Friday, May 17, 2019
STRANGE OCCURRENCES AND OTHER UNI/LANXESS SELF-SERVING ANOMALIES
Where was the Stroh Drain hiding from 1985 until 2015? Since 2015 and my and CPAC publicly outing its existence it now is fairly regularly shown on maps of Lanxess's south-east corner including a tiny piece of the Stroh property. Afterall the Stroh Drain runs parallel to the Lanxess east side property line with Stroh and the Drain is only ten metres onto the Stroh property. Through diligent searching of any and all Uniroyal Chemical related documents I have seen the Stroh Drain on a map prior to 2015 all of once back in 1991.
Where has the major berm on the east side of the Stroh Drain been hiding from 1985 until early 2019? In fact I've seen it for the first time on a map earlier this spring. Never before. What I have seen however is an altered version of the Grand River Conservation Authority's (GRCA) 100 year Floodplain Map before. I am assuming that the earlier maps were altered because they did not include the Berm which I know exists because I (and others) have seen it with our own eyes.
GP-1 is found in three different locations on three different maps. I have to hand it to Uniroyal /Lanxess as each relocation has been in their best interests in the never ending facade that everything has been contained on their site for a very long time. The first location of GP-1 is on the north-east side of the long diagonal ridge (NW to SE) of high ground in their south-east corner. This location makes it more obvious that waste waters from the RPE (1-5) pits flowed into and around (east side) GP-1 and then moved downhill to the Stroh Drain, Ditch & Berm (SDDB).
Municipal Landfill M-1, similar to the Bolender Park Landfill, appears to have legs. It has been relocated from the east side of Union St. in Elmira to the south-west corner of Park and Union St.
The service road built on the east side of the Uniroyal/Lanxess property also has a number of different configurations. It makes sense that it was built to service new monitoring wells and two pumping wells (PW2, PW3) in the south-east corner. These different configurations on maps over the last thirty-five years plus might actually have some reasonable rationale. If so I'd like to hear it. All the other migrating or invisible pits, landfills, drains, berms etc. may have a component of incompetence but are more likely to be in the service of a narrative that both the polluter and their regulator wish to bolster.
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You are right on specifics but you have addressed all these things before in many of your blogs. My point was this was 20+ years ago when things were different Government and Consultants wise. I just tire of your regurgitating the past instead of concentrating on the present and future. Man you have a tough life just dealing with one environmental issue.
ReplyDeleteTruly unbelievable arrogance for an individual who has never attended a single UPAC, CPAC, RAC or TAG meeting in the last twenty-seven years. NOTHING is different government and consultant wise. Both Liberal and Conservative governments have done as little as humanly possible. The consultants were bought out and the new one is carrying on perhaps only slightly less deceptively than the old one. As far as concentrating on the present and future it is I who addressed Woolwich Council eight days ago not you. It is I who was scheduled to be a Delegate to RAC yesterday speaking about the ongoing and future Canagagigue Creek investigation and risk assessment until the meeting was cancelled with no new date advised yet. Regarding only one environmental issue that is ridiculous as my address to Woolwich Council eight days ago was in regards to the Hawkridge Homes proposed development. I also am still active in multiple landfill issues around Elmira and I occasionally post here about Cambridge, Kitchener and even northern Ontario (mercury in the English-Wabigoon river system) environmental issues. You sir are an uninformed ass and a coward as you continue to hide your name on your comments although I know who and what you are.
ReplyDeleteMr. Marshall:
ReplyDeleteThank You for pointing out more clear than ever what is going on and the negligence and the exact politics involved. The most amazing thing to many of us is the simple fact that the conspiring and avoidance of anything resembling responsibility or accountability continues while more and more average local citizens become aware of the wasted time and testing fiasco's in the Elmira Water Catastrophe. Yes here in Elmira the "scum of the earth" takes on multiple facets and meanings and indeed it is apparent that there are more characters "involved" than ever before. THANK YOU Mr. Marshall for being the tip of the spear regarding the facts in this corrupt scenario. Also a special thank you for speaking in plain English.
Your comments are greatly appreciated. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great professional and respectful comment. Kind of nice to see someone getting his or her point across without the put downs or name calling. Was it you who wrote this or a family member?
ReplyDeleteAnd that Barry is why you don't get most of your daily comments published. They are rude and disrespectful of both me and of the commenter above (i.e. "watching and listening"). If you want your comments published then stick to the information, facts, and data in the posting versus rude personal comments.
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