Require the Proponent to demonstrate how Project-generated waste will not displace Melgund residents' access to the Dryden and Ignace landfills.
Strategic Rationale
The filing notes that Melgund residents rely on the Dryden landfill and that the Ignace landfill serves 'adjacent unorganized townships' (approx. 5,000 users). With regional landfills having finite lifespans (e.g., Ignace to 2056, Sioux Lookout 10-40 years) and the Project likely generating significant industrial and domestic waste, there is a strategic risk of reduced capacity or increased tipping fees for unorganized residents. The Proponent must guarantee that Project usage does not compromise the essential waste disposal services currently relied upon by the community, potentially by funding capacity expansions.
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.