UPCOMING TAG MEETING

The next TAG meeting is this coming Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 6:30 pm. in Woolwich Council Chambers. Both the Minutes from the last meeting on January 24, 2019 and the Agenda for this upcoming meeting have been sent out to the various parties and stakeholders including myself. Thank you Lisa Schaefer.

While I have not yet read the entire Minutes from the last meeting I am pleased by some items that have been included. This includes my Delegation to Woolwich Council last August 28, 2018 and among other items suggests that the location of GP-1 (gravel pit 1) has been changed on various maps over the decades. This is huge as it may indicate that the cleanup of GP-1 was a red herring and that it's true location may be closer to and immediately upgradient of the "Gap" area and the Stroh Drain.

There are also references in the Minutes to soil sampling having been done in the past near the "Gap" area and this data to be provided to TAG. Well where the hell is it? The meeting is five days away and one I haven't received it and two I don't see it listed on TAG's correspondence received page.

Page two of the Minutes reference a couple of different maps (CRA, Stantec) which show "linear features" that may be the alleged Interceptor Trench on Lanxess's property.

TAG Terms of Reference were also discussed with some meaningful improvements in public consultation being discussed. That is long overdue and needed.

To my surprise there is a very interesting letter from Pat McLean (absent due to health issues). In it, to my shock, she appears to be congratulating the Citizens Public Advisory Committee (CPAC) for their efforts in exposing the decades old coverup of Uniroyal Chemical contamination that flowed off-site eastwards onto the Stroh farm. Talk about a major reversal from her position between 2011 and 2016, 2017, and 2018. She has actually stated to Lanxess that the volunteer committee was correct in their discovery of this matter. Is she possibly trying to steal or transfer the credit to earlier CPACs or to TAG for the exposure of the east side migration of contamination off-site? That would be a bit much even for her.