[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, BERYLLIUM: Manhattan Project site, Luckey, OH

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Progress slow moving at contaminated Luckey site
Residents want answers, tired of waiting

Jennifer Steck
FOX-10 TV News (Toledo, OH)
June 23, 2011

VILLAGE OF LUCKEY, Ohio (WUPW) - An old World War II era plant and  
the 40 acres of land it sits on in the Wood County village of Luckey  
has been contaminated for years and residents there want answers on  
when it's going to get cleaned up.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took over the remediation, or clean- 
up process of the Luckey site back in 1997. Ever since that time, the  
Corps has been investigation soil and water contamination in hopes  
clean-up can begin. Needless to say, residents are getting restless.

The Luckey site was apart of the Manhattan Project in 1942 and in  
1952 it was a part of the Atomic Energy Commission. Hazardous and  
toxic materials, like Beryllium and lead contaminated some of the  
buildings and the soil on the 40 acre site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/local/Progress-slow-moving-at- 
contaminated-Luckey-site

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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