CALLING OUT GHD FOR THEIR REFUSAL TO ACCEPT THE PACIFIC RIM LAB REPORTS

I have long been disabused of any mistaken belief that technical consultants owe any kind of duty to the general public. They are hired by polluters (& others) for advice on how to spend the minimum amount of money to achieve the bare minimum cleanup acceptable to the Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOE/MECP). This bare minimum of course is negotiable and I believe that Uniroyal/Crompton/Chemtura/Lanxess have leveraged the past failures and incompetence of the MOE/MECP to the their maximum benefit. This benefit to corporate polluters also simultaneously corresponds to right wing ideological thinking especially by the Progressive Conservatives albeit also by the Liberals when in power provincially. ............................................................................................................................. I have very little positive regard for Conestoga Rovers and Assoc. who were bought out by GHD several years back. CRA were far too sucessful in constantly doing "...the cheapest, least effective..." cleanups according to a hydrogeologist from CH2MHILL (on behalf of the Region of Waterloo) decades ago. GHD have also not impressed me although that is of course from their work here in Elmira over the last approximately five years including their fine work in ignoring the obvious problems in and around the Stroh Drain. ........................................................................................................................... ................................................. .................................................. ................................................. Plausible Deniability Does Not Equal Due Diligence2 Yahoo / Sent ........................................ ........................................ .............................. Alan Marshall To: lou.almeida@ghd.com , ramin.ansari@lanxess.com ................................ Tue., Nov. 30 at 8:51 a.m. .....................................Nov. 30/21 .................................. .NOTICE OF FAILURE (#5) TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY .............................................................. Party:.............GHD Consultants ........................................... Issue:.............July 23, 2021 Pacific Rim Lab report on dioxin/furans in soil ........................................................................................... Time:............. September 2021 - present ........................................................................................... Details:...........Ongoing self-serving support for Uniroyal Chemical/Lanxess Canada and their inadequate and unsucessful "cleanup" efforts in Elmira, Ontario. ..................................................................................................................... ...................................... GHD were provided the opportunity to receive this professional seven page lab report showing dioxin contamination east of the Lanxess property in an area disputed by Lanxess Canada. This lab report is but one piece of evidence of five showing Uniroyal Chemical specific contamination (DDT, dioxins, NDMA) on the Stroh property which has been provided to both RAC and TAG members. GHD flatly refused to receive this lab report from myself. That behaviour is worse than dereliction of duty and lack of due diligence and may cross into blatant neglect. ............................................................................. Despite GHD's and other parties failures to request their own personal copies, this lab report has been on-line in its' entirety for nearly three weeks. Again not so much as a request for clarification, discussion or significance of this document. ............................................................................................... News flash for GHD Consultants. You are wedded to Elmira's biggest polluter and eventually may pay the public relations price for everybody's failures Your job is to protect the interest of a multi-national, multi-billion dollar corporation who have externalized their toxic waste disposal costs onto the environment (air, soils, groundwater, surface water), wildlife, and both Elmira and Canagagigue downstream residents. ................................................................................................ Along with this Notice I will be sending GHD an electronic copy of the Pacific Rim Lab report. I will also be posting this Notice on my Blog, the Elmira Advocate. .............................................................................................................................. Alan Marshall CPAC & EH-Team member

PAST TIME TO CALL OUT THE SCHIZOPHRENIC REGION OF WATERLOO

First off why am I calling them schizophrenic? Well as per my dictionary it refers to one entity having two personalities. On one hand the Region of Waterloo portray themselves as being very socially conscious with ideas of paying a living wage to all employees including those under private contract to third parties. Or maybe not. They apparently help the poor and homeless in the Region with one hand while simultaneously BULLDOZING a tent encampment this last weekend beside Charles St. Then how about their Police Board again apparently rubber stamping a major increase in the police budget while activists are presenting solid evidence for defunding (i.e. reducing) the budget by giving duties and responsibilities for mental health and various social issues to agencies better trained for them than the police. Lastly in today's Record and last Thursday's Woolwich Observer we have a very good Letter To The Editor from Rory Farnan of Citizens For Safe Groundwater asking how the Region can continue their "marketing campaign" to protect groundwater while simultaneously giving their blessing to another new gravel pit, this one in Wilmot Township near Shingletown. ............................................................................................................. My conclusion is that there are excellent individual employees within the Region of Waterloo but it's the same old fuddy duddy regional councillors elected over and over again who are right wing, ideologically challenged twits actually in charge. It is regional Council who are the problem while hiding behind a few progressive social policies to give them cover for their entrenched way of doing business i.e. money, power and business first, people and the environment second. ................................................................................................................................. ........................................................ ....................................................... ....................................................... PLAUSIBLE DENIABILTY DOES NOT EQUAL DUE DILIGENCE Yahoo / Sent ........................................................ ....................................................... Alan Marshall To: kredman@regionodwaterloo.ca , bvrbanovic@regionofwaterloo.ca , djaworsky@regionofwaterloo.ca , eclarke@regionofwaterloo.ca , hjowett@regionofwaterloo.ca and 8 more... ................................................................ Mon., Nov. 29 at 9:33 a.m. .................................................................. .........................................................Nov. 29/21 .................................................................. ..................NOTICE OF FAILURE (#4) TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY .............................................................................. .................... Party:...... Region of Waterloo Council .................................................. .................................... Issue:.......July 23, 2021 Pacific Rim Lab report on dioxin/furans in soil ........................................................................ .................. Time:........September 2021 - present ................................................ .............................. Details:.....Ongoing support/protection for Uniroyal Chemical/Lanxess Canada and their inadequate and unsuccessful ............."cleanup" efforts in Elmira, Ontario. ............................................................... ................................... .............................. Regional Council were provided the opportunity to receive this professional seven page lab report showing dioxin contamination east of the Lanxess property in an area disputed for self-serving reasons by Lanxess Canada. This lab report is but one piece of evidence of five showing Uniroyal Chemical specific contamination (DDT, dioxins, NDMA) on the Stroh property which has been provided to both RAC and TAG members. Regional Council refused to receive this lab report from myself. That behaviour is worse than dereliction of duty and lack of due diligence and may cross into blatant corruption. ................................................................... Despite Regional council's and other parties failures to request their own personal copies, this lab report has been on-line in its' entirety for two and half weeks. Again not so much as a request for clarification, discussion or significance of this document. ..................................................................................................................... News flash for regional council.. You may or may not be wedded to our local world class polluters. As per my Elmira Advocate Blog today I suggest that your social and environmental behaviour is schizophrenic. Your job however is to protect the public interest not the interest of multi-national, multi-billion dollar corporations who have externalized their toxic waste disposal costs onto the environment (air, soils, groundwater, surface water), wildlife and both Elmira and Canagagigue downstream residents. ................................................................................................................. Along with this Notice I will be sending each regional council member an electronic copy of the Pacific Rim Lab report. I will also be posting this Notice on my Blog. ..................................................................................................... Alan Marshall CPAC & EH-Team member

CALLING OUT THE REMEDIATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RAC)

Plausible Deniability Does Not Equal Due Diligence Yahoo / Sent .............................................................................................. Alan Marshall To: smcmillan@woolwich.ca , sshantz@woolwich.ca , tagchair@woolwich.ca , nancydavy@grca.ca , ehodgins@regionofwaterloo.ca and 4 more... ................................................................................... Sat., Nov. 27 at 9:20 a.m. ................................................................................... ............................................ Nov. 27, 2021 ............................................. NOTICE OF FAILURE (#3) TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY ........................................................................ ............ Party:.....Remediation Advisory Committee (RAC) .......................................................................... ............. Issue:....July 23, 2021 Pacific Rim Lab report on dioxins/furans in soil ........................................................................ ................. Time:.....September 2021 - present ............................................................. ................. Details:..Ongoing support/protection for Uniroyal Chemical/Lanxess Canada and their inadequate and unsuccessful "cleanup" efforts in Elmira, Ontario ................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................... ....................... RAC were provided the opportunity to receive this professional seven page lab report showing dioxin contamination east of the Lanxess property in an area disputed by Lanxess Canada. This lab report is but one piece of evidence of five showing Uniroyal Chemical specific contamination (DDT, dioxins, NDMA) on the Stroh property which has been provided to both RAC (likely Oct. 7/21) and TAG members. RAC flatly refused to receive this lab report from myself. That behaviour is worse than dereliction of duty and lack of due diligence and may cross into blatant corruption. ....................................................................................................... Despite RAC's and other parties failures to request their own personal copies, this lab report has been on-line in its' entirety for more than two weeks. Again not so much as a request for clarification, discussion or significance of this document. ................................................................................................................. News flash for RAC members who appear to have been long wedded to their local polluters. Your job is allegedly to protect the public interest not the interests of multi-national, multi-billion dollar corporations who have externalized their toxic waste disposal costs onto the environment (air, soils, groundwater, surface water), wildlife, and both Elmira and Canagagigue Creek downstream residents. ......................................................................................................... Along with this Notice I will be sending each RAC member an electronic copy of the Pacific Rim Lab report. I will also be posting this Notice on my Blog, the Elmira Advocate. ............................................................................................................................................. Alan Marshall CPAC & EH-Team member

CALLING OUT THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT - PLUS SENDING THEM (Against Their Wishes) A COPY OF THE PACIFIC RIM LAB REPORT

To date I have sent Lanxess and Woolwich Council a copy. I will also be sending the MOE/MECP a copy along with their e-mail callout this morning. TAG are being given an extension to allow the members a chance to give their heads a shake. Tomorrow may or may not be RAC's or the Region's turn. ................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................... Plausible Deniability Does Not Equal Due Diligence Yahoo / Sent ............................................................ Alan Marshall To: lubna.i.hussain@ontario.ca , jason.rice@ontario.ca , nadia.marenco@ontario.ca , esther.wearing@ontario.ca ........................................................................... Fri., Nov. 26 at 10:31 a.m. ............................................................................................. ............................................................................................. ................................................................................Nov. 26/21 ........................................................................................... ..........................NOTICE OF FAILURE (#2) TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... Party:..MECP: Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation & Parks ............................................................................................. Issue:..July 23, 2021 Pacific Rim Lab Report on dioxins/furans in soil ............................................................................................. Time:..........September 2021 - present ............................................................................................ Details: Ongoing support/protection for Uniroyal Chemical/Lanxess Canada and their inadequate and unsuccessful "cleanup" efforts in Elmira, Ontario. Sweetheart deals only work when both parties' needs are accommodated. Presumably the MOE's needs included Uniroyal accepting ALL blame for ALL Elmira contamination despite Nutrite, Varnicolor Chemical, Thur and other industrial/commercial groundwater contaminant sources in Elmira. Otherwise the MOE would look even more hopeless and impotent than they are with multiple serious polluters in town. Other MOE failures include DNAPLS off-site to the west and DDT, dioxins off-site to the east. The failures include not stopping the flow, denying the migration and failing to clean it up. ........................................................................................................................ The Ontario Ministry of Environment were provided the opportunity to receive this professional lab seven page lab report showing dioxin contamination east of the Lanxess property in an area disputed by Lanxess Canada. This lab report is but one piece of evidence of five showing Uniroyal Chemical specific contamination (DDT, dioxins, NDMA) on the Stroh property which has been provided to yourselves, RAC and TAG members. You flatly refused to receive this lab report from myself. That behaviour is worse than deriliction of duty and lack of due diligence and may cross into blatant corruption. ............................................................................................................. Despite your and other parties' failures to request their own personal copies, this lab report has been on-line in its' entirety for over two weeks. Again not so much as a request for clarification, discussion or any questions about the significance of this document. .................................................................................................................... The MOE/MECP's job is to protect the public interest not the interests of multi-national, multi-billion dollar corporations and certainly not to protect their own reputation from allegations of incompetence, intentional underfunding and impotence to do their jobs properly. ..................................................................................................................... Along with this Notice I am attaching an electronic copy of the Pacific Rim lab report. Shame on you that you have to date refused to receive this report and or to discuss it with me or other honest, concerned citizens. I will be posting this Notice on my Blog, the Elmira Advocate. It is unfortunate that these actions are necessary in order to lessen your plausible deniability and or to force you into doing your jobs properly and in the public interest. ...................................................................................................................... Alan Marshall CPAC & EH-Team member

IT'S WOOLWICH COUNCIL'S TURN TO GET CALLED OUT DIRECTLY (by e-mail)

Plausible Deniability does not equal Due Diligence2 Yahoo / Sent ................................................................................ Alan Marshall To: mmartin@woolwich.ca , fredekop@woolwich.ca , sshantz@woolwic.ca , lshantz@woolwich.ca , smcmillan@woolwich.ca and 1 more... ............................................................................... ....................................................................................... ....................................................................................Nov. 25/21 ............NOTICE OF FAILURE TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY ............................................................................................. Party: Woolwich Township Council ............................................................................................. Issue: July 23, 2021 Pacific Rim Lab report on dioxin/furans in soil .............................................................................................. Time: September 2021 - present ............................................................................................. Details: Ongoing support/protection for Uniroyal Chemical/Lanxess Canada and their inadequate and unsuccessful “cleanup” efforts in Elmira, Ontario ..................................................................................... ....................................................................................... Woolwich Council were provided the opportunity to receive this professional seven page lab report showing dioxin contamination east of the Lanxess property in an area disputed by Lanxess Canada. This lab report is but one piece of evidence of five showing Uniroyal Chemical specific contamination (DDT, dioxins, NDMA) on the Stroh property which has been provided to both RAC and TAG members. Council flatly refused to receive this lab report, free of charge, from myself. That behaviour is worse than dereliction of duty and lack of due diligence and may cross into blatant corruption. ........................................................................................... ...................................................................................................... Despite Woolwich Council's and other parties failures to request their own personal copies, this lab report has been on-line in its' entirety for the last two weeks. Again not so much as a request for clarification, discussion or questions of significance of this document. ................................................................................................................ .................................................................................................... News flash for councils wedded to their local polluters. Your job is to protect the public interest not the interests of multi national, multi billion dollar corporations who have externalized their toxic waste disposal costs onto the environment (air, soils, groundwater, surface water), wildlife and both Elmira and Canagagigue downstream residents. ................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................... Along with this Notice I will be sending each Woolwich Council member an electronic copy of the Pacific Rim Lab report. I will also be posting this Notice on my Blog, the Elmira Advocate. It is unfortunate that these actions are necessary in order to lessen Council's plausible deniability and or to force them into doing their jobs properly and in the public interest. ...................................................................................... ................................................................................................ Alan Marshall CPAC & EH-Team member

GUILTY PARTIES, PARTNERS IN POLLUTION, FELLOW TRAVELLORS & OSTRICHES CONTINUE TO BURY THEIR HEADS IN THE CONTAMINATED SANDS OF CANAGAGIGUE CREEK

So absolutely nobody to date has so much as acknowledged the recent (13 days) presence on-line of a professional lab (Soil TEQ-dioxin/furans) report and analysis relevant to the current and ongoing Risk Assessment of the Canagagigue Creek. All parties were asked if they would like a copy of this professional lab report, months ago. All guilty parties except Lanxess said "NO, HELL NO, PLEASE TO GOD NOOOOOOOOO". Oh all right maybe that's more of an accurate synopsis of what they said versus a direct quote. ............................................................................................................................. I have advised here last Saturday as to what my plan is. Basically it's to dangle a sweet out for all the hypocrites and professional liars including local politicians to either accept in the spirit of honesty, fairness and open mindedness or to frantically demonstrate their single minded fealty and subservience to Lanxess Canada. To date they've all failed horribly to do the right thing. Now I have made clear that this particular lab report only encompasses two soil analyses (out of fifteen soil samples) with the higher soil concentration of dioxins/furans being a composite sample or average of four separate soil samples hence at least some of those four exceed the 4.06 ppt. average result of the composite. As posted here in the recent past that concentration is significant albeit neither damning/smoking gun nor on the other hand insignificant. It is below the criteria of 7 ppt. but well above numerous other dioxin soil concentrations found both on the Lanxess site and nearby. .............................................................................................................. This lab report fits in well with the four other even stronger lines of evidence that I've clearly laid out here namely !) topographical contour lines showing ground surface elevations descending from the Lanxess former east side waste pits towards the Stroh Drain, Ditch & Berm area 2) concentrations of both dioxins and DDT well above all criteria on the Stroh farm immediately beside Lanxess's east side border with the Stroh property 3) NDMA found in a deep aquifer on the Stroh property 240 metres east of the Lanxess east side border with Stroh 4) SEDIMENT Dioxin results found by GHD on behalf of Lanxess in three out of four samples taken from the bottom of the Stroh Drain on both the Stroh and MARTIN property just south of the Stroh property. ................................................................................................ Yes I've just sent Ramin his personal copy of the seven page report. While his obfuscation and manipulation skills certainly are well in line with all the other guilty parties, I believe that he's proven himself much smarter than all the others by immediately agreeing to accept this lab report if and when offerred. His acceptance could be interpreted by the naive or uninformed as a sign of honesty whereas frankly all the other parties look like hicks, twits and idiots. This is a professional lab report done by world class experts in the field and believe me independent citizens such as myself can not just go to our local Elmira supermarket and order up a batch of dioxins, well done, thank you. Where the hell do you geniuses (not) think they came from? Oh right you already know and are terrified because you're all securely on the Lanxess/MECP coverup bandwagon. ................................................................................................................................. A large part of their panic is about control. They've all been promised for decades that Uniroyal and the MOE/MECP are in total control of all the data, lab results, studies and reports. Nothing and nobody can intrude on the incestuous and self-serving investigations and "cleanup" of the last 32 years. This is why two councils, GRCA, RAC, and the rest of the conspirators have held firm. They think that they are immune from corruption charges. Obviously they forgot how Rich Clausi and I using the APTE Full Aerial Response Team (FART) managed to obtain soil samples, photographs, testimony and much more from the Varnicolor Chemical scandal which implicated the Ministry of Environment (MOE) in their major coverup of the extent of environmental damage done by that company over thirty years. ....................................................................................................... First off I'm calling out TAG and specifically their Chair Tiffany Svensson. Yes I understand that you've been between a rock and a hard place since January 2017 when you took over from Dr. Richard Jackson as Chair of TAG. He was honest whereas I don't believe that you have an interest in telling the public the truth. Shame on you. The TAG committee are made up of citizen volunteers and each and every one of them owe their loyalty to the public not to Tiffany, Sandy or God help us the Ontario MOE/MECP. TAG members step up and speak out publicly before it is too late to save your personal credibility and more importantly your souls. Stickhandling the truth or looking the other way is not acceptable. At the very least ask on behalf of TAG for a copy of the Pacific Rim lab report to take under advisement. Anything less damns you to the same level as all the other guilty parties have long ago descended to.

PRIVATE DEALS VERSUS PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Sub-Title: CO-OPTED, AMERICAN, ENGLISH MAJOR, NON-ELMIRA RESIDENT HAS FULL CONFIDENCE OF LANXESS, MECP, TAG, RAC, WOOLWICH COUNCIL etc. - WTF ................................................................................................................ Uniroyal, Crompton, Chemtura and Lanxess have been in charge of the "cleanup" Agenda here in Elmira for the last thirty-two years. Yes the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE/MECP) have had a seat at the table and occasionally have flexed their baby muscles. Occasionally. Citizens whether members of UPAC or CPAC simply by regular attendance at public meetings or due to formal appointment by a mostly dishonest (environmentally) Woolwich Council have criticized, consulted, researched and raised serious issues for decades. They have not however set Agendas for probably the last 25 years primarily due to a dishonest, former Woolwich councillor working on behalf of the then mayor as well as on behalf of Uniroyal/Chemtura. That was master manipulator, Pat Mclean. She was aided and abetted by her buddy in the sub-title above Susan Bryant. What a pair of behind the scenes sellouts of the public interest. ..................................................................................................... Has the control by Uniroyal, Woolwich and the MOE/MECP produced sucess? If you're talking reduced cleanup costs, blame and liability the answer is yes. If you are talking human health, wildlife health or environmental health the answer is no. Various issues have been "hot" issues over the years including DNAPLS, Upper Aquifer Containment & Treatment System, Ammonia Treatment System, DDT & dioxins in the creek ("Gig"), full on-site hydraulic containment, excavation of on-site buried wastes, off-site pumping & treating to remediate the Elmira Aquifers, the Stroh property contamination. All these issues have only gained traction when and if Uniroyal/Crompton/Chemtura/Lanxess have agreed to them. Gaining traction however often simply means more enhanced manipulation, obfuscation and deception. ......................................................................................................... The Elmira Aquifers are decades behind the provincially mandated August 2028 cleanup deadline. The creek (Canagagigue) sediments and soils, benthic community and fish are still full of DDT, dioxins/furans, mercury and PCBs. The off-site pump & treat system is decades behind the agreed upon (1998 & Nov. 2012) pumping rates required to ever do the job even if hydraulic containment on its own ever could. On-site is and forever will be a mess due to the abject failure to remove DNAPL whether free phase or residual. The Stroh Drain, Ditch & Berm area plus other off-site contaminated areas will continue discharging to the Canagagigue ("Gig") likely forever. ............................................................................................................... One of the finest coverups and scams was the "cleanup" of GP-1 & GP-2 on Uniroyal/Lanxess's south-west corner. Little did we know at the time that GP-1 and GP-2 were red herrings sucessfully intended to hide the volumes of toxic liquid wastes discharged onto the Stroh farm and property. Chemtura/Lanxess etc. falsely claimed that only a small amount on their north-east corner flowed onto the Stroh property. Five different lines of evidence to date have been listed here showing otherwise. We were lied to and told that GP-1 and GP-2 received the vast bulk of overflowing liquid wastes from east side pits RPe 1-5 plus others. Again Uniroyal/Lanxess and the MOE/MECP made these deals privately behind the scenes while simply going through the motions at UPAC, CPAC, RAC & TAG public meetings. ......................................................................................................... As I first publicly said and wrote decades ago "The cleanup is a sham".