[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, BERYLLIUM: Environmental cleanup begins at Brush Beryllium Co. (OH)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Environmental cleanup begins on highly toxic site in Wood County
Workers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are cleaning beryllium contamination other toxins on an area of about 40-acres.


Toledo Blade (OH)
May 21, 2018

LUCKEY — Disposal of protective clothing and showers for contractors are standard practice as the federal government begins to clean up soil contaminated with beryllium, lead, and radioactive waste at a 40-acre site near the intersection of Luckey and Gilbert roads.

It’s a stark difference from the kind of care the site has been under for the past decade. During that time it has been owned by a limited liability corporation affiliated with a family that controls a series of wrecking and demolition companies, a registered agent that was released from prison in February, and a company history of violating environmental regulations, including at the Luckey site.

The site, at 21200 Luckey Rd., has gone through a series of names and owners since it first contained a magnesium reduction facility and later a beryllium production facility.

The owners, who have never paid taxes on the property, aren’t responsible for the contamination of the 40-acre site. Government officials who have monitored the site for years said there’s no indication the owners’ actions over the past decade have compromised the area.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2018/05/21/Environmental-cleanup-begins-on-highly-toxic-site-in-Wood-County.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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