FIRES/EXPLOSIONS, SPILLS, ILLEGAL AIR EMISSIONS

For those not in the know, "legal" air emissions are differentiated from "illegal" ones in that the former are ruled by Certificate of Approvals (C. of A.s) issued by the Ontario M.O.E.. Yes in my opinion C. of A.s are licenses to pollute. Yes attached to them is some wording referring to points of impingement and or below health standards but it is still air pollution by toxic chemicals. Following is a list of "incidents" at Chemtura (Uniroyal) over the last thirteen years. I was requested by a new CPAC member to do this weeks ago but have been very busy. I promised to go back twenty years so I have another six photograph albums of newspaper clippings to work my way through.


FIRES/EXPLOSIONS, SPILLS, ILLEGAL AIR EMISSIONS

June 9 2011 vent stack fire
March 31 2011 fire, hot oil on insulation
September 28 2010 BLE-25 release
July 19 2006 explosion & fire localized evacuations done
March 29 2006 explosion & fire propane type container
April 10 2005 small welding shop fire
June 11 2004 explosion & fire and large black cloud
across Elmira
April 2003 thermal oxidizer caught fire
March 27 2002 release of chlorinated municipal water
kills minnows
January 2002 "thermal shock" from hot water release
kills minnows
October 15 2001 acid spilled into the Canagagigue ("Gig")
September 2001 spill of treted cooling water
August 22 2001 spill of Naugard or chemical waste water
kills fish
August 1 2001 spill of naclean 68
June 2000 small fire in ventilation ductwork
April 11 2000 carbon regeneration kiln -a leaking
dust collection bag "white specks"
February 10 2000 Toluene spill into Elmira S.T.P. & into air
heat exchanger failed the "pink spill"
August 17 1999 M.O.E. Field Order re: ongoing odourous
air emissions
September 16 1998 first M.O.E. Field Order re: ongoing
odourous air emissions