 45-acre site by the end of July or early August, said Mike Settles, OhioEPA spokesman. An estimated 70,000 scrap tires are scattered across property owned by Doris Oroszy, 3122 Sweet Road, officials have said. Chris Korleski, OhioEPA director, issued an order in January directing Oroszy to remove the tires by the end of April. “Clean-up didn’t occur, but that’s not uncommon,” Settles said. Oroszy did sign an access agreement that gives a contractor hired by the OhioEPA permission to enter her property and do the remedial work. The EPA will try to recoup its cost from Oroszy, Settles said. “Typically, we seek reimbursement,” he said. The tires — some buried, some above ground — were found on the property, according to the Korleski’s order. The site is not a certified solid-waste facility, Settles said. The dump has been on the radar of county and state agencies for more than three years. In 2004, the Ashtabula County Health Department ordered Oroszy to remove the tires. Since then, “numerous” inspections by the county and Ohio EPA showed no improvement or change in status.. Korleski’s order also obliged Oroszy to create fire lanes and storage piles for the tires and implement mosquito control measures. Scrap tires collect water and become breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes, according to the order. Mosquito larvae were found in some tires during inspections, officials said. There is also a risk of fire with scrap tires. Such fires create thick, black smoke and are noxious ad very difficult to extinguish. 
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