ML13099A159
| ML13099A159 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 04/08/2013 |
| From: | Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY |
| To: | Skinner J Town of Stony Point, NY |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, G20130268, LTR-13-0286, RAS 24364 | |
| Download: ML13099A159 (6) | |
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COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 8, 2013 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Joan Skinner Town of Stony Point Board Office of Town Clerk 74 East Main Street Stony Point, NY 10980-1698
Dear Ms. Skinner and Board members:
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your letter of lVIarch 25, 2013, to Chairman Allison Macfarlane in which you inform the NRC of adoption of the "Resolution for Public Health and Safety Regarding Indian Point Nuclear Plants."
As the relicensing of Indian Point, Units 2 and 3, is the subject of a current adjudication before an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, the Commission cannot respond. I must advise that under agency regulations, the Commission has an appellate role in proceedings commenced before its Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards. Because of that role, I trust that you will understand that the Commissioners must remain impartial during the pendency of a case, whether it is before a Licensing Board or on appeal to the Commission. I am referring your concerns outlined in your resolution to the NRC staff.
A copy of your letter and this response will be served on the participants in the Indian Point License Renewal proceeding.
Sincerely,
~v~- Annette L. Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission cc: Indian Point Service List
Town of Stony Point OFFICE OF TOWN CLERK 74 East Main Street Stony Point, New York 10980-1698 (845) 786-2716 Ext. 108
- Fax (845) 786-2783 Joan Skinner, Town Clerk Barbara Oyer, Deputy Town Clerk March 25, 2013 ChailWoman Allison Macfarine U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
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WHEREAS, the nuclear disaster' at Fukushima' has resulted in widespread dispersal of radioactive material in the air, land and water, and President Obama of the United States and then Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Jaczko have called for the evacuation of all Americans within a 50 mile radius of the stricken plants; and WHEREAS, radiological contamination from Fukushima has extended 140 miles to Tokyo reservoirs, and the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants are situated within twenty miles of the New Croton and Kensico Reservoirs which supply large parts of New York City's drinking water; and . . . ,
WHEREAS, the New York State of Emergency Evacuation Plans were thoroughly evaluated by former FEMAdirector and evacuation expert James Lee Witt and found to be inadequate to protect the p'ublic from radiological 'exposure; and that e'lacu!3tion,plal) flaws and;,qeficiencies remaill.unreSQI.ved;c;tnd., ... ~ .. ' .. ~ .. _".' ..
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WHEREAS, new techniques and advances in seismology have disclosed additional information about the two fault lines near Indian Point and plant construction standards fall far below potential earthquake magnitude; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in order to safeguard the health and safety of United States citizens, we the undersigned call for the emergency evacuation zone around Indian Point to be extended from 10 to 50 miles; and be it further RESOLVED, that the flaws and deficiencies identified in the James Lee Witt report be remedied; and be it further RESOLVED, thatfull containment, as well as independent back-up electricity and cooling for the spent fuel pools be established and spent fuel rods be moved as quickly as possible into hardened dry cask storage which is more secure than the spent fuel pools; and be it further RESOLVED, that the seismological data be taken into consideration and infrastructure upgraded accordingly for the continued operation of Indian Point, including its spent fuel storage facilities; and be it further RESOLVED, that these Resolutions be transmitted to Governor Andrew Cuomo of the State of New York; Commissioner Jerome M. Hauser, New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Planning; and to Commissioner Allison Macfarlane, Chairwoman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
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) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR
) and 50-286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating, )
Units 2 and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Office of the Secretary Response Letter to Joan Skinner, Town of Stony Point have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Edward L. Williamson, Esq.
Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.
Mail Stop O-7H4M David E. Roth, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.
ocaamail@nrc.gov Brian Harris, Esq.
Mary B. Spencer, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Anita Ghosh, Esq.
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Karl Farrar, Esq.
Mail Stop O-16C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Office of the General Counsel hearingdocket@nrc.gov Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission sherwin.turk@nrc.gov; Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel edward.williamson@nrc.gov Mail Stop T-3F23 beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; brian.harris.@nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 david.roth@nrc.gov; mary.spencer@nrc.gov anita.ghosh@nrc.gov; karl.farrar@nrc.gov Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Administrative Judge OGC Mail Center lawrence.mcdade@nrc.gov OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov Richard E. Wardwell William C. Dennis, Esq.
Administrative Judge Assistant General Counsel richard.wardwell@nrc.gov Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue Michael F. Kennedy White Plains, NY 10601 Administrative Judge wdennis@entergy.com michael.kennedy@nrc.gov William B. Glew, Jr.
Shelbie Lewman, Law Clerk Organization: Entergy James Maltese, Law Clerk 440 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 Carter Thurman, Law Clerk wglew@entergy.com shelbie.lewman@nrc.gov james.maltese@nrc.gov Elise N. Zoli, Esq.
carter.thurman@nrc.gov Goodwin Proctor, LLP Exchange Place, 53 State Street Boston, MA 02109 ezoli@goodwinprocter.com
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR Office of the Secretary Response Letter to Joan Skinner, Town of Stony Point Thomas F. Wood, Esq. Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq.
Daniel Riesel, Esq. Assistant County Attorney Victoria Shiah Treanor, Esq. Office of Robert F. Meehan, Adam Stolorow, Esq. Westchester County Attorney Jwala Gandhi, Paralegal 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor Peng Deng, Paralegal White Plains, NY 10601 Counsel for Town of Cortlandt mjr1@westchestergov.com Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.
460 Park Avenue Clint Carpenter, Esq.
New York, NY 10022 Bobby Burchfield, Esq.
driesel@sprlaw.com; vtreanor@sprlaw.com Matthew Leland, Esq.
astolorow@sprlaw.com; jgandhi@sprlaw.com McDermott, Will and Emergy LLP pdeng@sprlaw.com 600 13th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. ccarpenter@mwe.com; bburchfield@mwe.com Paul M. Bessette, Esq. mleland@mwe.com Martin J. ONeill, Esq.
Raphael Kuyler, Esq. Matthew W. Swinehart, Esq.
Jonathan M. Rund, Esq. Covington & Burling LLP Lena Michelle Long, Esq. 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Laura Swett, Esq. Washington, DC 20004 Lance Escher, Esq. mswinehart@cov.com Mary Freeze, Legal Secretary Antoinette Walker, Legal Secretary Edward F. McTiernan, Esq.
Doris Calhoun, Legal Secretary New York State Department Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP of Environmental Conservation 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Office of General Counsel Washington, DC 20004 625 Broadway ksutton@morganlewis.com 14th Floor martin.oneill@morganlewis.com Albany, NY 12233-1500 rkuyler@morganlewis.com; efmctier@gw.dec.state.ny.us jrund@morganlewis.com llong@morganlewis.com; Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director lswett@morganlewis.com Steven C. Filler lescher@morganlewis.com Karla Raimundi mfreeze@morganlewis.com Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
awalker@morganlewis.com 724 Wolcott Ave.
dcalhoun@morganlewis.com Beacon, NY 12508 mannajo@clearwater.org; Phillip Musegaas, Esq. stephenfiller@gmail.com Deborah Brancato, Esq. karla@clearwater.org Ramona Cearley, Secretary Riverkeeper, Inc.
20 Secor Road Ossining, NY 10562 Richard Webster, Esq.
phillip@riverkeeper.org; Public Justice, P.C.
dbrancato@riverkeeper.org For Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
rcearley@riverkeeper.org 1825 K Street, NW, Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20006 rwebster@publicjustice.net 2
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR Office of the Secretary Response Letter to Joan Skinner, Town of Stony Point Michael J. Delaney, Esq. Janice A. Dean, Esq.
Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs Kathryn Liberatore, Esq.
NYC Department of Environmental Protection Assistant Attorney General 59-17 Junction Boulevard Office of the Attorney General Flushing, NY 11373 of the State of New York mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov 120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, New York 10271 John J. Sipos, Esq. janice.dean@ag.ny.gov Charles Donaldson, Esq. kathryn.liberatore@ag.ny.gov Assistant Attorneys General Office of the Attorney General Sean Murray, Mayor of the State of New York Kevin Hay, Village Administrator Elyse Houle, Legal Support Village of Buchanan The Capitol, State Street Municipal Building Albany, New York 12224 236 Tate Avenue john.sipos@ag.ny.gov Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 charlie.donaldson@ag.ny.gov smurray@villageofbuchanan.com elyse.houle@ag.ny.gov administrator@villageofbuchanan.com Robert D. Snook, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General State of Connecticut 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 robert.snook@po.state.ct.us
[Original signed by Brian Newell ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 9th day of April, 2013 3