ML11346A010
| ML11346A010 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 12/01/2011 |
| From: | Raimundi K Hudson Sloop Clearwater |
| To: | Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Sherwin Turk, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, NRC/OGC |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS E-585, 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR | |
| Download: ML11346A010 (15) | |
Text
Docket, Hearing C, -5 rf From: Karla Raimundi [karla@clearwater.org]
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 6:38 PM To: McDade, Lawrence: Lathrop, Kaye: Wardwell, Richard: Turk, Sherwin: Daniel E. O'Neill: Daniel Riesel: Deborah Brancato:
Elise Zoli; janice.dean@ag.ny.gov; Jessica Steinberg; Joan Leary Matthews; John J. Sipos; Jonathan Rund; Kathryn M.
Sutton; Martin J. O'Neill; Melissa-Jean Rotini; Michael J. Delaney;. Docket, Hearing; Kirstein, Josh, Paul M. Bessette; Phillip Musegaas; Robert Snook; Sean Murray; Stephen Filler: William C. Dennis; Jones, Andrea; Roth(OGC), David, Harris, Brian; Mizuno, Beth; Newell, Brian; OCAAMAIL Resource; jlparker@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Subject:
Clearwater , Inc.'s MANDATORY WITNESS DISCLOSURE UPDATE PURSUANT TO C.F.R. § 2.336 and LETTER, Docket Nos. 50-247-LR; 50-286-LR Attachments: COS- Dec. 1, 2011 .pdf; Dec. 1,2011 Witness Disclosure Certification.pdf; December 1,2011-Witness Disclosurepdf; Letter to Board Re. Spanish and Accessibility.pdf
Dear Judges and Parties,
Attached please find:
- HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER, INC.'S MANDATORY WITNESS DISCLOSURE UPDATE.
and
- LETTER TO THE BOARD REGARDING SPANISH LANGUAGE TESTIMONY AND ACCESSIBILITY Please contact me if you have any questions concerning this transmittal.
Sincerely, Karla Raimundi Karla C. Raimundi, Esq.
Environmental Justice Associate Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
724 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY 12508 Office: 845-265-8080 x 7159 Fax 845-831-2821 Inspiring, educating and activating the next generation of environmental leaders!
This' e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. Ifyou received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, you should destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies, and you are prohibited from retaining, distributing, disclosing or using any information contained herein, Please inform us of the erroneous delivery by return e-mail, Thank you for your cooperation.
1 09
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)
December 1, 2011 HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER, INC.'S MANDATORY DISCLOSURE UPDATE PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 CLEARWATER WITNESSES Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. (Clearwater) hereby includes a list wi'ith the name and, if" known, the address and telephone number ofanyv per'son, inchdcling any expert.
upon whose opinion the party bases its claims and contentions and may.' re/v as a witness:
Michael R. Edelstein, Ph.D.
Ramapo College of New Jersey 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 201-684-7745 Manna Jo Greene Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
724 Wolcott Avenue Beacon, New York, 12508 845-265-8080, x. 7113 Dolores Guardado 768 Elm Street, Apt. 2 Peekskill, New York 10566 914-2 18-7532 Aaron Mair Arbor Hill Environmental Justice Corporation West Haywood Burns Environmental Education Center 596 Manning Boulevard
. Albany, NY 12210 518-426-2924
Anthony Papa Drug Policy Alliance 70 W36th Street, 16th Floor New York, NY 10018 212-613-8037 John Simms 62 Springvale Road Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 914-739-4404 Clearwater will update this disclosure if and when it has identified additional persons that it may use as witnesses.
The analyses and authorities upon which the person(s) identified above base their opinions are included in the Clearwater's initial and updated mandatory disclosures.
Clearwater will continue to update its mandatory disclosures when it has identified additional analyses and authorities upon which its witnesses base their opinions.
Respectfully submitted, Signed (electronically) by Karla Raimundi Environmental Justice Associate Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
724 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY 12508 Email: Iarl a clcarwalcr.oz December 1, 2011 2
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
724 Wolcott Avenue Beacon, N.Y. 12508 Tel. 845-265-8080 Fax. 845-831-2821 www.clearwater.org Manna Jo Greene Environmental Director 845-265-8080 Ext. 7113 Karla Raimundi, Esq.
Environmental Justice Associate 845-265-8080 Ext. 7159 November 30, 2011 Re. SPANISH LANGUAGE TESTIMONY AND ACCESSIBILITY
Dear Judges and Counsels:
We would like to inform you and the other parties of two issues. First, we intend to present a witness whose primary language is Spanish to support our environmental justice contention. Her sworn testimony will therefore be in Spanish. As far as we are aware, there are no specific rules on how to present foreign language testimony before the Board. Unless we are instructed otherwise, we will present her written sworn testimony in Spanish with a translation that a bi-lingual Spanish/English speaker will certify is a true and correct copy. We can also provide translation at the oral hearing, unless the Board or other parties would prefer another arrangement.
Second, one of our witnesses is quite elderly and frail. In addition, the oral hearing on our contention may attract the interest of' mobility-impaired individuals. We therefore request that the venue for the hearing be fully accessible and ADA compliant.
Respectfully submitted, Signed (electronically) by Karla Raimundf Environmental Justice Associate Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc 724 Wolcott Avenue Beacon, N.Y. 12508 724 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY 12508 Ph: 845-265-8080 Fax: 845-831-2821 www.clearwater.orI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. )
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)
._ December 1, 2011 HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER, INC.'S MANDATORY DISCLOSURE UPDATE PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336, as amended by the Agreement of the Parties Regarding Mandatory Discovery Disclosures dated January 13, 2009 ("Mandatory Disclosure Agreement"),
Karla Raimundi hereby declares as follows:
I1. I am the Environmental Justice Associate for petitioner-intervenor, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. ("Clearwater'").
- 2. The accompanying Witness Mandatory Disclosure Update supplements Clearwater's previous disclosures.
- 3. To the best of my knowledge, information and belief, Clearwater's Mandatory Witness Disclosure Update is accurate and complete, and transmits all materials required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 and the Agreement of Parties Regarding Mandatory Discovery Disclosures dated January 13, 2009 that were identified as relevant to the admitted contentions through a reasonable search of the information and documentation under the possession, control, and custody of Clearwater as of December 1, 2011.
- 4. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on December, 1 2011.
/s/ Karla Raimundi Karla Raimundi, Esq.
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR
) and
) 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. )
)
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)
December 1,2011 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Petitioner certifies that on December I, 2011 copies of HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER., INC.'S MANDATORY WITNESS DISCLOSURE UPDATE, and LETTER REGARDING SPANISH LANGUAGE AND ACCESSIBILITY DATED NOVEMBER 30, 2011.
in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by electronic mail and U.S.
mail:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chair ,ludge Kaye D. Lathrop Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane East Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Ridgeway, CO 81432 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: 1<Kav , La.th o n IC.L'o, Washington, D.C. 20555 E-mail: Lawrencc.Mcl)adcli.inrc.go\*'
Richard E. Wardwell Michael .. Delaney Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Department of Environmental Protection U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 59-17 .1unction Boulevard Washington, D.C. 20555 Flushing NY 11373 E-mail: Richard.Waardwcll((nrc.uov E-mail: mdclancv(a.dep.nvc.Aov (718) 595-3982 John J. Sipos, Esq. Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Paul M. Bessette, Esq.
Office of the New York Attorney General Jonathan M. Rund, Esq.
for the State of New York Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
The Capitol 1111 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Albany, NY 12224 Washington, D.C. 20004 E-mail: Johm.Sipos(-oag.statc.ny.us E-mail: pbcssctc(uijnorganlewiscom k s utI on(t.1,m o re ta n[ewIis.coIn Ill Ild(u mor1 .C ii Wi s.com Josh Kirstein, Martin ,. O'Neill, Esq.
Law Clerk Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Houston, TX 77002 Washington, D.C. 20555 E-mail: martinoncilla, morcanlcwis.con Josh.Kirsteinr (inrc.ilov Janice A. Dean, Esq. Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Assistant Attorney General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office 6f the Attorney General Washington. D.C. 20555 120 Broadway, 2 6rh Floor E-mail: (.,,AM,.Lla.nrc.gov New York, NY 10271 E-mail: Janice.dcaniIoag.staic. nv.us Office of the Secretary William C. Dennis, Esq.
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 440 Hamilton Avenue Washington, D.C. 20555 White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: HFA RING DOCK ET(Wnrc.aov E-mail: wdcnnis(i.cntcrcv.con Stephen C. Filler, Board Member Phillip Musegaas, Esq.
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. Deborah Brancato, Esq.
724 Wolcott Ave Riverkeeper, Inc.
Beacon, New York 12508 20 Secor Road E-mail: stlllcr~4i.:lawinccom Ossining, NY 10562 Emails: !hil lil:i.rivc.rkccpcr.org dhra n1ca .o(a/*ri verk ccpcr',o r Melissa-Jean Rotini, of counsel Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.
Assistant County Attorney Senior Attorney for Special Projects Office of Robert F. Meehan, Westchester New York State Department County Attorney of Environmental Conservation 148 Martine Avenue, 6"h Floor 625 Broadway, 14"' floor White Plains, NY 10601 Albany, New York 12233-5500 E-mail: M.i R I(4,cslchcsacruov~corn E-mail: jlrnatthe*I ~zw.dec.smac.nv.us Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Daniel Riesel. Esq.
Goodwin Procter, LLP Victoria Shiah, Esq.
53 State Street Sive. Paget and Riesel, P.C.
Boston, MA 02109 460 Park Avenue E-mail: c/oli(f gJioodwinprocter.co(I New York, NY 10022
E-m~ail: (i sl: spri-a.coinl Robert D. Snook, Esq. John L. Parker, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Regional Attorney, Region 3 55 Elm Street, P.O. Box 120 New York State Department of Hartford, CT 06141-0120 Environmental Conservation E-mail: Robert.Snook(5i'.po.siate.ct.us 21 South Putt Corners New Paltz, NY 12561 E-mail: ilpaikcr<,xw.dcc.staie.n..us Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq. Sean Murray, Mayor Executive Deputy Attorney General Village of Buchanan 120 Broadway, 2 5 h Floor Municipal Building New York, NY 10271 236 Tate Avenue E-mail: rvlan.dcnrstcinit.oatC.state.nv.us Buchanan, NY 10511 -1298 E-mail: vobtIicsaw.b, net, S M urrav(,Ži: vi Ila~zeo fb uchanan .Com, Adnii nistratorgi,.viI Iaigco tbuchanan.com Sherwin E. Turk Beth N. Mizuno Brian G. Harris David E. Roth Andrea Z. Jones Office of General Counsel Mail Stop: 0-15D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: Shcrwin.Turk@!nrc.g:ov' Beth. M'izuno*a;nrc.gov; brian.harrislaWnrc.ieov:
Dia~vid. R oth(*iinrc, icoy; a ndrcai. ones(u.in rce. Ž;
Signed (electronically) by Karla Raimundi Environmental Justice Associate HudsonRiver Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
724 Wolcott Avenue Beacon, New York 12508 E-mail: karla.raimundi@gmail.com December 1, 2011 3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR
) and
) 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. )
)
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)
December 1,2011 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Petitioner certifies that on December 1, 2011 copies of HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER., INC.'S MANDATORY WITNESS DISCLOSURE UPDATE, and LETTER REGARDING SPANISH LANGUAGE AND ACCESSIBILITY DATED NOVEMBER 30, 2011.
in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by electronic mail and U.S.
mail:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Judge Kaye D. Lathrop Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane East Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Ridgeway, CO 81432 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Kave. Lalhrop.inrc.,ov Washington, D.C. 20555 E-mail: .avrcncc. M ct)adcru nrc.*ov Richard E. Wardwell Michael .. Delaney Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Department of Environmental Protection U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 59-17 Junction Boulevard Washington, D.C. 20555 Flushing NY 11373 E-mail: Richard.Ward\*vci:a:nrc.wv E-mail: lndCol&ncVu; dep.nvcI)A.o (718) 595-3982 John J. Sipos, Esq. Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Paul M. Bessette, Esq.
Office of the New York Attorney General Jonathan M. Rund, Esq.
for the State of New York Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
The Capitol 1I1I Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Albany, NY 12224 Washington, D.C. 20004 E-mail: . olm.Sipos66oa v.statc.ny.us E-mail: pbcsscttc(rimnorg anlewis.cc)m ut(I (d mon.'nor*,
i Icw IS.CO0i Josh Kirstein, Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.
Law Clerk Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commnission Houston, TX 77002 Washington, D.C. 20555 E-mail: mInartini onci Il(Ilanr*cnlcws.cai n JaIs,*h. Kiristi n(Wtn re. a2ov Janice A. Dean, Esq. Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Assistant Attorney General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20555 120 Broadway, 2 6r1 Floor E-mail: OCAAMAIlc i [ nrc.Igov New York, NY 10271 E-mail: Janice.dcanLI,'oag.stalc.nv. us Office of the Secretary William C. Dennis, Esq.
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 440 Hamilton Avenue Washington. D.C. 20555 White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: H EA R ING DOCK ET(:i.:nrc..gov E-mail: wdcnnisf.cn cv.con Stephen C. Filler, Board Member Phillip Musegaas, Esq.
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. Deborah Brancato, Esq.
724 Wolcott Ave Riverkeeper, Inc.
Beacon, New York 12508 20 Secor Road E-mail: stf Ilcr(iII.nvIaIv lin. cor1m Ossining, NY 10562 Emails: phillip'rivcrkccper,cr*
Ibian1c alIoW i \c?rk c pt r, ('or t Melissa-Jean Rotini, of counsel Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.
Assistant County Attorney Senior Attorney for Special Projects Office of Robert F. Meehan, Westchester New York State Department County Attorney of Environmental Conservation 148 Martine Avenue, 6 "'Floor 625 Broadway, 1 4 "' floor White Plains, NY 10601 Albany, New York 12233-5500 E-mail: MitR 1 (d,\\.'estchestergov.c(or E-mail: jlmattI eLI'w.dec.staLc.nI.us Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Daniel Riesel, Esq.
Goodwin Procter, LLP Victoria Shiah, Esq.
53 State Street Sive, Paget and Riesel, P.C.
Boston, MA 02109 460 Park Avenue E-mail: czoli(a.:oodwirioctcr.coin New York, NY 10022
sti n St C(-)li 1-1~.srlx
+
Robert D. Snook, Esq. John L. Parker, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Regional Attorney, Region 3 55 Elm Street, P.O. Box 120 New York State Department of Hartford, CT 06141-0120 Environmental Conservation E-mail: Robert.Snookdi..po.statC.ctus 21 South Putt Corners New Paltz, NY 12561 E-mail: ilparkcraw.dcc.siaoc.nv.us Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq. Sean Murray, Mayor Executive Deputy Attorney General Village of Buchanan 120 Broadway, 2 5 "'Floor Municipal Building New York, NY 10271 236 Tate Avenue E-mail: iylln.dcncrstci n(,i,.StItC.nv.us Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 E-mail: vobcii.:bcstxveb. nct, SM urrav(W~ivillIai~c(o buchanan .com.,
Addini Ist rator(/xvi Ilag co Ibutichaia n .comn Sherwin E. Turk Beth N. Mizuno Brian G. Harris David E. Roth Andrea Z. Jones Office of General Counsel Mail Stop: 0-15D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: Shcrwli n.Tu rk(W.iin rc. yov' Betl. ..anrr n .l l .u0\.' brian..
Izt.ii r.co..
Da~.vid . Roth(c;.n rc..,.coy: a ndlrcajjoncsv nr'c.uw Signed (electronically) by Karla Raimundi Environmental Justice Associate Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
724 Wolcott Avenue Beacon, New York 12508 E-mail: karla.raimundi@gmail.com December 1, 2011 3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)
December 1, 2011 HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER, INC.'S MANDATORY DISCLOSURE UPDATE PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 CLEARWATER WITNESSES Hudson River Sloop Clearwater., Inc. (Clearwater) hereby includes a list with the name anc. i A'known, the address and telephone 1,1?nber o/"any person, including am,' elypert, upon whose opinion the partV bases its claims and contentions and amci re/v as a wit/ness:
Michael R. Edelstein, Ph.D.
Rarnapo College of New Jersey 505 Ramapo Valley Road.,
Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 201-684-7745 Manna Jo Greene Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
724 Wolcott Avenue Beacon, New York, 12508 845-265-8080, x. 7113 Dolores Guardado 768 Elm Street, Apt. 2.
Peekskill, New York 10566 914-218-7532 Aaron Mair Arbor Hill Environmental Justice Corporation West Haywood Burns Environmental Education Center 596 Manning Boulevard Albany, NY 12210 518-426-2924
Anthony Papa Drug Policy Alliance 70 W36th Street, 16th Floor New York, NY 10018 212-613-8037 John Simms 62 Springvale Road Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 914-739-4404 Clearwater will update this disclosure if and when it has identified additional persons that it may use as witnesses.
The analyses and authorities upon which the person(s) identified above base their opinions are included in the Clearwater's initial and updated mandatory disclosures.
Clearwater will continue to update its mandatory disclosures when it has identified additional analyses and authorities upon which its witnesses base their opinions.
Respectfully submitted, Signed (electronically) by Karla Raimundi Environmental Justice Associate Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
724 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY 12508 Email: karla(aclcarwaicr.oru December 1, 2011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR
) 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) )
.) December 1,2011 HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER, INC.'S MANDATORY DISCLOSURE UPDATE PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336, as amended by the Agreement of the Parties Regarding Mandatory Discovery Disclosures dated January 13, 2009 ("Mandatory Disclosure Agreement"),
Karla Raimundi hereby declares as follows:
I1. I am the Environmental Justice Associate for petitioner-intervenor, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. ("Clearwater").
- 2. The accompanying Witness Mandatory Disclosure Update supplements Clearwater's previous disclosures.
- 3. To the best of my knowledge. information and belief, Clearwater"s Mandator-y Witness Disclosure Update is accurate and complete, and transmits all materials required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 and the Agreement of Parties Regarding Mandatory Discovery Disclosures dated January 13, 2009 that were identified as relevant to the admitted contentions through a reasonable search of the information and documentation under the possession, control, and custody of Clearwater as of December 1, 2011.
- 4. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on December, 1 2011.
/s/ Karla Raimundi Karla Raimundi, Esq.
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
724 Wolcott Avenue Beacon, N.Y. 12508 Tel. 845-265-8080 Fax. 845-831-2821 www.clearwater.org Manna Jo Greene Environmental Director 845-265-8080 Ext. 7113 Karla Raimundi, Esq.
Environmental Justice Associate 845-265-8080 Ext. 7159 November 30, 2011 Re. SPANISH LANGUAGE TESTIMONY AND ACCESSIBILITY
Dear Judges and Counsels:
We would like to inform you and the other parties of two issues. First, we intend to present a witness whose primary language is Spanish to support our environmental justice contention. Her sworn testimony will therefore be in Spanish. As far as we are aware, there are no specific rules on how to present foreign language testimony before the Board. Unless we are instructed otherwise, we will present her written sworn testimony in Spanish with a translation that a bi-lingual Spanish/English speaker will certify is a true and correct copy. We can also provide translation at the oral hearing, unless the Board or other parties would prefer another arrangement.
Second, one of our witnesses is quite elderly and frail. In addition, the oral hearing on our contention may attract the interest of rnobility-impaired individuals. We therefore request that the venue for the hearing be fully accessible and ADA compliant.
Respectfully submitted.
Signed (electronically) by Karla Raimundi Environmental Justice Associate Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc 724 Wolcott Avenue Beacon, N.Y. 12508 724 Wolcott Ave.. Beacon. NY 12508 Ph: 845-265-8080 Fax: 845-831-2821 www.clearwaterorg