2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:27:31 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Northstar Aerospace TCE plume, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
 
Ruling allows Northstar to proceed with sale

Bill Jackson
Cambridge Times (ONT)
July 26, 2012

An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a motion from the Ministry of the Environment and ruled that Northstar Aerospace Inc. can proceed with the sale of its assets without continuing to pay for the environmental remediation of a Cambridge neighbourhood affected by noxious contamination from former plant operations on Bishop Street North.

The company filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year. Efforts to remove trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination from the air, soil and groundwater have been ongoing since 2005. Many residents living in the surrounding area have equipment installed on their property to implement and test ongoing mitigation measures.

Tracy Hipel has a photocatalytic oxidization system hooked up to his furnace and a shed on his property that contains a soil vapour extraction unit. He said it costs him $1,700 a year to operate the equipment and that the company is covering the cost until July 31. After that, he's unsure who'll pay.

People will turn the units off if they aren't compensated for hydro costs, Hipel said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news/local/article/1414797--ruling- allows-northstar-to-proceed-with-sale

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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