CPAC REMEMBERS

Politicians are so amazingly shortsighted. They "achieve" for themselves a decision they wanted knowing full well it brings harm to others and then they think oh well they'll get over it and eventually forget it. That is both shortsighted and stupid. CPAC are the reason why that Record article titled "Cleanup launched after Elmira chemical factory taints farm next door" ever came to be. CPAC are the reason why that superficial cleanup ever happened. CPAC, as in the Citizens Public Advisory Committee, are the reason why there have been Delegations to Woolwich Council and RAC (Remediation Advisory Committee) regarding Interceptor Trenches, the Stroh Drain and the "Gap" which is the area that Chemtura/CRA so studiously avoided testing in 2015. Woolwich Council nastily and with malice got rid of the last CPAC which had been appointed by the previous council specifically to stir the pot and get the Elmira cleanup on track. CPAC did all that and we are still here and we have not forgotten you Murray, Larry, Scott, Mark and Sandy.

Toxic waste pits RPE 1-5 were located within a few metres of the Stroh property line and farm. Toxic waste pits BAE-1, RB-1 and RB-2 were located directly beside and touching the Stroh property line. And the Ontario Ministry of Environment held their noses, closed their eyes and covered their ears. Perhaps they heard the same stories that Elmira citizens heard of envelopes of cash being delivered by Uniroyal managers to Mr. Earl Stroh at Christmas time each year for damages to his crops on the east side. Perhaps they went along with ongoing reparations to that family while some members' health suffered.

The depth of excavation we are advised is 15 centimetres or 5.9 inches. That is less than a farce or a joke. It is simply to pacify public outcry from CPAC and knowledgable TAG members. To date there has been zero examination of either the sediments in the bottom of the Stroh Drain or the soils in and around it. There has been zero testing of the surface water in the Stroh Drain. There has been zero unbiased and independent examination for the alleged Interceptor Trenches diverting contaminated groundwater from Lanxess to the Stroh and Martin properties and then back into the Canagagigue Creek.

All of these issues are relevant to the never ending and ongoing discharge of Dioxins/furans, DDT, PAHs, solvents, lindane and possibly PCBs into the Canagagigue Creek and the proposed Risk Assessment and likely sham "cleanup" to follow.