MY DELEGATION TO LAST MONDAY'S CPAC MEETING

So far I have described both CPAC and SWAT members contributions to the discussion surrounding *Responsible Care verification at last Monday evening's public CPAC meeting. As a formal Delegate I read a two page document and left copies for CPAC, Woolwich Township and Mr. Masterson of the CIAC. Today I will be reproducing here only the last paragraph of my Presentation /Delegation to CPAC.

"I raised three needs in Waterloo Region. Regarding Elmira, product stewardship does not mean leaving solvents, dioxins, LNAPLS and DNAPLS and other chemical wastes in the ground for the last twenty-three years. Secondly honest communication with stakeholders does not mean hiding the October 7, 1991 Settlement Agreement aka "sweetheart deal" between Chemtura and the M.O.E. from the public. Being given an Indemnity for known contamination and hiding behind it is not the *Responsible care ethic. It also does not mean attending Woolwich Council last month and publicly accusing the CPAC Chair of lying and of breeching confidentiality. Finally and thirdly there has yet not been a legitimate attempt to clean up the Elmira Aquifers. There has been, with the complicity of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, more junk science and psuedo science than anything else. Source removal in conjunction with hydraulic containment twenty years ago would have this cleanup well underway. Recently the Region of Waterloo advised us that they will not spend time or money preparing for the reintroduction of the Elmira Aquifers until AFTER they have nominally achieved cleanup. The earliest date Elmira will be back on their own water supply IF all goes well, is 2050. This company apparently feel entitled to *Responsible Care verification. I suggest to you Mr. Masterson that the honest and informed citizens of this community feel otherwise.

Alan Marshall Elmira Environmental Hazards Team & SWAT team member "