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MI SCR0017
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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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
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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
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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
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Requests the Great Lakes Commission study potential impacts of the proposed facility and similar facilities on the Great Lakes and dependent populations
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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