,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #gaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,september #h1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,kildee 7for himself and ,mr4     
,levin7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
,president and the ,secretary of ,state 
should ensure that the ,canadian        
,government does not permanently store  
nuclear waste in the ,great ,lakes      
,basin4  ,whereas the water resources of
 the ,great ,lakes ,basin are precious  
public natural resources1 shared by the 
,great ,lakes ,states and the ,canadian 
,provinces2 ,whereas the ,united ,states
 and ,canada have1 since #aiji1 worked  
to maintain and improve the water       
quality of the ,great ,lakes through    
water quality agreements2 ,whereas over 
#dj1jjj1jjj people in both ,canada and  
the ,united ,states depend on the fresh 
water from the ,great ,lakes for        

drinking water2 ,whereas ,ontario ,power
 ,generation is proposing to build a    
permanent geological repository for     
nuclear waste less than one mile from   
,lake ,huron in ,kincardine1 ,ontario1  
,canada2 ,whereas nuclear waste is      
highly toxic and can take tens of       
thousands of years to decompose to safe 
levels2 ,whereas during the #aihjs when 
the ,department of ,energy1 in          
accordance with the ,nuclear ,waste     
,policy ,act of #aihb1 was studying     
potential sites for a permanent nuclear 
waste repository in the ,united ,states1
 the ,canadian ,government expressed    
concern with locating a permanent       
nuclear waste repository within shared  
water basins of the two countries2 and  
,whereas a spill of nuclear waste into  
the ,great ,lakes could have lasting and
 severely adverse environmental1 health1
 and economic impacts on the ,great     
,lakes and the people that depend on    
them for their livelihood3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 

of the ,house of ,representatives that--
  7#a7 the ,canadian ,government should 
not allow a permanent nuclear waste     
repository to be built within the ,great
 ,lakes ,basin2  7#b7 the ,president and
 the ,secretary of ,state should take   
appropriate action to work with the     
,canadian ,government to prevent a      
permanent nuclear waste repository from 
being built within the ,great ,lakes    
,basin2 and  7#c7 the ,president and the
 ,secretary of ,state should work       
together with their ,canadian           
,government counterparts on a safe and  
responsible solution for the long-term  
storage of nuclear waste4