Request the Proponent provide site-specific baseline monitoring data for ambient noise and light levels specifically within the residential clusters of Melgund Township (Dyment and Borups Corners) to validate the 'negligible risk' characterization.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission characterizes noise, vibration, and light as 'negligible risk' based on qualitative screening, yet Melgund is a remote, dark-sky environment where any industrial activity represents a significant departure from natural variation. Establishing a true local baseline is essential to ensure that 'negligible' is measured against the current silence and darkness of the township rather than generic industrial thresholds. This recommendation is important to the community because it prevents the normalization of industrial noise in a residential area. The expected solution is a transparent, third-party monitoring program that provides residents with a clear benchmark. This presents an opportunity to improve the project by ensuring mitigation measures are tailored to the actual sensitivity of the local environment, resulting in higher community trust and more accurate impact predictions."
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.