CHEMTURA STAGGERS FORWARD WITH BRASS & CHUTZPAH

What a scenario. Brag for fourteen years that your pump and treat cleanup, operating sporadically, is going to make the Elmira Aquifers drinkable by 2028. Then when you are publicly outed by CPAC and Woolwich Council via CPAC's Resolution, that by the way was sent to the Minister of the Environment, Province of Ontario, Region of Waterloo and the AMO (Assocn of Municipalities of ontario); you deny, deny and deny. At least that is until you stop denying which was just eight days ago. Then you get up on your high horse, have your paid consultants brag even more about computer modelling and just how fine it is; and oh gosh by the way YOU have decided that your pump and treat needs improvement. Chemtura you're so full of shit your eyes are brown.

Whew got that out of my system. Sorry folks but dealing with professional BS artists over more than two decades can wear on a person.

Yesterday's Elmira Independent carrys both a front page story ""Major changes" planned for groundwater cleanup" and an Editorial from Gail Martin namely "Making progress". There are some interesting quotes from the November 1/12 meeting including Conestoga Rovers suggesting that In-Situ Chemical Oxidation being used on dissolved NDMA is either new or very recent. I think you're gilding the lily here Steve. Also Gail's article does indicate CPAC's concerns with the volume of groundwater being proposed for extraction and treatment. To date what hasn't been raised is the hugely larger quantities of somewhat treated groundwater being proposed for discharge to the Canagagigue Creek. At the moment there is a limit on those volumes and for good reason. As mentioned recently the Work Plans are being done privately and CPAC will have little or no chance to peruse or comment on them. Doubtless this will not deter Chemtura and the M.O.E., down the road, from claiming that they consulted with the public on these changes.

Gail Martin's Editorial clarifys some of the reasons why there is mistrust and skepticism of Chemtura. It includes alleged reasons for Chemtura's long term off-site pumping failures. Stating they are due to Ammonia Treatment issues is a convenient excuse for Chemtura. There are literally dozens of mechanical breakdowns, maintenance shutdowns and a host of other issues involved. Overall however Gail is optimistic that Chemtura have seen the light and are moving forward. Yours truly however has seen this before; always followed by more nonsense and backsliding. Chemtura are merely buying time once again. They are running out the clock both on Woolwich Council and CPAC (<2yrs) as well as on the lifespan of their critics.