The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is making available $175,000 under its Participant Funding Program to assist groups and individuals to participate in the environmental assessment of Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) proposed project to construct and operate a facility for the long-term disposal of low and intermediate level radioactive waste in Ontario.
OPG is proposing to construct and operate a facility for the long-term disposal of low and intermediate level radioactive waste at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, located on the Bruce Peninsula along the shores of Lake Huron near Kincardine. The project will hold waste currently stored on the Bruce Nuclear site in the interim Western Waste Management Facility, as well as waste produced from the continued operations of nuclear generating stations at Bruce, Pickering and Darlington, Ontario.
To receive funding, successful applicants must participate in the environmental assessment. The funding is intended for the upcoming steps in the joint review panel process.
A funding review committee, independent of the environmental assessment process, will consider all applications and make recommendations on funding awards. Applications received by the Agency no later than April 22, 2011 will be considered.
Information on the Participant Funding Program, including the Participant Funding Program Guide and the application form, is available at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca . Information on the proposed project is also available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry, under reference number 06-05-17520.
To submit an application or to obtain more information on the program, contact:
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Suzanne Osborne
Participant Funding Program
160 Elgin St., 22nd Floor
Ottawa ON K1A 0H3
Tel.: 1-866-582-1884 or 613-957-0254
Fax: 613-948-9172
Email: PFP.PAFP@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
To register as an interested party and be kept informed of the panel review process and ongoing activities, please contact:
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Robyn-Lynne Virtue
Deep Geologic Repository Project
160 Elgin St., 22nd Floor
Ottawa ON K1A 0H3
Tel.: 1-866-582-1884 or 613-957-0301
Fax: 613-957-0941
Email: DGR.Review@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
