Demand the Proponent demonstrate 100% self-sufficiency in emergency response capacity for accidents related to blasting, site clearing, and construction activities mentioned in the filing.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission lists high-risk activities such as blasting and heavy construction but fails to address the critical lack of local emergency infrastructure. Melgund Township is an unorganized territory with zero local fire, police, or ambulance services. Reliance on distant regional hubs in Ignace or Dryden for accidents or fires resulting from project activities creates an unacceptable risk. The Proponent must provide 100% of the necessary emergency capacity on-site. This recommendation ensures that the project does not strain distant regional resources and protects the safety of both workers and the local community, which currently has no local capacity to respond to industrial incidents."
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.