THE DNAPL COVERUP ISN'T THE ONLY REASON THEIR "CLEANUP" HAS FAILED BUT IT'S A BIG ONE

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 So what is this Table above? It is the next page of Jaimie Connolly's (M.O.E. hydrogeologist) May 2, 2008 DNAPL report . Yesterday I showed the seventh page with a number of groundwater contaminants from monitoring well OW86. This is the eighth page with the rest of the contaminants found in the groundwater.  Particularly note chlorobenzene and it's Aqueous or pure phase solubility of 444 mg/l versus it's Effective Solubility of only 1 mg/l  when it is in groundwater mixed with fifteen or sixteen known other contaminants and who knows how many unknown ones. Basically at this monitoring well the concentration  of chlorobenzene of .033 mg/l  or 33 parts per billion (ppb) is a strong indication of chlorobenzene as a free phase DNAPL nearby as 1% of the Effective Solubility is 1% of 1 mg/l (i.e. 1,000 ppb.) which equals 1% x 1,000 = ten (10)  parts per billion.

It is likely that Lanxess "forgot" to be honest with Dr. Neil Thompson (U. of Waterloo) about the presence of DNAPLS on their site. Hence his calculations of how much chlorobenzene should be present may have been way off and in fact could only be explained by his determination that there was an excess 1300 - 1900 kg. of chlorobenzene from an unknown source.  This left the MOE/MECP and Lanxess in a pickle as their sweetheart deal is predicated on Uniroyal/Lanxess being the sole source of Elmira's groundwater contaminants. Now that is buggered with Nutrite/Yara as well as with Varnicolor not to mention one further north and possibly either Borg or Varnicolor up to bat for the "excess" chlorobanzene. This is the confusion that professional liars sow. When they lie about almost everything you no longer know where the lies stop and if and when they are speaking the truth.

Allan Deal's chlorobenzene report a week ago at TRAC was pitiful. Good reason for the TRAC Chair to delay or deny questions from apparently the only honestly informed person present, yours truly. Good Job Nathan. Sandy, Lanxess and the MECP all love you.