Request a specific definition of 'sensitive receptors' for air quality monitoring that explicitly includes individual rural residences and tourist operations in Melgund, rather than limiting the definition to 'hospitals, schools, or community areas' (Section 19.2.2.3).
Strategic Rationale
"The text defines high risk based on exceedances at institutional receptors like schools and hospitals. Melgund does not have these facilities; its population is distributed in rural homes and lodges. Using the Proponent's current definition could lead to a 'Low Risk' classification simply because standard urban receptors are absent, ignoring the health impacts on the actual local population. Expanding this definition ensures that baseline data and monitoring reflect the reality of the unorganized territory."
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.