Ontario Power Generation DGR project enters final public comment period

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is undertaking a public comment period for the final phase of the Environmental Assessment (EA) process for Ontario Power Generation (OPG)'s proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) Project for Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste in the Municipality of Kincardine.
 

The agency invites Aboriginal groups, members of the public and registered participants of the DGR review, to comment on the potential conditions related to possible mitigation measures and follow-up requirements that could be necessary, if the project is authorized to proceed.
 

All comments received will be considered public. Written comments, in either official language, should be sent by Sept. 1, 2015, by mail or E-mail to:

National Programs
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
22nd Floor, 160 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H3
ceaa.conditions.acee@ceaa-acee.gc.ca

The comments received on the potential conditions will be taken into account by the federal environment minister, for the EA decision statement. In order to accommodate the 90-day comment period, the 120-day timeline for the EA decision is being extended to Dec. 2, 2015.
 

If the project is authorized to proceed to the next phase of the permitting process, the decision statement will include the conditions which will be legally binding on the proponent.
 

For more information on the EA for the project, visit the agency's website, reference number 17520.

OPG proposes to prepare a site, and construct and operate a facility, for the long-term management of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste at the Bruce Nuclear site, in the Municipality of Kincardine.