Let's see that would include the OW57-32R and W4 DNAPL by the Howard St. water tower as well as the on the Varnicolor site DNAPL consisting of trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, dichloroethene and more. Then of course there is also the likely off-site DNAPL from Uniroyal that flowed over to the Nutrite/Yara property consisting of chlorobenzene, mercaptobenzothiazole, carboxin etc. There could also be DNAPL from any of the six to eight properties which used chlorobenzene recently identified by Jesse Wright of Arcadis Inc. near First, Union and Howard Ave..
Now the details required by the public would include the exact location, the depth, what stratagraphic unit they are in, the estimated mass plus as many of the components as possible. Confirmation as to whether it is still free phase DNAPL or whether it has spread out under gravity to the point that it has been reduced to residual DNAPL or not would also be helpful. This is the kind of data and evidence that must be given to the public so that they and any alleged representatives at TRAC can do their jobs properly.
This data would have resulted in citizens both on and off any alleged citizen committees being able to quickly point out years ago to Dr. Neil Thompson (U. of Waterloo) where the excess 2,000 kilograms of dissolved chlorobenzene originated from. Clearly he was kept in the dark by Chemtura during his efforts to write up a worthy and professional Conceptual Site Model (CSM) versus what the first TAG Chair (Dr. Richard Jackson) described as nothing more than a cartoon that Conestoga Rovers had done.
All in all we've had just about 34 years (Jan. 1992-2026) of intentional mushroom treatment of our alleged public consultation. This has of course consisted of keeping them in the dark and covered in bullsh*t. The guiltiest bodies include Uniroyal, Crompton, Chemtura, Lanxess and the M.O.E./MECP. Honourable mention goes to Woolwich Township especially for the efforts of Mark Bauman and Sandy Shantz in September 2015.
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