MULTIPLE REMEDIATION FAILURES BY UNIROYAL etc. THE REASON FOR ELMIRA AQUIFER 2028 CLEANUP FAILURE

First of all let's be very clear. Uniroyal, Crompton, Chemtura and Lanxess have been in sole charge of the cleanup since Elmira's drinking wells were shut down in November 1989. The MOE/MECP have been along for the ride and have offerred guidance and criticism to the company which has been cheerfully ignored, denied, refused and or scoffed at as it suited the company. This is because of the Ministry of Environment selling the farm back in October 1991 with their Settlement Agreement prior to the November 4, 1991 Control Order issued on Uniroyal Chemical. Of course the MOE had a solid (not good) reason for doing so. They were about to face public humiliation and condemnation at the hands of Uniroyal Chemical as they presented their case to the Environmental Appeal Board showing how they (the company) had followed directions (or at least the ones they wanted to) from the MOE for the "disposal" of toxic wastes on their site. This included surface disposal (land farming), buried disposal into pits and ponds, direct dumping into the creek, indirect dumping via overflowing pits and ponds either at distance or immediately beside the Canagagigue Creek and more and worse. The MOE decided while the Board were not in session during the summer of 1991 to settle with Uniroyal Chemical and hopefully avoid public disgrace and or possibly even a public inquiry into their negligence and incompetence. ....................................................................................................................................... Many citizens including myself pushed for source removal of known on site hot spots including both free phase and residual DNAPLS (dense non aqueous phase liquids). So did (at least partially) Jaimie Connolly, hydrogeologist for the MOE/MECP in 2006 and 2008. As did eventually (2008) Wilf Ruland but only after backing APT Environment's leadership in rolling over on the DNAPL issue in 1993-94 and again in 2007 after the penultimate meeting with Dr. John Cherry and Dr. Beth Parker in January 2007 at the University of Waterloo. That 1993 backroom deal between Sylvia, Susan and Uniroyal cost APTE's membership myself, Rich Clausi and Esther Thur. I expect that Wilf was finally emboldened by Jaimie Connolly's strong DNAPL position in his two documents (2006, 2008) released prior to Wilf's in 2008. .......................................................................................................................... The groundwater will not be potable in 2028 for so many reasons including reduced and minimal on-site pumping and treating, reduced and minimal off-site pumping and treating, failure to properly test and implement ISCO (In Situ Chemical Oxidation), refusal to do more on site source removal especially ignoring Jaimie and Wilf's (belated) DNAPL reccommendations, ignoring and refusing citizens' researched and informed suggestions and reccommendations including mine. The so called public consultation has kept a very few citizens informed but their actual input no matter how valuable has clearly always been an affront to Uniroyal/Crompton/Chemtura and Lanxess. This also includes discoveries made by this citizen and the 2010-2015 CPAC under the Chairmanship of Dr. Dan Holt. ................................................................................................................. Broadly speaking the cleanup has failed due to ego, face saving, money, political interference (MOE & Woolwich Twp.) and abysmal ethics and honesty from all the guilty parties.