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Berkeley Iceland on Monday delivered to city officials a long-awaited plan to bring its 64-year-old skating rink up to code. 

Rather than switch to a new cooling system, Deputy Fire Chief David Orth said the rink is proposing to upgrade its current ammonia-based system. 

Orth said the department was still reviewing the ice rink’s proposal. 

Last month the fire department gave Iceland officials a Jan. 8 deadline, later extended to Jan. 24, to address safety concerns about the current system, which is out of code compliance, or face a possible closure. 

—Matthew Artzˆ