Columbiana County Commissioner Tim Weigle reported he recently met with officials from Vogel Holding Inc. on their proposal to locate a transfer station and solid waste landfill in Madison Township at the site of the former Rosebud Mining Company off of state Route 45. Weigle said the operation will be under the name West Point Renewables, a subsidiary of Vogel Holding Inc., which according to a fact sheet for the permit application had already been operating a legitimate recycling facility at the site starting in 2022.
According to Weigle, he was told plans call for recycling the fly ash on the land for use in cement mix. West Point Renewables is working through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to secure permits to install a dual composite liner system for the proposed solid waste landfill, he said. The fact sheet noted the site consists of 988 acres purchased in October 2019 from Rosebud Mining Company. For the proposed transfer station, the fact sheet said the transfer of all waste will occur indoors and the proposed hours of operations are 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The company’s existing hauling operation has already transferred to the location with 39 employees.
As for the solid waste landfill, plans call for the facility to accept non-hazardous residential, commercial and industrial waste. The proposed limit of waste is 54.9 acres with a capacity of 10,752,000 cubic yards. The fact sheet said the authorized maximum daily waste receipt requested for the site is 4,000 tons and the anticipated daily waste receipt is 1,500 tons.