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REPORT, GENERAL INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT REPORT DOUGLAS POINT WASTE FACILITY 22-513130-REPT-001 Revision 2 Prepared by: 2020/10/13 Margot Thompson Date Communications Specialist Reviewed by: 2020/10/15 Julie Therrien Date Manager, Operations, Douglas Point Decommissioning Approved by: 2020/10/15 Mitch MacKay Date Manager, Stakeholder Relations, Environmental Remediation Management Effective date: 2020/10/15 UNRESTRICTED © Canadian Nuclear Laboratories REPORT, GENERAL UNRESTRICTED INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT REPORT 22-513130-REPT-001 REV. 2 REVISION HISTORY Rev. Date Details of Rev. Prepared Reviewed By Approved By No. By 1 2020/04/13 Issued as “Approved for Use” Margot Ian Bainbridge Mitch MacKay Thompson 1D1 2020/01/13 Issued for “Review and Comment” Margot Ian Bainbridge Mitch MacKay Thompson Mitch MacKay 0 2019/11/21 Issued as “Approved for Use” Margot Ian Bainbridge Mitch MacKay Thompson D1 2019/11/06 Issued for “Review and Comment” Margot Ian Bainbridge Mitch MacKay Thompson Mitch MacKay 1 2020/04/13 Issued as “Approved for Use” Margot Ian Bainbridge Mitch Mackay Thompson 2D1 2020/10/13 Issued for “Review and Comment” Margot Mitch MacKay Mitch MacKay Thompson 2 2020/10/15 Issued as “Approved for Use” Margot Julie Therrien Mitch Mackay Thompson REPORT, GENERAL UNRESTRICTED INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT REPORT 22-513130-REPT-001 REV. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Scope ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Acronyms ................................................................................................................................................ 6 2. ALIGNMENT WITH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................... 8 3. DESCRIPTION OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ............................................................................................ 11 3.1 Saugeen Ojibway Nation ....................................................................................................................... 12 3.1.1 Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation .................................................................................................. 15 3.1.2 Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation ................................................................................... 15 3.2 Métis Nation of Ontario ........................................................................................................................ 16 3.3 Historic Saugeen Métis ......................................................................................................................... 17 4. INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ENGAGEMENT ............................................................................................... 19 4.1 Objectives.............................................................................................................................................. 19 4.2 Identified First Nation and Métis Communities ................................................................................... 20 4.3 Engagement Methods ........................................................................................................................... 20 4.4 Engagement Activities Completed ........................................................................................................ 21 4.5 Feedback Received................................................................................................................................ 26 4.6 Planned Engagement Activities ............................................................................................................ 30 4.7 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 31 5. TRADITIONAL LAND AND RESOURCE USE BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES .......................................................... 33 5.1 Spatial Boundaries ................................................................................................................................ 33 5.2 Temporal Boundaries ............................................................................................................................ 34 6. CNL’S LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES................................................................. 35 7. REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................. 36 FIGURES FIGURE 1 - SAUGEEN OJIBWAY NATION TRADITIONAL TERRITORY - ANISHNAABEKIING .................................................... 13 REPORT, GENERAL UNRESTRICTED INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT REPORT 22-513130-REPT-001 REV. 2 FIGURE 2 – MAP OF TREATY 45 ½ AND TREATY 72 AND LOCATIONS OF THE RESERVE LANDS OF THE CHIPPEWAS OF THE SAUGEEN FIRST NATION AND THE CHIPPEWAS OF NAWASH UNCEDED FIRST NATION ........................... 14 FIGURE 3 - GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF TRADITIONAL MÉTIS HARVESTING TERRITORIES IN ONTARIO ............................ 17 FIGURE 4 LOCATION OF THE HISTORIC SAUGEEN MÉTIS OFFICE ......................................................................................... 18 FIGURE 5 - LOCATION OF THE DOUGLAS POINT FACILITY INCLUDING THE PROTOTYPE REACTOR AND ITS ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES ............................................................................................................................................... 33 FIGURE 6 GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE TIMELINE ..................................................................................................... 35 TABLES TABLE 2-1 SUMMARY OF GUIDELINE REQUIREMENTS AND CONCORDANCE ........................................................................ 9 TABLE 3-1 SUMMARY OF IDENTIFIED INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES .................................................................................... 11 TABLE 4-1 ENGAGEMENT LOG TO DATE ............................................................................................................................... 21 TABLE 4-2 FEEDBACK RECEIVED ............................................................................................................................................ 28 TABLE 4-3 PLANNED ACTIVITIES............................................................................................................................................ 31 TABLE 5-1 SCHEDULE OF PLANNED ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................... 34 REPORT, GENERAL UNRESTRICTED INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT REPORT 22-513130-REPT-001 REV. 2 PAGE 5 OF 37 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose Canada’s prototype CANDU® reactor at Douglas Point produced electricity from 1967 until 1984 when it was permanently shut down having achieved its objectives as a prototype. In 1987, after the fuel was removed and the reactor coolant drained, the facility was put into a safe shutdown state, referred to as the “storage with surveillance” phase of decommissioning. Since 2015 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has been responsible for the operation of the facility, now known as the Douglas Point Waste Facility (DPWF), which is owned by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), a federal Crown corporation. To reduce Canada’s nuclear waste footprint, CNL is planning the next phase of decommissioning for Douglas Point, with the health, safety and security of people and the environment the top considerations for the project. As a prototype nuclear reactor Douglas Point demonstrated that a CANDU® nuclear plant could be scaled up for commercial power generation, the legacy continues to create 60 per cent of Ontario’s clean, reliable nuclear power. Currently, the Douglas Point facility consists of the permanently shut-down, partially-decommissioned prototype CANDU® reactor and its associated structures and ancillaries located within the Bruce Power Site on the east shore of Lake Huron in the Province of Ontario. In 2019 July 22, CNL submitted an application to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to amend the current licence for the Douglas Point facility. If granted, this licence amendment will permit CNL to transition into the next phase of decommissioning – Phase 3. Eventually, CNL plans to complete decommissioning with the removal of the facility. While the licence amendment is essential to progressing with decommissioning, it is not sufficient. Further regulatory decisions on different sub-phases of the decommissioning project are required prior to complete removal. It is essential to engage and develop relationships with Indigenous communities early on in the decommissioning project to incorporate Indigenous views and values into the remediation of the facility. This Indigenous Engagement Report (IER) outlines CNL’s approach to Indigenous engagement with respect to decommissioning and is prepared in accordance with the CNSC Public and Indigenous Engagement: Indigenous Engagement (2019 August) REGDOC-3.2.2 (“REGDOC”) regulatory document. It is an iterative document that will be updated regularly as engagement progresses. This revision captures