UPCOMING PUBLIC CPAC MEETING & MAY 2013 CHEMTURA PROGRESS REPORT

One week from today on June 27 at 6 pm., CPAC will hold their monthly public meeting in Woolwich Council Chambers. In attendance as usual will be the volunteers of CPAC and SWAT (soil, water, air & technical) as well as the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Chemtura and possibly their consultants Conestoga Rovers (CRA). There have been the last few months a small number of concerned Woolwich residents present as well. The Draft Agenda is currently being discussed and probably will include monthly staples such as CPAC's criticism of the scraping and capping of GP1 & 2 by Chemtura. Dioxins and DDT continue to leave that site and "enrich" the downstream environment to the everlasting shame of both the M.O.E. and Chemtura. CRA of course are merely hired guns in the pay of the polluter and while their data may be accurate their opinions are just that.

We have been told by Jeff Merriman of Chemtura that their off-site pumping problems have been fixed again. Indeed their May 2013 monthly Progress Report actually reflects that. While my personal copy has again been delayed getting to me I have peeked at a CPAC member's Progress Report and am pleased to see that both the on and off site pumping are up to snuff. I have both here and at CPAC in detail advised the public of the overall failure over many years of Chemtura's hydraulic containment system (ie. pump & treat). Let's all hold our breathe and see how long they can maintain this obviously difficult to maintain/operate system before it crashes again, whether on-site, off-site or both. I will make further comments on the May 2013 Progress Report once I receive my copy.