A PUBLIC CPAC MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT

The Chemtura Public Advisory Committee meeting is tomorrow night at 6 pm. in the Woolwich Council Chambers on Church St. in Elmira. Interestingly enough while Chemtura have their noses seriously out of joint over CPAC's ongoing pressure on them; it would appear that the Ministry of the Environment are also seriously under the gun. Revelations around DNAPLS and inadequate cleanup of Dioxins and DDT in their south-east corner (GP1 & 2) have put a strain upon their credibility.

Questions on tomorrow night's Agenda will deal with the latest field testing in the Canagagigue Creek as well as the further excavation (scraping?) of three 10 metre square areas in GP1 & 2. There will also be questions about Responsible Care, Financial Assurance and a financial report regarding how much taxpayer money the M.O.E. continue to spend on the Elmira Aquifer cleanup.

While CPAC and the public have been well represented at these meetings by the Elmira Independent, I still believe that too many members of the public have a naive faith in the system. They are content to let a few citizens carry the load in the battle against Chemtura and the M.O.E.; and let there be no doubt it is and always has been a battle. Therefore the more citizens who can come out and either observe or participate with questions the better.