MORE ON RECENT CHEMTURA DISCHARGE

Both today's Elmira Independent and K-W Record have a story on Monday afternoon's chemical leak at Chemtura in Elmira. One new point which I hinted at yesterday was the distance the emissions travelled. "Human error caused a chemical leak that splattered cars and property up to 600 metres away, the Ministry of the Environment says." I had commented on the EDSS football team being exposed and clearly they are more than the original estimate of 300 metres away from Chemtura. Also repeated in the Record's story was the failure of Chemtura to notify Woolwich Township for 4 hours. Finally it seems that Chemtura are going the extra mile to soothe egos and ruffled feathers by holding another secret and private meeting with CPAC to explain their failure ...get this...
not in regards to their chemical discharge but in regards to their alleged failure to talk to CPAC on Monday. Apparently CPAC (Chemtura Public Advisory Committee) are more interested in saving face in the community than in actually leading Chemtura on a more responsible path. These secret and private meetings must stop. I have lost all confidence in this committee of Council and this is but one of the reasons why. They are not to be making private "deals" with this company. All to often these deals are becoming less to do with environmental improvements and more to do with control, face saving and ego building for Mayoralty candidates and her acolytes.