ML042310441
| ML042310441 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 05/13/2004 |
| From: | Cory K Town of Lewisboro, NY, Office of the Town Clerk |
| To: | Office of Public Affairs |
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| Download: ML042310441 (4) | |
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TOWN OF LEWISBORO FAX (914) 763-3678 11 MAIN STREET email: townclerk@lewisborogovcom P.O. BOX 500 www.lewisborogov.com SOUTH SALEM, NEW YORK 10590 OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK TOWN OF LEWISBORO KATHLEEN G. CORY, CMC, TOWN CLERK May 13, 2004 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Public Affairs Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:
The Lewisboro Town Board has asked me to send you a copy of the attached resolution in objection to the re-licensing of Indian Point Nuclear Plants #2 and #3.
If you have any questions, please contact our Town Supervisor James Nordgren at 914-763-3151 or email to supervisorglewisborogov.com.
Thank you for your attention to this matter of concern to us all.
Very truly yours, Kathleen G. Cory Town Clerk kgc enc
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF LEWISBORO AT A MEETING HELD ON APRIL 19, 2004 WHEREAS, Entergy Corp., owner and operator of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants, has expressed its intent to apply for operating license extensions of 20 years for IP2 and IP3, and being that the Town Board of the Town of Lewisboro has previously expressed its concern over the continued operation of the nuclear power plants at the Indian Point Energy Center in a resolution passed on December 18, 2001 calling for the temporary closure of all Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants, and WHEREAS, the Westchester County Board of Legislators adopted Resolution No. 142-2002, which calls on officials from the Federal, State and Local governments to work with relevant eprties to evelop a plan cludes the below listed action steps nanely:
- 1. The development of an alternative, uninterrupted, and affordable energy source to replace the power currently produced at Indian Point.
- 2. The development of a financial plan that will mitigate the negative real estate tax implications on the local communities, school districts and county government.
- 3.
The development of a plan to positively consider the current employees, such consideration will include job placement, retraining of affected workers, and other employment strategies, and
- 4.
The development of a plan that ensures that spent fuel rods will be immediately secured and properly protected on site from the threat of a terrorist attack or accident, and that an orderly closure and decommissioning of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants begin at the earliest possible time, and WHEREAS, the Town Board concurs with the content of Westchester County Board of Legislators Resolution No. 142-2002, based on the potential of a terror attack on the plants, a concern about the age of the plants, and the potential results of a failure of equipment or h1uman brrorin m
p-ewratioms of the plants,and WHEREAS, Indian Point 2 and 3 were initially licensed based on Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations promulgated over 30 years ago, and if plant owners were to apply for a license to operate a nuclear power plant at the Indian Point site today, it would not likely be granted by the NRC under its current standards and regulations, specifically prohibiting the siting of nuclear power plants based on population density considerations, now therefore
s BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board opposes the re-licensing of Indian Point 2 and 3 when their current licenses expire in 2013 and 2015 respectively, and that the NRC prohibit Entergy Corp.'s Indian Point 2 and 3 from being re-licensed, and to make this finding as soon as possible so that all concerned and involved parties can devote their time and resources to finding alternatives to the existing nuclear power plants, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the NRC should modify, through its Generic Environmental Impact Statement process, its siting regulations to reflect current considerations including that of terrorism, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk forward the text of this resolution to Westchester County's State and Federal delegation, to all legislative bodies and elected officials within Westchester County, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy Corp.
so that the intent of this Town Board be widely known.
STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER I, KATHLEEN G. CORY, Town Clerk of the Town of Lewisboro, County of Westchester, State of New York, do hereby certify that I have compared the preceding copy of a Resolution adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lewisboro at a meeting held on the 19th day of April, 2004, to the original thereof, and that the same is a true and exact copy of said original and of the whole thereof.
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Dated at South Salem, New York this 7th day of May, 2004
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OEFICE.OF THE TOWN CLERK TOWN OF LEWISBORO KATHLEEN G. CORY, CMC, TOWN CLERK 11 Main Street P.O. Box 500 South Salem, New York 10590
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