Request specific mitigation and monitoring plans for dust and runoff for the various 'ERMA' (Excavated Rock Management Area) configurations mentioned in the filing.
Strategic Rationale
The Proponent's submission identifies ERMA siting as an alternative mean, but large-scale rock storage poses significant risks of wind-blown dust and leachate affecting local air and soil quality. Given that Melgund residents live in close proximity to the proposed site, the selection of the ERMA configuration must be based on minimizing environmental drift toward residential areas. This is an opportunity for the Proponent to implement advanced dust suppression and runoff capture technologies. The expected result is a rock management strategy that prevents the degradation of local air quality and protects the surrounding terrestrial environment from industrial runoff.
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.