M.O.E. JUNE 27/11 STATUS OF JULY (not April) 2003 ACTION LIST ITEMS

I have both yesterday and on July 2nd commented negatively on the Ministry's 4 page report. The July 2003 Request For Action has been posted here in it's entirety on Wednesday July 6/11 at the suggestion of Richard Clausi. Yesterday I focused on the fact that this letter from the M.O.E. is the first written response from them since 2003. They, Chemtura and a few of the old CPAC apparently had lots of private discussions around it but deemed the rest of we voting members and the public as unworthy recipients.

Starting on page 2 (Item 1.) of the M.O.E.'s June 27/11 letter, Mr. Martindale claims that CPAC approached the downstream Mennonite farmers and that Chemtura provided financial support for fencing. I was then a voting CPAC member and I neither approached these farmers nor have any knowledge of who, when and where. There was no ongoing public discussion at CPAC. Secondly if Chemtura provided support for fencing, what about support for the loss of the farmers' pastureland? Thirdly how many farmers and how much of the floodplain has actually been removed from cattle grazing?

Item 2. GP1 & 2 "was on the 2010 Annual Plan, but was deferred to 2011 with the concurrence of CPAC." Planning and "investigating" don't cut it. Now they claim they will dig in 2012. As far as with the old CPAC's agreement I'm skeptical and if true then further shame on the old CPAC. Will Chemtura/M.O.E. now claim that the deferral to next year is with the new CPAC's concurrence???

Item 3. RPW 1&2 Blatant falsehood in regards to "relatively low concentrations". This area has had at one time the highest single Chlorobenzene concentration I believe in UA3.

Item 4. P1 "relatively low concentrations". Incredibly deceptive! 88,000 ppb. DDT in UA1 and 461,000 ppb in clay in the P1 area.

Item 5. THIS ONE IS TRUE !!!!!!!!!

Item 6. M2 Horse manure!. Well OW88 has always had both free phase DNAPL (Chlorobenzene) as well as some of the highest concentrations of dissolved Chlorobenzene, usually in ALL AQUIFERS! Alleged hydraulic containment is an excuse not a solution.

Item 7. RPW 6, 7, 8 FIB! Monitoring DOES indicate the presence of DNAPL in the area based on the scientific principles that CRA and world renowned experts have published. Also the 1991 Control Order specifically says that DNAPLS are present and must be remediated, not played with via pumping for the next couple of hundred years.

Item 8. East Side. A typo "excavate all locations with high levels of DIOXINS not toxins as is incorrectly written in the M.O.E.'s letter. This is the eighth priority and GP1 & 2 the second priority. Neither are completed.

This new CPAC members and the public is a fine example of your Ontario Ministry of the Environment aiding and protecting serious polluters from the consequences of their pollution.