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By Press Staff Writer The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold an information session to update the public on the clean-up project at the former Brush Beryllium site near Luckey on March 26. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. and be held at the American Legion Post 240 at 335 Park Dr. in the village. The Corps’ project team will conduct a brief presentation at 7 p.m. and be available to answer questions after. There will also be posters detailing how the project is progressing as well as safety measures being taken to protect the community and workers. The team has also unveiled an informational website page that will be updated weekly with data about the total volume of soil excavated, tonnage of waste disposed, number of waste shipments and volume of water collected from the site and treated. Jacob Zdrojewski, outreach specialist at the Buffalo district of the Corps, said the purpose of the infographic page is to provide an update of the project by reporting major items of interest to the public. The page can be viewed and downloaded from the Corps’ website or by following the district Facebook page. In November of last year, the Corps reported it had cleaned up and disposed of more than 7,200 tons of material contaminated with beryllium, radium-226, thorium-230, uranium-234, uranium-238, and lead from the Luckey site. The Corps also announced it had been evaluating the effectiveness of using an automatic soil sorter during the clean-up. In the past, using the soil sorter at other project sites has provided value to the government by ensuring that only those soils that are radioactively contaminated were transported and disposed of off-site, thereby reducing the total volume shipped. The Corps said its evaluation of the soil sorting at the Luckey site indicated it wasn’t realizing the expected volume reduction in shipped wastes. “Our costs to operate the soil sorter exceed the expected savings in transportation and disposal of waste material, and the increased handling of soils potentially Continued on page 2
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Major improvements planned for Navarre Park By Kelly J. Kaczala News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com Navarre Park in East Toledo is about to get a major makeover. Toledo Councilman Peter Ujvagi, Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz and representatives from Toledo Refining Company and Mercy Health Partners last week announced a partnership to improve East Toledo through the revitalization of Navarre Park in East Toledo.” “The partnership between the Toledo Refining Company, Mercy Health, and the City of Toledo, working with the East Toledo Family Center and neighborhood leadership from One Voice, provides a unique opportunity to revitalize and reinvigorate a key park in East Toledo, said Ujvagi. “As long neglected infrastructure in the park is renewed and creative opportunities for enjoyment and recreation are developed, Navarre Park will again be the `Central Park’ for East Toledo,” added Ujvagi, referring to the famous park in New York City.
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Both companies made commitments to donate funds to the upgrades. Toledo Refining Company donated $50,000 and Mercy Health donated $20,000 to fund much needed improvements to the park, said Ujvagi. The City of Toledo has committed to matching the donations with equally valued improvements over several years in the park, said Kapszukiewicz. ”This is an anchor park in East Toledo and a very important part of the neighborhood,” said Kapszukiewicz. “I want to thank Toledo Refining Company and Mercy Health for stepping up to improve the community. This can be a model across our city on how public-private partnerships can help our community.” Previous upgrades Ujvagi told The Press that the park has made improvements before, but it’s been a while, he said. “A number of years ago, there was Continued on page 2
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