<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439">Hi folks</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439"><br></div><div id="yiv1116065236yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_2256" dir="ltr" class="" style="">Here is an interesting news story I came across tonight of an oil spill in Etobicoke Creek. The fire crews identified the substance as<span class="" id="yiv1116065236yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_2588" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"> tar-diluted oil. Oily duck found on site too. </span></div><div id="yiv1116065236yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_2256" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hazmat-crews-called-to-clean-up-etobicoke-creek-oil-spill-1.2374562" id="yiv1116065236yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_2524" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class="">http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hazmat-crews-called-to-clean-up-etobicoke-creek-oil-spill-1.2374562</a><br class="" style=""></div><div id="yiv1116065236yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_2256" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div id="yiv1116065236yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_2256" dir="ltr" class="" style="">The news story gave reference to a reddit article from the person who helped to rescue the oily duck. A fella named Robserial in his ID on the site. He said the<span class="" id="yiv1116065236yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_2664" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> spill is just south of Sherway gardens in a stream that feeds into the creek.</span></div><div id="yiv1116065236yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_2256" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span class="" id="yiv1116065236yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_3173" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/35z44y/theres_an_oil_spill_in_the_etobicoke_creek_and/" id="yiv1116065236yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_2466" class="" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/35z44y/theres_an_oil_spill_in_the_etobicoke_creek_and/</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2597"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439">Second CTV news story now states they don't know what this solvent is. It will take weeks to test. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr"><a href="http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/what-spilled-into-the-etobicoke-creek-1.2377064" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2449">http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/what-spilled-into-the-etobicoke-creek-1.2377064</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr">CBC states the spill could take up to 1 week to clean up</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr"><a href="https://ca.news.yahoo.com/etobicoke-mystery-spill-may-days-221720571.html" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2690">https://ca.news.yahoo.com/etobicoke-mystery-spill-may-days-221720571.html</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr">I filed a formal complaint tonight with both the National Energy Board and the Transportation Safety Bureau about this ongoing spill issue. Both agencies said it was somewhat unusual for a member of the public to call in but in light of what took place and how poorly it was handled last time, I don't want to take chances this time round.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr">Based on FOI docs I secured it confirmed the following:</div><div id="yiv4018091566yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_4172" dir="ltr" class="" style="">-how Toronto Fire lacked the proper size booms to stop the spill</div><div id="yiv4018091566yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_4172" dir="ltr" class="" style="">-how a vac truck was used with booms to gather a solvent but the solvent was never tested or identified</div><div id="yiv4018091566yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_4172" dir="ltr" class="" style="">-how City of Toronto staff were actually instructed to not speak with Spills Action Centre staff</div><div id="yiv4018091566yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_4172" dir="ltr" class="" style="">-how the movement of the solvent on video tape doesn't match the theory that it came from upstream</div><div id="yiv4018091566yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_4172" dir="ltr" class="" style="">-how there was a delayed response by MNR who only visited the site three days after the spill took place</div><div id="yiv4018091566yui_3_16_0_1_1431753576938_4172" dir="ltr" class="" style="">-how there was a lack of spills volumes, lack of communication with other municipalities, lack or regard for impacts to aquatic life after the incident took place.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr">I told both the NEB and the TSB that we need their participation in this one. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr">Let us hope to God they actually do look into it. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr">Lulu </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431757007349_2439" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div></div></body></html>