GP1 & 2 "REMEDIATION" UNDERWAY WITH MINISTRY OF POLLUTER PROTECTION's BLESSING

Last Thursday's Elmira Independent has an excellent article describing the just started "cleanup" of Chemtura's south-east corner. This corner (GP1, GP2) was the respository of liquid overflow from all the east side pits and it slowly sank into the ground over decades of use. Chemtura's bald faced blatant BS that only the surface was contaminated is beyond hysterical. The M.O.E.'s acceptance of this blatant BS is beyond criminal. The title of Gail Martin's story is "Remediation of former Chemtura gravel pits underway".

Below these pits the shallow aquifer (UA1) is only lightly contaminated as with M.O.E. tacit permission it has slowly discharged into the Canagagigue Creek for decades; since the surface contamination ceased. Both the Upper Aquifer 3 (UA3) and the Municipal aquifer (MU) are totally different kettles of fish. They have numerous solvent contaminants to this day but Chemtura carefully avoid talking about them. Both pits and areas inbetween have the toxic component of Agent Orange in them above human health standards; namely 2,3,7,8 TCDD better known as the most toxic of the Dioxin group. Despite this only one foot from GP1 is being removed and the rest capped (covered over). The likelihood of both Dioxin and DDT being carried lower by solvents is almost 100%. This is but one more sweetheart deal between Chemtura and the Ontario Ministry of Errors, Excuses and Polluter Protection otherwise known as M.O.E.. I believe from this point on I may refer to them as the M.O.E.E.P.P. .