MI HR0022

Memorialize the United States Congress to oppose construction of an underground nuclear waste repository in the Great Lakes basin.

Urge Canadian officials to search for alternative locations outside the Great Lakes basin for burying nuclear waste instead of the proposed Bruce Nuclear Generating Station site in Ontario.

Oppose Ontario Power Generation's proposed long-term burial facility for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste located less than a half mile from Lake Huron's shore and approximately 120 miles upstream from Southeast Michigan's main drinking water intakes.

Protect the Great Lakes, which contain 95 percent of North America's surface freshwater and support tens of millions of people, Michigan's $91.4 billion agriculture industry, and approximately 96 million annual travelers to the state.

Require transmission of the resolution to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the House, Michigan's congressional delegation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Canadian Prime Minister, Ontario Premier, and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.