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Comment (308) Regarding Iplr Scoping
ML073100964
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Site: Indian Point  Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 10/16/2007
From: Public Commenter
Public Commenter
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References
72FR45075
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From: "michel" <ciecplee@verizon.net>

To: <IndianPointEIS@nrc.gov>

Date: 10/16/2007 12:16:06 PM

Subject:

reSubmission of Comments on the Scope of the Environmental Review of Indian Point (Michel Lee- CIECP)

Dear Chief,

Kindly exchange this submission for the one originally transmitted on October 12th. This version has corrected paragraph numbering and contact information.

Thank you.

Subject:

Submission of Comments on the Scope of the Environmental Review of Indian Point (Michel Lee - CIECP)

October 11, 2007 Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555

Dear Chief,

It is respectfully submitted that the special circumstances of Indian Point

- i.e., its siting in a uniquely congested demographic area, 24 miles north of New York City , within 50 miles of over 20 million people, and its status as an identified and widely recognized terrorist target - warrants a particularly stringent and comprehensive analysis of all environmental factors, including:

(1) The environmental consequences of a terrorist attack that leads to a major and potentially rapid radiation release; (2) The prognosticated effects and conditions of global warming; (3) The potential health and environmental consequences of using the Hudson River as a source of public drinking water (as per the plan of Rockland County);

(4) The potential health and environmental consequences of 20 additional years of dumping radionuclides into the Hudson River, combined with an analysis of the synergistic interaction of such radionuclides with other known Hudson River pollutants like PCBs, endocrine disruptors (including dioxins) and mercury; (5) The potential health and environmental consequences of 20 additional years of additional releases of radiation and other chemical toxins into the atmosphere, combined with an analysis of the synergistic interaction of such elements with other known pollutants such as mercury; (6) The potential health and environmental consequences of 20 additional years of additional releases of radiation and other chemical toxins released by Indian Point into the environment (especially toxic metals like cadmium) upon populations most susceptible to radiation and toxic chemicals, such as

women, adolescents, children, babies, breast-fed infants and the embryo/fetus.

(7) All reasonable energy alternatives, especially the renewable clean forms of energy that are widely viewed as the energy technologies of the "future" as well as efficiency technologies and demand-side options; (8) Environmental justice, especially the environmental and health impacts on poor communities and communities of color in the event of a large radiation release incident (e.g., the continued impact on those communities in New Orleans, long after Katrina) as well as the environmental impacts of 20 additional years of uranium mining and nuclear fuel processing and disposition upon Native American populations, people of color, and poor communities; (9) The long-term tax and economic effects of placing a term high level nuclear waste dump on the banks of the Hudson River for an indefinite, and potentially centuries-long, duration.

(10) The continued explosive population growth in the region (calculated using the same percentage of growth that has occurred over the past 20),

which will exponentially increase the potential damage calculation for virtually every area of concern.

In addition, I support consideration of the broad areas requested by members of the public and public interest groups during the September 19, 2007 public EIS meeting, including:

  • Wildlife and Fish
  • Water and Air Resources
  • Historic or Cultural Resources
  • Taxes, Community Development
  • Land Use
  • Human Health Sincerely, Michel Lee, Esq.

Chairman Council on Intelligent Energy

& Conservation Policy 265 Madison Rd Scarsdale, New York 10583 (914) 420-5624 ciecplee@verizon.net

Federal Register Notice: 72FR45075 Comment Number: 308 Mail Envelope Properties (47309666.HQGWDO01.OWGWPO04.200.2000000.1.145062.1)

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reSubmission of Comments on the Scope of the Environmental Review of Indian Point (Michel Lee- CIECP)

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Dear Chief,

Kindly exchange this submission for the one originally transmitted on October 12th. This version has corrected paragraph numbering and contact information.

Thank you.

Subject:

Submission of Comments on the Scope of the Environmental Review of Indian Point (Michel Lee - CIECP)

October 11, 2007 Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555

Dear Chief,

It is respectfully submitted that the special circumstances of Indian Point - i.e., its siting in a uniquely congested demographic area, 24 miles north of New York City , within 50 miles of over 20 million people, and its status as an identified and widely recognized terrorist target - warrants a particularly stringent and comprehensive analysis of all environmental factors, including:

(1) The environmental consequences of a terrorist attack that leads to a major and potentially rapid radiation release; (2) The prognosticated effects and conditions of global warming; (3) The potential health and environmental consequences of using the Hudson River as a source of public drinking water (as per the plan of Rockland County);

(4) The potential health and environmental consequences of 20 additional years of dumping radionuclides into the Hudson River, combined with an analysis of the synergistic interaction of such radionuclides with other known Hudson River pollutants like PCBs, endocrine disruptors (including dioxins) and mercury; (5) The potential health and environmental consequences of 20 additional years of additional releases of radiation and other chemical toxins into the atmosphere, combined with an analysis of the synergistic interaction of such elements with other known pollutants such as mercury; (6) The potential health and environmental consequences of 20 additional years of additional releases of radiation and other chemical toxins released by Indian Point into the environment (especially toxic metals like cadmium) upon populations most susceptible to radiation and toxic chemicals, such as women, adolescents, children, babies, breast-fed infants and the embryo/fetus.

(7) All reasonable energy alternatives, especially the renewable clean forms of energy that are widely viewed as the energy technologies of the future as well as efficiency technologies and demand-side options; (8) Environmental justice, especially the environmental and health impacts on poor communities and communities of color in the event of a large radiation release incident (e.g., the continued impact on those communities in New Orleans, long after Katrina) as well as the environmental impacts of 20 additional years of uranium mining and nuclear fuel processing and disposition upon Native American populations, people of color, and poor communities; (9) The long-term tax and economic effects of placing a term high level nuclear waste dump on the banks of the Hudson River for an indefinite, and potentially centuries-long, duration.

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Page 2 of 2 (10) The continued explosive population growth in the region (calculated using the same percentage of growth that has occurred over the past 20), which will exponentially increase the potential damage calculation for virtually every area of concern.

In addition, I support consideration of the broad areas requested by members of the public and public interest groups during the September 19, 2007 public EIS meeting, including:

z Wildlife and Fish z Water and Air Resources z Historic or Cultural Resources z Taxes, Community Development z Environmental Justice z Land Use z Human Health Sincerely, Michel Lee, Esq.

Chairman Council on Intelligent Energy

& Conservation Policy 265 Madison Rd Scarsdale, New York 10583 (914) 420-5624 ciecplee@verizon.net file://C:\EMailCapture\IndianPointLRScoping\308\attch1.htm 11/6/2007