Request a detailed 'Source Identification Study' for the reported exceedances of E. coli, mercury, and copper in the Mennin and Wabigoon rivers.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission identifies these exceedances but simultaneously characterizes the water quality as 'normal' and 'indicative of healthy ecosystems.' This contradiction must be resolved. Melgund needs a definitive baseline to distinguish between naturally occurring background levels and potential future project impacts. If these exceedances are not fully understood now, the Proponent could later claim that any future contamination was 'pre-existing.' This task ensures the community has a defensible regulatory baseline to protect local water bodies."
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.