OTTAWA, July 3, 2007 - The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency today announced the availability of up to $50,000 in participant funding to assist groups and/or individuals to take part in the environmental assessment of the proposed Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Wastes project in Tiverton, Ontario, east of Lake Huron. The total funding amount will be made available in two separate phases.
Phase I: Up to $50,000 is being made available immediately to help successful applicants review and comment on the draft guidelines for the Environmental Impact Statement that will be produced by the project proponent, OPG, and/or to help applicants participate in public meetings. Information on these future opportunities for public participation will be communicated at a later date.
Phase II: Additional funds will be made available to help applicants review OPG’s Environmental Impact Statement and/or prepare for and participate in the public hearings. Phase II will be announced at a later date.
A funding review committee, independent of the review panel, will consider all applications and recommend allocation of funds to applicants according to the eligibility criteria set out in the Participant Funding Program Guide. Applications received by the Agency no later than July 31, 2007 will be considered.
The Participant Funding Program Guide and the application form are available on the Agency’s Web site. Information on the proposed project is also available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry on the Agency’s Web site, under reference number 06-05-17520.
The project is a proposal by OPG to prepare, construct and operate a DGR facility on the Bruce Nuclear Site within the municipality of Kincardine, Ontario. The DGR would be designed to manage low and intermediate waste produced from the continued operation of OPG-owned nuclear generations at Bruce, Pickering and Darlington, Ontario.
For additional information on the funding program, contact:
Suzanne Osborne
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Place Bell Canada, 160 Elgin Street, 22nd Floor
Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3
Tel.: 613-957-0254 (collect calls accepted)
Fax: 613-948-9172
suzanne.osborne@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
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The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency administers the federal environmental assessment process, which identifies the environmental effects of proposed projects and measures to address those effects, in support of sustainable development.
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Nicholas Girard
Senior Communications Advisor
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
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