HYPOCRISY, STUPIDITY & DECEPTION 101

Conestoga Rovers killed a few more trees with their multiple reports dealing with the minor excavations (1 foot) , regrading and so called capping of GP1 & 2 during the last two summers. Allegedly they were removing dioxins and DDT from these areas but really not so much as you might think. There has been a whole lot of hokum going on with this so called "cleanup" from the beginning.

First off allegedly when Chemtura stopped pumping into and overfilling/overflowing their eastern pits (RPE1-3), the downslope gravel pits (GP1 & 2) dried up. Not so much. Groundwater flows into the bottom of them hence if and when they dried up that would simply be due to very low groundwater levels perhaps at the end of the summer.

GP1 has been miraculously and dramatically expanded over the years with a little assistance from Conestoga Rovers. They claim that among other evidence they have are recent topographical readings. Hmm! I'm not sure how slightly different ground surface elevations prove the existence of a former gravel pit at a particular spot.

Thirdly CRA's reports purport to deal with all relevant factors in the south-east quadrant regarding their "cleanup". They talk about surface topography, groundwater elevations, surface plantlife and vegetation groupings. They discuss forests, swamps, marshes and woodlots. Somehow miraculously they ignore the elephant in the room. That would be the Stroh Drain which is dug below the water table and drains both overland flow from both properties as well as groundwater from both properties. CRA go to great lengths in describing the characteristics of the swamp and wetlands that used to exist on the north-east corner of their "Study Boundary". Note they used to exist until the Stroh Drain did its' job and drained them. Amazingly not a peep out of CRA regarding this huge change and which in fact invalidates their entire Study. How the GRCA also missed this disappeared wetland is a mystery as well.