LANXESS/GHD BULLSHI* WEARING THIN

Oh my, oh my but Sebastian Seibel-Achenbach is the wrong person to give the mushroom treatment to. You know, the keep them in the dark and cover them with **** . He has given his TAG colleagues as well as the TAG Chair way more time (rope?) than necessary for them to step up and show their true colours (character, backbone ?). On July 20 here in the Elmira Advocate I posted that it was time for the TAG membership to step up. Personally I've lost confidence in the TAG Chair. .................................................................................................................. Sebastian sent a four page Memorandum/report to his TAG colleagues a few days ago. It is dated however August 26, 2021 as that is the date of the next public? (virtual) TAG meeting. In his report Sebastian pulls no punches as he spells out the ridiculousness of Lanxess's position regarding the Stroh Drain pathway contributing dioxins, DDT and more to the downstream Canagagigue Creek. Sebastian also uses Ramin Ansari's own rabbit hunting metaphor against him. In fact Sebastian makes it clear that a full hunting expedition i.e. soil testing and investigation is in order. Sebastian also spells out that the Lanxess/GHD preferred fully on-site pathway is ridiculous and self-serving as the overflowing toxic waste waters from the Uniroyal Chemical east side pits had to pass through the formerly swampy area on their site where they then gravity flowed off-site onto the Stroh farm. Previously it has been admitted by all that these liquid wastes flowed off-site at the further north end of the Stroh property. This swampy area became the former swampy area by public admission of both common sense and Jeff Merriman, the long time environmental engineer and spokesperson for Uniroyal/Crompton/Chemtura. The Stroh Drain was built in 1983 specicially to drain the swamp on both the Stroh and Uniroyal Chemical property which it has done. ............................................................................................................. Sebastian rightly believes that there is more than enough evidence produced to date to convince honest, intelligent and unbiased persons of the likelihood of a sink of dioxins/furans, DDT, PAHs and more on the Stroh farm to the immediate east of the north end of the Stroh Drain which starts a few metres to the east of Uniroyal/Lanxess's south-east corner. Hence a full and proper investigation is required. He is correct but let me add that biased, self-serving individuals always hiding behind the Ontario Ministry of Environment do not care. They are and always have been in full control of the cleanup and the results show both in the creek and in the still undrinkable Elmira Aquifers. .................................................................................................................................. This is TAG's opportunity to step up. While almost all citizens have played "nice", the other parties have not. Other evidence may become available but should not be needed if TAG members remember that their loyalties are supposed to be to the public and the environment, not to Woolwich Township, the Ministry of Environment or Lanxess.