SIX YEARS AGO THE TWO GRAVEL PITS WERE "REMEDIATED"

Susan Bryant sent a Letter To The Editor of the Elmira Independent that was published on September 19, 2013. I would characterize the Letter as being excellent. Susan refers to the scraping of soil off the top of one (GP-1) of the two pits only as a duct-tape solution and she is correct. She advises that the dioxin levels in the soil are the highest concentrations found anywhere in the Great lakes basin. She also advises as to their toxicity and to ongoing legacy of birth defects in Vietnam because of American dioxins exported to them during the American War on Vietnam via agent Orange spraying.

Susan is also concerned about the likelihood of big floods taking more of these dioxins (and DDT) downstream. She is disappointed in all levels of government for not pressing Chemtura to remove more of the dioxins. Finally she does actually complement not only the former CPAC at the time upon which she was a member but also the current CPAC (late 2010 until September 2015) of which she was not a member. She also gets a plug in for the APT Chemtura Committee which was a totally private, on Chemtura site only, get together.