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Five years ago, in March 2016, 110 groups submitted an application under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) to designate radionuclides as Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs) under Annex 3 of that Agreement. We submitted our nomination in reply to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) call for nominations from the public.
Recommendation:
In the interests of public transparency and community right-to-know, we urge ECCC to continue to pursue this matter with its stakeholders by sending out for public comment the ENGO proposal to add radionuclides (2013), the ECCC and CNSC Joint Response (2017), and the ENGO response (2018), rather than recommending an outright rejection to add radionuclides to the NPRI without having consulted with the broad community.
