FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO FORGET, HERE WE ARE

Back in 2011 I sent in a formal request for a review of public consultation in regards to Uniroyal/Chemtura here in Elmira. Both the Record and the Observer published the news of this request. The Elmira Independent published it on June 2, 2011 in an article titled "Marshall pushes for removal of dioxins" and the Woolwich Observer published it on June 4, 2011 in an article titled "CPAC to look into Marshall's call for dioxin cleanup."

These newspaper articles occurred after I had attended Woolwich Council as a Delegate suggesting that the cleanup of GP-1 and GP-2 in Chemtura's south-east corner was long overdue. In fact it was finally started in 2013 and finished in 2014. Regarding the request for review of public consultation, that went to the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario and was a complete dud. The ECO apparently had little interest in public consultation and or no time or funding to pursue the matter which was unfortunate. The time will come when Elmira's environmental cleanup will be publicly and loudly held up as how not to remediate both ground and surface water contamination. It will also be held up to scrutiny in academic and other professional circles as how not to conduct public consultation.