FURTHER DOCUMENTED PROFESSIONAL EVIDENCE OF "OTHER" SOURCES IN ELMIRA

This evidence is found in the following report: "HYDROGEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF THE VARNICOLOR PROPERTY-ROUTINE GROUNDWATER MONITORING FOR 1988". Prepared by Canviro Consultants a Division of CH2M HILL Engineering Ltd. May 1989.

The significance of this report is amazing. Firstly when I first privately and then publicly advised the Ontario Ministry of the Environment that the Varnicolor site was contaminated, they loudly denied it. Unknown to me they already knew and had two or three years of groundwater monitoring results to prove it. Secondly as I am about to quote in this report CH2M HILL strongly believed that there was another close by source contributing to groundwater contamination. Then a couple of years later when they were hired and under contract to the Region of Waterloo they reversed their position based on zero monitoring or examination of Borg Textiles. Their "source investigation" based on little or nothing supported both the Ministry of the Environment's position and also the Region of Waterloo's position that Uniroyal were the sole source of contaminants to the Municipal aquifer in Elmira. History proved Uniroyal correct and the others wrong simply with the public inclusion of Nutrite (Yara) in 2000.

"One concern which has been raised in previous monitoring reports is the possibility of offsite sources. Without the accurate definition of these contaminant sources, any predictions concerning contaminant fate is less than accurate. Presently several lines of evidence suggest that an offsite source(s) could be responsible for much of the groundwater contam,ination experienced in the area." To the present date (2011) there has been no "accurate definition of these contaminat sources". The above quote is on page 19 of this report as is the following. "The contamination identified in the Howard St. drain had some compounds whose concentrations exceeded those on the Varnicolor property. Contaminant concentrations can be expected to be diluted by moving further away from the source." ..."A number of other compounds detected in the Howard St. drain such as chlorobenzene, some halogenated phenolic compounds, herbicides and pesticides indicate that other sources of contamination in the area could be responsible for degradation of the groundwater."

Added to the above evidence are two points. Firstly the M.O.E. claimed that zero chlorobenzene was found in Varnicolor's on-site groundwater whereas it was found on their property line ie. the Howard St. drain which runs between Varnicolor and Borg Textiles. Secondly Free Phase DNAPL consisting of Chlorobenzene was found 100 feet below ground behind Varnicolor and across from Borg Textiles (near the water tower) in 1998. This final evidence was buried in a Uniroyal (Chemtura) report and yours truly only found it a little over a year and a half ago and made it public. Again as of this date (Feb. 2011) the Region of Waterloo, the M.O.E. and Chemtura have refused to comment or confirm. All three are still in denial mode. Quoting Aldous Huxley and the North Perth Advocate website " Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored".