PRIVATE DEALS VERSUS PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Sub-Title: CO-OPTED, AMERICAN, ENGLISH MAJOR, NON-ELMIRA RESIDENT HAS FULL CONFIDENCE OF LANXESS, MECP, TAG, RAC, WOOLWICH COUNCIL etc. - WTF ................................................................................................................ Uniroyal, Crompton, Chemtura and Lanxess have been in charge of the "cleanup" Agenda here in Elmira for the last thirty-two years. Yes the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE/MECP) have had a seat at the table and occasionally have flexed their baby muscles. Occasionally. Citizens whether members of UPAC or CPAC simply by regular attendance at public meetings or due to formal appointment by a mostly dishonest (environmentally) Woolwich Council have criticized, consulted, researched and raised serious issues for decades. They have not however set Agendas for probably the last 25 years primarily due to a dishonest, former Woolwich councillor working on behalf of the then mayor as well as on behalf of Uniroyal/Chemtura. That was master manipulator, Pat Mclean. She was aided and abetted by her buddy in the sub-title above Susan Bryant. What a pair of behind the scenes sellouts of the public interest. ..................................................................................................... Has the control by Uniroyal, Woolwich and the MOE/MECP produced sucess? If you're talking reduced cleanup costs, blame and liability the answer is yes. If you are talking human health, wildlife health or environmental health the answer is no. Various issues have been "hot" issues over the years including DNAPLS, Upper Aquifer Containment & Treatment System, Ammonia Treatment System, DDT & dioxins in the creek ("Gig"), full on-site hydraulic containment, excavation of on-site buried wastes, off-site pumping & treating to remediate the Elmira Aquifers, the Stroh property contamination. All these issues have only gained traction when and if Uniroyal/Crompton/Chemtura/Lanxess have agreed to them. Gaining traction however often simply means more enhanced manipulation, obfuscation and deception. ......................................................................................................... The Elmira Aquifers are decades behind the provincially mandated August 2028 cleanup deadline. The creek (Canagagigue) sediments and soils, benthic community and fish are still full of DDT, dioxins/furans, mercury and PCBs. The off-site pump & treat system is decades behind the agreed upon (1998 & Nov. 2012) pumping rates required to ever do the job even if hydraulic containment on its own ever could. On-site is and forever will be a mess due to the abject failure to remove DNAPL whether free phase or residual. The Stroh Drain, Ditch & Berm area plus other off-site contaminated areas will continue discharging to the Canagagigue ("Gig") likely forever. ............................................................................................................... One of the finest coverups and scams was the "cleanup" of GP-1 & GP-2 on Uniroyal/Lanxess's south-west corner. Little did we know at the time that GP-1 and GP-2 were red herrings sucessfully intended to hide the volumes of toxic liquid wastes discharged onto the Stroh farm and property. Chemtura/Lanxess etc. falsely claimed that only a small amount on their north-east corner flowed onto the Stroh property. Five different lines of evidence to date have been listed here showing otherwise. We were lied to and told that GP-1 and GP-2 received the vast bulk of overflowing liquid wastes from east side pits RPe 1-5 plus others. Again Uniroyal/Lanxess and the MOE/MECP made these deals privately behind the scenes while simply going through the motions at UPAC, CPAC, RAC & TAG public meetings. ......................................................................................................... As I first publicly said and wrote decades ago "The cleanup is a sham".