SOME ITEMS OF CONCERN IN THE TAG MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 25/21

The Minutes start off with my report/Delegation to TAG being "discussed". Ha! It stated "...all members received and reviewed the written submission from Alan Marshall." This was followed by "There were no questions or discussion." Hunh! My report referenced details in TAG member Sebastian Seibel-Achenbach's November 26/20 "Appeal to the Technical Advisory Committee". My report was in support of Sebastian's strong difference in opinion regarding the Stroh property and contamination on it from the former Uniroyal Chemical. This is a potentially major stumbling block to proper cleanup of both Uniroyal's off-site pollution as well as of the Canagagigue Creek and it's current Risk Assessment to determine what and how much cleanup are required. ......................................................................................................... DNAPLS were somewhat discussed on page 3 by Ramin Ansari of Lanxess Canada. DNAPLS are one other of the main coverups that have occurred post 1989 on this site. Among other omissions or errors by Mr. Ansari was his claim that (free phase) DNAPL had not been found on the east side of the former Uniroyal site. Or according to the Minutes allegedly Lanxess have not found DNAPL in the groundwater. This is nonsense. DNAPL compounds (eg. chlorinated solvents) are found in the groundwater of all aquifers throughout the site, north, south, east and west. If Ramin actually stated that free phase DNAPL has not been found on the east side he is also wrong because it was found at RPE-3 in 2009. .......................................................................................................................................... We are supposed to be flattered that Lanxess chose to "voluntarily" advise TAG about a proposed amended Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) that they didn't have to. Excuse me but the last "voluntary" action that Uniroyal/Chemtura undertook was the $3.5 million cleanup of GP-1 and GP-2. That was bulls.it then (i.e. voluntary) just as it's bulls.it now. That was far more likely a closed doors, private agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Environment (MECP) along the lines of throwing Chemtura a bone after demanding a cleanup of GP-1 & 2 rather than they do a proper Investigation of the Stroh property. .......................................................................................................................... Lastly I have to comment on the following statement namely: "...focus the monitoring program on those parameters consistently found through decades of monitoring." With the majority of the monitoring for decades being NDMA, chlorobenzene and ammonia is it any wonder that those three are always found and everything else not tested is not? It's a self-fulfilling phrophecy.