Require the inclusion of Melgund residents and seasonal land users as distinct 'sensitive receptors' in the upcoming Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment (HHERA), ensuring they are not aggregated with the Township of Ignace.
Strategic Rationale
The Proponent's submission explicitly mentions sharing mitigation and monitoring requirements with 'WLON, the Township of Ignace, and regulatory agencies,' but omits Melgund. As an unorganized territory with residents potentially living closer to the site or access roads than the Ignace town center, Melgund faces unique exposure pathways (e.g., reliance on country foods, proximity to dust sources). If Melgund is not explicitly defined as a receptor in the HHERA, the health risk assessment will fail to capture the specific risks to our community's well-being and safety. This is a critical opportunity to ensure our population is formally recognized in the regulatory framework.
Source Context
Understanding the Impacts of Nuclear Waste on our Community
This digital archive houses the public comments submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada regarding Project 88774: The Nuclear Waste Management Organization Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project. The impact assessment is led jointly by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. This archive preserves community perspectives, concerns, and observations shared during the assessment process, particularly in relation to Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario and the communities of Dyment and Borups Corners who are the closest and most impacted of all in the process.