BLATANT LIES AND MISINFORMATION

Last evening at the CPAC meeting, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (M.O.E.) handed out copies of the Press Release they issued on October 7, 1991 , announcing the Settlement Agreement between themselves and Uniroyal Chemical. Somehow they managed to hand it out while I was speaking and I didn't receive a copy. Fortunately copies were offerred to me today by other parties so I now know and understand a little more about how the master manipulaters (M.O.E.) continue to deny that the "sweetheart deal" was a secret. Yes they handed this Press Release out to the Media but not to UPAC, APT Environment membership or the general public either within or without Elmira. Hence this media Release was exactly that, a Media release not a public release. Secondly this media release is full of errors, misinformation and or blatant lies.

To be world class at offerring up alternative realities one must have no shame. This describes this document which I saw for the first time in my life, today. Let's go with one item which I would describe as a rare and startling truth. "Uniroyal's chemical manufacturing plant, which started its operations in 1941, is one of the sources of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in the Elmira area.". This is a startling admission which has been carefully and skillfully buried ever since. What possessed them to tell the truth in this Press release is beyond me.

"...and will begin the site cleanup immediately.". Poppycock. They didn't start the tiny DNAPL removal from RPW5 and TPW2 until the late fall of 1993. The two pits on the east side of the creek also didn't get going until nearly a year later.

"remove all wastes from buried pits on the property" :. First off all wastes were not in buried pits. Secondly although two pits were excavated they had been ordered by the Settlement Agreement and accompanying Amended Control Order before the Environmental Audit was done which identified other areas requiring remediation and or excavation.

"investigate the presence of NDMA in the former pond area and take appropriate remedial actions." The settlement Agreement spoke about investigating DNAPL (dense non aqueous phase liquids) not NDMA. Secondly the settlement Agreement ordered studies not remediation of the former pond area ie. west side ponds namely RPW5,6,7 & 8.

Once again the M.O.E. have pulled off a simple bait and switch. This Press Release served the purpose that the following Amended Control Order was to serve which was to pretend to be the significant document. Both the following Amended Control Order (Nov. 4/91) and the Press Release were fakes and phonies to distract attention from the real controlling document which was never released to the media or the public. They were dishonest documents intended to deceive the public and they suceeded for twenty-one years.