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MI SCR0017

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

6/11/2014

Primary Sponsor

Phillip Pavlov

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Origin

Senate

97th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Urges the Great Lakes Commission to study and take a formal position on Ontario Power Generation's proposed underground nuclear waste repository at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada

  • Expresses concern that the facility would be located less than a mile from Lake Huron's shore and could contaminate the Great Lakes if a radioactive leak or breach occurs

  • Notes that tens of millions of U.S. and Canadian citizens depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water, fisheries, tourism, recreation, and industrial/economic uses

  • Requests the Great Lakes Commission study potential impacts of the proposed facility and similar facilities on the Great Lakes and dependent populations

  • Directs transmission of the resolution to the Great Lakes Commission Board and Executive Director, Michigan's Great Lakes Commission delegation, and the International Joint Commission

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 who depend on the lakes.

underground nuclear waste repository

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Energy And Technology

6/12/2014

Committee Referrals

Energy And Technology6/12/2014
Natural Resources, Environment And Great Lakes5/21/2014

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