,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dgj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january  
#ae1 #bjbj,ms4 ,stabenow 7for herself1  
,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4       
,brown1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1  
,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 and ,ms4 ,klobuchar7 
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      
resources shared by the ,great ,lakes   
,states and the ,provinces of ,canada2  
,whereas1 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 individuals 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 deep geological repository for
 nuclear waste less than #a mile from   
,lake ,huron in ,kincardine1 ,ontario1  
,canada2 ,whereas the ,government of    
,canada is proposing to build a         
permanent deep geological repository for
 high-level nuclear waste in the ,great 
,lakes ,basin2 ,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 ,lakes1 including 
during transit to a permanent deep      
geological repository for nuclear waste1
 could have lasting and severely adverse
 environmental1 health1 and economic    
impacts on the ,great ,lakes and the    
individuals who depend on the ,great    
,lakes for their livelihoods2 ,whereas  
more than #ahg local1 county1 ,state1   

and ,tribal governments have passed     
resolutions in opposition to the        
proposed nuclear waste repository of    
,ontario ,power ,generation2 ,whereas   
,tribes and ,first ,nations' citizens   
have a strong spiritual and cultural    
connection to the ,great ,lakes2        
,whereas the protection of the ,great   
,lakes is fundamental to treaty rights2 
and ,whereas1 during the #aihjs1 when   
the ,department of ,energy was studying 
potential sites for a permanent nuclear 
waste repository in the ,united ,states 
in accordance with the ,nuclear ,waste  
,policy ,act of #aihb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#ajaja et seq471 the ,government of     
,canada expressed concern with locating 
a permanent nuclear waste repository    
within shared water basins of the #b    
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 counterparts in the 
,government of ,canada on a solution for
 the long-term storage of nuclear waste 
that--  7,a7 is safe and responsible2   
and  7,b7 does not pose a threat to the 
,great ,lakes4