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Saskatchewan Has Site Contaminated with Biological/Chemical Warfare Agents |
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Contributed by Jim Elliott
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Tuesday, 19 August 2008 |
There is one of twelve sites registered with the Treasury Board of the government of Canada containing Biological/Chemical Warfare Agents that is located in Saskatchewan. It is located about 250 kilometres north of La Ronge at Latitude 57.16722, Longitude105.8406.
There is an estimated 2.00 cubic metres of contamiated soil on this site. There is no indication of the type of warfare agent, how much agent is actually present or how the contaminated soil is being stored, if it is stored at all. There are two airfields reasonably close by at Whitley Lake and Costigan Lake. There are clearly lots of lakes, creeks, rivers and other water bodies close to this site. There is a road and a couple of gravel pits close by.
Federal contaminated sites are identified by an Identifier Number. This site is 67631001. The department responsible for the site is the Department of Transport. The official contact is Heather Osborne at (613) 993-7449.
With an amount of material identified as this small, it is a wonder why the federal government have not taken the initiative to move this to another site. With the potential of these agents, it has the potential, perhaps, of travelliing a long way with the amount of water near the site.
To get a sense of the location, visit this link and punch in the latitude and longitude mentioned above:
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map
For more information about this contaminated site or other federally registered sites around the country or province, check out http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/fcsi-rscf/site.aspx?Language=EN&sid=wu819188497&qid=168&OrderKey=0
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 20 August 2008 )
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