U.S. senators try to delay Lake Huron nuke waste site

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Source: Detroit Free Press

Faced with the prospect of a Canadian power company burying nuclear waste within a mile of Lake Huron, Michigan’s U.S. senators today announced legislation which would attempt to force the State Department to negotiate a delay with the Canadian government.

The legislation would call for the State Department to urge Canada to delay any approval of Ontario Power Generation’s proposed Deep Geologic Repository until the International Joint Commission, a bi-national organization which helps settle boundary disputes, completes a study also called for by the legislation into whether the proposed facility is safe.

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., announced the legislation today at a news conference in Detroit, saying that such a study is provided for under the Boundary Waters Act of 1909.

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“Given what is at stake, invoking this treaty to require a thorough review by the International Joint Commission and a process to resolve this critical issue is a reasonable solution,” said Stabenow, who is proposing the legislation along with U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, also D-Mich. U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, will propose companion legislation in the U.S. House.

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Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/2015/08/10/nuclear-waste-site/31416237/

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1. Residents, lawmakers fight Canadian nuke waste site

http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/local/2015/08/10/residents-lawmakers-fight-canadian-nuke-waste-site/31422437/

Residents, lawmakers fight Canadian nuke waste site
Beth LeBlanc, Times Herald 3:30 p.m. EDT August 10, 2015

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U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced Monday that she and Sen. Gary Peters will sponsor legislation that would mandate a study of the risks of having an underground nuclear waste site near Lake Huron.

The Stop Nuclear Waste by Our Lakes Act would invoke the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, requiring the International Joint Commission to study the risks of the waste site.

The act also would require the state department to ask the Canadian government to hold off any approvals for the site until after the completion of the IJC study.

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Valerie Daggert and her fiancé, Jeremy Whitmore, have organized a rally that will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday in Port Huron’s Pine Grove Park.

The International Rally to Protect the Great Lakes will include several speakers and entertainment.

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[BlueEye]

2. I understand that the waste needs to be buried.

But why must it be so close to the Great Lakes? They couldn't find some limestone in their vast northern territories to bury it in?

Full disclosure: I am not a geologist! I have, however, seen a map of Canada.

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3. Kudos to Debbie Stanenow and other Senators who stand together against these ignorami!