Challenge the applicability of using air quality data from Thunder Bay and Winnipeg (240-350 km away) and request detailed validation against the new local 2023 dataset.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission relies on regional data from cities hundreds of kilometers away to characterize the local airshed. For Melgund Township, which sits between industrial sources in Dryden and Ignace, this distant data is scientifically irrelevant and fails to capture local realities. Establishing a strictly local baseline is critical to ensure that future project emissions are measured against the actual, current air quality of Dyment and Borups Corners, rather than the urbanized baselines of Thunder Bay. This ensures accurate impact predictions for local residents."
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.