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MIDDLETOWN — AK Steel Corp. will conduct a meeting to update the community on the ongoing cleanup of Dicks Creek March 5 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the community room of the Middletown Public Library, 125 S. Broad St., Middletown.

Under an agreement reached between AK, the U.S. and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the local steelmaker is removing PCB-contaminated sediment and soil from affected areas of the creek, and is to prevent PCBs from reaching the creek. The work began in 2007.

Additional information regarding the cleanup of Dicks Creek is available at the AK Steel Information Repository, located at the Middletown Public Library. Those with questions about the meeting may call the Dicks Creek toll-free environmental information line at (866) 902-4257.

Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2843 or jheffner@coxohio.com.