,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #efe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september
 #ah1 #bjad ,mr4 ,levin 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,kirk1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 and ,ms4    
,baldwin7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate 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 since #aiji1 the ,united       
,states and ,canada have worked to      
maintain and improve the water quality  
of the ,great ,lakes through water      
quality agreements2 ,whereas more than  
#dj1jjj1jjj people in ,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 #aihb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#ajaja et seq471 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 the shared water      
basins of the #b 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 ,senate--  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