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Environment and Labour Minister Seeks Independent Review of Makinsons Clean-up Project Oliver Langdon, Minister of Environment and Labour, has asked the Department of Justice to undertake a comprehensive review of the Makinsons clean-up project so as to bring closure to a difference of opinion between the consultant and the contractor. In the mid-1990s, a former scrapyard at Makinsons was remediated as part of a National Contaminated Sites Remediation Program. The program was cost shared on a 50:50 basis between the federal and provincial governments. The site was contaminated with heavy metals and PCBs. On June 17, 1994, following a public tender call, the contract to clean-up the scrapyard was issued to SCC Environmental/Tri Waste Reduction, a joint venture between a local company and a Calgary based firm. Fracflow/Beak, a joint venture of a local and national firm, was contracted to manage the project on behalf of the federal and provincial governments. Overall direction for the project was provided by a federal/provincial management committee. A review of the documentation relating to this project indicates that there were differences of opinion between the contractor, SCC Environmental/Tri Waste Reduction, and the project consultant, Fracflow/Beak. Mr. Langdon stated that the resolution of these disputes during the course of the contract was left to the federal/provincial management committee. However, despite the fact that work on the project was concluded by March of 1995, a final report has not yet been endorsed by Fracflow/Beak. "The Department of Justice has reviewed the documentation," said Minister Langdon. "While there is no evidence to suggest any illegal activity, the difference of opinion between the consultant and the contractor has obviously not been resolved. To conclude this matter, the Minister of Justice, Chris Decker, has agreed at my request to oversee an independent review of the file using such engineering and other expertise as may be required." The review will commence shortly and should take 4-6 weeks to conclude.
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