Request a quantitative inventory of habitat loss, specified in hectares, for each of the 64 upland breeding bird species and eight SAR species identified in the Proponent's submission.
Strategic Rationale
The Initial Project Description identifies a high diversity of bird species but lacks a specific accounting of the physical area to be disturbed. For Melgund Township, where the natural environment is a primary community asset, the claim that residual effects will be 'negligible' cannot be verified without knowing the exact scale of habitat removal. Providing this data is an opportunity for the Proponent to move beyond qualitative assumptions and provide a scientifically defensible baseline. This will allow the community to better understand the physical footprint of the project and ensure that mitigation measures are proportional to the actual loss of land.
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.