Request confirmation that the baseline data collection for 'local lakes and ecosystems' (Section 5.3.2) includes water bodies and land within the Melgund LSB jurisdiction, distinct from the data collected for the Township of Ignace.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission highlights environmental concerns raised by Ignace regarding *their* local ecosystems. However, environmental impacts such as air quality degradation and water contamination do not stop at municipal boundaries. To ensure the 'protection of... water, land, and wildlife' (Section 5.3.1) is effective for the entire region, baseline monitoring must explicitly cover Melgund's territory. This ensures that pre-project conditions are documented for the unorganized territory, providing a necessary benchmark for future impact monitoring."
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.