LAST NIGHT'S DELEGATION TO WOOLWICH COUNCIL

Well first off I received a cordial welcome from Council and did not have any interruptions during the course of my Delegation. I believe that I may actually have run over the ten minute time limit by a minute or so but again was allowed to finish without interruption for which I thanked the Chair when I was done. I also believe that council members (less Fred Redekop who was unfortunately absent) were receptive and listening carefully. Indeed Councillor Larry Shantz had a very good question at the end of my presentation in regards to the depth and the reason for the shallow depth of the superficial excavations along the Lanxess/Stroh property line.

One piece of advice that I received later from the gallery was that councillors have a multitude of issues constantly running simultaneously and hence it is best to realize that they out of necessity are generalists not specialists who are extremely well versed in all issues. Therefore especially when dealing with Uniroyal/Lanxess and technical contamination issues it is best to keep things simple and straightforward.

I spoke about the ground surface contour lines on the east side of the Uniroyal/Lanxess property and how a number of government agencies over the years have produced these elevation (i.e. ground surface) contours and how consistent they are with each other. These agencies include MOE/MECP, GRCA, Conestoga Rovers etc. The orange arrows on my large map show the flow direction of overflowing waste waters leaving the east side pits in the late 1940s, and throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Simply following the contour lines it is clear that the massive quantities of waste waters ended up settling out in the large depression on the Stroh property to the immediate east of the Stroh Drain, Ditch, and Berm (SDDB). The failure of Lanxess to sample the soils in and around the Stroh Drain (SDDB) and of the MOE to not insist upon it is reprehensible and entirely self-serving for both groups.