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Lincoln Federal Building’s Childcare Center is Safe Officials Say

Sen. Ben Sasse
Sen. Ben Sasse

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Parents have been told the Lincoln federal building poses no dangers to children enrolled in the child care center there.

U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse had voiced concerns last week when he learned that an internal audit showed the National Soil Survey Center laboratory in the building was not in compliance with safety and fire codes.

Allison Azevedo with the General Services Administration and Soil Service Center director John Hempel met Tuesday with about 20 parents. Azevedo told them that all safety issues regarding storage of radioactive and flammable materials were resolved as soon as the survey center learned of them. She says the children “are in no imminent danger of anything associated with the lab.”

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