MI SCR0016

Urges the President of the United States, Secretary of State, and Congress to invoke the International Joint Commission under the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty to evaluate Ontario Power Generation's proposed underground nuclear waste repository near Lake Huron.

Expresses concern that the proposed facility, located less than one mile from Lake Huron's shore, poses risks to the Great Lakes' ecology and the tens of millions of U.S. and Canadian citizens depending on the lakes for drinking water, fisheries, and recreation.

References Michigan's Public Act No. 204 of 1987, which prohibits radioactive waste facilities containing the same waste types within 10 miles of the Great Lakes or connected waterways.

Calls on other Great Lakes states and Canadian provinces to adopt protective regulations and petition their federal governments to engage the International Joint Commission for evaluation.

Urges the Canadian Prime Minister and Parliament to suspend the Joint Review Panel process to allow input from the International Joint Commission, the Great Lakes Commission, and the state of Michigan.