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MI HCR0030
Concurrent Resolution
Status
5/22/2014
Primary Sponsor
Dan Lauwers
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AI Summary
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Urges the Great Lakes Commission to study and formally position itself on Ontario Power Generation's proposed underground burial facility for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, located less than one mile from Lake Huron's shore.
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Expresses concern that a radioactive leak or breach from the facility could damage Great Lakes ecology and threaten tens of millions of U.S. and Canadian citizens who depend on the lakes for drinking water, fisheries, tourism, and industrial uses.
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Directs the resolution be transmitted to the Great Lakes Commission Board of Directors, Executive Director, Michigan's Great Lakes Commission delegation members, and the International Joint Commission commissioners.
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Invokes Michigan's Constitutional duty to protect the state's natural resources for public health, safety, and welfare as justification for the resolution.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution to urge the Great Lakes Commission to study and take a formal position on the proposed underground nuclear waste repository in Ontario, Canada and to study the potential impacts of this facility and similar facilities on the Great Lakes and on the people that depend on the lakes.
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Energy And Technology
5/22/2014