PUBLIC DECEPTION 101

Conestoga Rovers & Associates declared in their June 1998 Uniroyal Progress Report Appendix D (pg. D-2) that they had observed material which "...may indicate the presence of a dense non aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) in the vicinity of OW57-32R.". They also went on to explain the reasoning and circumstances which led them to this statement. Their reasoning, logic and U.S. EPA criterion presented were all consistent with the hard data and facts which they had.

This smoking gun, game changing discovery was buried. It was not presented to UPAC or CPAC as it should have been. This behaviour by CRA, Chemtura and probably the M.O.E. has occurred before. I do not know how many times before because I most probably haven't caught them every time. I caught them red handed in 2004, again buried in a monthly Progress Report, abandoning their alleged hydraulic high at well CH44 (Nutrite) which they had shamelessly used literally for years to pretend Municipal Upper hydraulic containment on the Uniroyal site. My former friend and colleague Susan Bryant dubbed this revelation the "phantom mound".

This smoking gun, off Uniroyal site DNAPL discovery was unearthed by me ELEVEN years later. Yes I am embarassed that I missed it the first time around and my only excuse was that I was embroiled in a financial life and death battle with Uniroyal's "partners in education", the Waterloo Region District School Board. The legal and court battles lasted seven years from 1996 -2003. I made this discovery by rereading old Uniroyal/Chemtura documents in the summer of 2009. I made presentations and delegations to the old CPAC to no avail. They blatantly refused to ask any questions or make any comments. They stood united with the two partners in pollution, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Chemtura. I was allegedly speaking publicly yet I was being stonewalled by Chemtura, the M.O.E. and the old CPAC.

Finally August 29, 2012 Chemtura's consultants CRA, responded for the first time. The M.O.E. have also promised to respond, but lacking CRA/Chemtura's confidence, cockiness and thick skin have to date failed to do so. CRA have used the "oopsy" defence. Some unknown, invisible, shadowy phantom "inadvertently" spilled a petroleum/oil product into the drilling mud up at the surface. As bad as that nonsense is they've compounded their pathetic excuse by the use of junk science and misinterpretation of data. They have also brought in a side issue in an attempt to defend their nonsense. A detection of petroleum hydrocarbons by Peritus Environmental, consultants to the new owners of Varnicolor Chemical, was initially confirmed by Conestoga Rovers, only to be denied by Jeff Merriman of Chemtura when I raised the issue at CPAC. CRA have followed up with a Memorandum dated September, 26/12 and it's as big of a stinker as their May/June 1998 Progress Reports and their August 29/12 Memorandum. The August Memorandum incorrectly and inaccurately states "Furthermore, the lack of TPH (total petroleum hydrocarbons) detections in groundwater samples collected from monitoring wells in the vicinity of OW57-32R suggest TPH is not widespread in groundwater." CRA appear to be bolstering their "inadvertent" oil spill excuse by stating that the TPH had to come from the surface versus from the groundwater/soil 100 feet below ground. CRA's followup September 26/12 Memorandum puts the lie to that. Their September Memorandum actually confirms the presence of petroleum hydrocarbons including some of the exact ones detected in the drilling mud fourteen years ago. It is my opinion that CRA are finished here in Elmira. Please pack your bags and look for greener pastures. You have no credibility with me and other honest, informed citizens.