THE BUCKEYE RECLAMATION LANDFILL IS LOCATED IN RICHLAND TOWN SHIP, APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE AND 1.2 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 IN BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO. DEEP MINING OCCURRED BENEATH THE 658-ACRE SITE UNTIL AROUND 1940. DURING THAT TIME, THE SITE WAS A DISPOSAL AREA FOR MINE SPOILS. MINE SPOIL WAS REMOVED FROM THE MINES AND DIS- POSED OF ON THE RIDGE WEST OF KING'S RUN AND IN THE DRAINAGE RAVINE FOR KING'S RUN. THE AREA WAS LICENSED AS A PUBLIC SANITARY LANDFILL IN 1971 BY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HAS BEEN OPERATED BY THE CRAVAT COAL COMPANY, UNDER THE NAME OF BUCKEYE RECLAMATION COMPANY, SINCE THAT TIME. AS A PUBLIC LANDFILL APPROXIMATELY 50 ACRES IN SIZE, THE FACILITY ACCEPTS GENERAL TRASH, RUBBISH AND NONHAZARDOUS WASTE FROM MUNICIPALITIES AND VILLAGES IN THE COUNTY AND LOCAL AREA. THE LANDFILL CONTINUES TO OPERATE, ALTHOUGH THE PERMITTED FILL CAPACITY IS SOON TO BE REACHED. THE LANDFILL ALSO ACCEPTED INDUSTRIAL SLUDGES AND LIQUIDS. MOST OF THESE WASTES WERE RECEIVED BETWEEN 1976 AND 1979 AND PLACED IN A WASTE PIT. THE WASTE PIT IS AN IMPOUNDMENT LO- CATED IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE LANDFILL AREA. SOLID HAZARDOUS WASTES (I.E. ASBESTOS, CARBON BLACK) WERE DISPOSED OF WITH MUNICIPAL WASTES ELSEWHERE IN THE LANDFILL. DOCU- MENTATION ALSO EXISTS THAT A COMPANY MIXED HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIALS INTO SOLID WASTE WHICH WAS DISPOSED OF AT BUCKEYE. OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY