A stinky situation in Lordstown is getting some attention.
The EPA held it's second public meeting to address complaints of odors coming from a Lordstown Landfill.

"It just smells you know you know you come outside and you wanna go right back in again because it's stinky."

After months of investigating 177 complaints of a thick stench--- reeking of rotten eggs,
officials of local agencies and the Ohio EPA  Say they have proof, this Lordstown landfill is releasing excessive amounts of hydrogen sulfide into the air.

"The bottom graph shows the concentrations that were picked up at the H2s meter."

In November, the EPA gas meters measured190 parts per billion.
That's more than twenty times the EPA's limit which is  8 parts per billion.

But EPA officials say because the levels are not *consistently high they do not pose a health threat

But the odor is a nuisance, and against EPA regulations.

"It's still a violation."

In fact, the landfill has racked up enough odor violations for the EPA to take legal action.

"We're working on a settlement with the company right now so we're negotiating that and we hope to have another settlement in a few weeks," said Ohio EPA's Dina Pierce.

In the meantime the landfill is working to cut down odors putting a cement cap over 20 acres.

"it is water that comes in and reacts with say the the wallboard that you find in regular construction and when it gets wet it can release some of the odor so this seals off that area," said Lafarge Operations manager Hans Schrama.

But until a settlement with the EPA is set in stone--- residents says they're not convinced they'll be taking a breath of fresh air anytime soon.