Request a Stage 2 Archaeological Assessment (field survey) for the 342-hectare Project site, rejecting the reliance solely on the 'desktop component of a Stage 1 archaeological assessment'.
Strategic Rationale
The Proponent's submission relies on the Ontario Archaeological Sites Database to conclude there are no known sites. In remote, unorganized territories like Melgund, historical use often goes unrecorded in provincial databases. Relying purely on desktop reviews risks the inadvertent destruction of unmapped cultural heritage. Moving to a field-based assessment is a necessary due diligence step to protect community heritage and ensure the 'social license' for the project is based on verified physical evidence, not just database queries.
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.