,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #hh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ae1   
#bjag,ms4 ,stabenow 7for herself1 ,mrs4 
,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4      
,brown1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,franken1    
,mr4 ,peters1 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        
,government of ,canada 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 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 ,whereas #ahg local1  
county1 ,state1 and tribal governments  
have passed resolutions in opposition to
 ,ontario ,power ,generation's proposed 
nuclear waste repository2 ,whereas      
tribes and ,first ,nations' citizens    
have a strong spiritual and cultural    
connection to the ,great ,lakes1 and its
 protection is fundamental to treaty    

rights2 ,whereas ,ontario ,power        
,generation has promised not to move    
forward with their current proposal     
without the support of the ,first       
,nations that would be impacted2 and    
,whereas1 during the #aihjs1 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 ,government of
 ,canada expressed concern with locating
 a permanent nuclear waste repository   
within shared water basins of the two   
countries3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that
 it is the sense of the ,senate that--  
7#a7 the ,government of ,canada 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     
,government of ,canada 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 ,government of      
,canada counterparts on a safe and      
responsible solution for the long-term  
storage of nuclear waste4