DNAPL "CONCENSUS" A FIGMENT OF CHEMTURA'S SELF-SERVING IMAGINATION

It's an embarassment and a lever back into the M.O.E./Uniroyal "Sweetheart Deal" of October 7, 1991 aka "Settlement Agreement". CRA/Chemtura and the M.O.E. generally want the DNAPL file closed. I will say this for the Ontario M.O.E.; recently twice they have clearly stated that the DNAPL file is NOT closed. Steve Martindale (M.O.E.) has agreed that as per the Ministry's formerly written Monthly Reports, the DNAPL issues have not been resolved as yet to the Ministry's satisfaction. Also Jaimie Connelly (M.O.E.) at the last CPAC meeting in June stated that he would still like to see some source reduction/removal of DNAPLS on the Chemtura site. Total reliance on hydraulic containment forever does not satisfy the Walkerton "multiple barrier' approach.

I posted here in the Advocate back on July 7/14 regarding these DNAPL issues. I also quoted a Feb.6/09 Elmira Independent story on the January 19, 2009 CPAC public meeting in which both Pat Mclean and Susan Bryant insisted that there was not concensus with Chemtura on the DNAPL issues.

Finally based upon the latest received six year old technical committee meeting Minutes of the last two DNAPL meetings of June 13 and October 28/2008; it is obvious that there was not "concensus" as Jeff Merriman keeps falsely claiming. Not only did Wilf Ruland and Jaimie Connelly stick to their guns on source removal/reduction but even Steve Quigly of CRA spoke the truth on the first page of the June 13/08 Minutes when he said there is a "fundamental difference in approach...". Jaimie and Wilf had just again stated their position regarding source removal when Steve replied in disagreement. Please let me spell this out for the blinkered Chemtura employees : Concenus On DNAPL Has Never Been Achieved no matter how many times you say it has.