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MI HCR0009
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/21/2015
Primary Sponsor
Dan Lauwers
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AI Summary
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Urges the U.S. President to request the Secretary of State invoke the International Joint Commission (IJC) under the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty to evaluate Ontario Power Generation's proposed underground nuclear waste repository near Lake Huron's shore.
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Expresses concern that a permanent nuclear waste burial facility less than a mile from Lake Huron could contaminate the Great Lakes, which provide drinking water, fisheries, tourism, and industrial resources for tens of millions of U.S. and Canadian citizens.
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References Michigan's Public Act 204 of 1987, which prohibits siting radioactive waste facilities within 10 miles of the Great Lakes or connecting waterways, as justification for the evaluation request.
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Directs copies of the resolution be sent to the U.S. President, Secretary of State, Congress leadership, Michigan's congressional delegation, and governors/premiers and legislative leaders of Great Lakes states and Canadian provinces (Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ontario, and Quebec).
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution urging the United States President to request that the Secretary of State invoke the participation of the International Joint Commission under Article IX, Article X, or both of the Boundary Waters Treaty to evaluate the proposed underground nuclear waste repository in Ontario, Canada and similar facilities and urging the United States Congress to support the request.
United States Congress
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Energy Policy
4/21/2015