ML17209B258

Withdraws Petition to Intervene in Proceeding

ML17209B258
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	06/12/1981
From:	Wells H HUTCHINSON ISLAND COALITION
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
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XN THE MATTER OF FLORIDA FOWER 8. LIGHT CO.

ST. LUCIE PLANT, UNIT NO. 2 PETXTXON FROM H LEN SHEA WELLS ;,"

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ATTENTXON ATOMIC S'AFETY 8. LICENSING BOARD ATTENTION SECRETARY OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATTENTION MEMBERS OF THE SERVXCE LIST MY 'PETITION OF MARCH 23, 1981 BEGAN AS A SIMPLE ALTRUISTIC MOVEMENT TO ATTEMPT TO SEEK THE HELP OF THE NRC TO CORRECT CERTAIN CONDITXONS EXISTING WITHIN SXX MILES SOUTH OF THE NUCLEAR PLANTS ON HUTCHXNSON ISLAND, ST. LUCIE CO. FLORXDA. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE BEEN DELUGED WITH MATERIAL BOTH FROM NRC AND FLORIDA POWER 8:

LXGHT SO MUCH SO> THAT IT WOULD TAKE A FULL TIME SECRETARY TO HANDLE ALL OF IT. IN ADDITION I WAS VISITED BY THREE PEOPLE, ONE AN ASSISTAiNT MANAGER OF THE LOCAL FPL OFFXCE, THE OTHERS BOTH LAWYERS REPRESENTING FPL )7HOSE MAXN PURPOSE WAS TO TALK ME OUT OF FILING ANY PETITION! IT WOULD SEEM THAT EVERYONE CONCERNED XS MAKING XT AS DIFFXCULT AS POSSXBLE FOR ANY CITIZEN WITH THE SAFETY'F THE PUBLIC IN MXitD.

I AM FULLY AWARE OF THE NEED TO XPEDXTE THE HEARINGS SXNCE THE MATERIAL RECEIVED FROM FPL GIVES AMPLE EVIDENCE OF THE COST RESULTING FROM THE DELAY IN LICENSING THE ST. LUCIE PLANT UNIT NO. 2. IN FACT, MONEY IS THEIR MAIN CONCERN. HOWEVER, UFON ANALYZING Mi>TERIAL FROM NRC IT IS EVIDENT THAT THIS BOARD IS VERY CONCERNED WXTH THE HFALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. I AM PARTICULARLY XMPRESSED WITH THE STATE-MENT IN DOCKET NO. $ 0-$ 89 OF JUNE 3 THAT STATES",THE LICENSE WXLL NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL THE COMMISSXON HAS MADE FINDINGS AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE ISSUANCE OF THE LICENSE WILL NOT BE INXi~iICAL TO THE COMMON DEFENSE AND SECURXTY OR TO THE HEALTH 8r SAFETY OF THE PUBLXC." IT WAS A MATTER OF INTEREST TO ME TO READ IN AN NRC OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS BULLETIN NO. 81-38, MARCH 9, 1981 THAT, WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS'A HEARING, AN OPERATING LICENSE WOULD NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL AFTER COMiPLETION OF THE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS BY THE NRC STAFF.

ALSO, INFORMATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL.45, NO. 123, JUNE 24, 198o SPELLS OUT THE ACTION THAT MUST BE TAKEN BY FE@l BEFORE LICENSE APPROVAL.

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IN THE MATTER OF FPL ST. LUCIE PLANT, UNIT N0.2 PETITION FROM HELEN SHEA WELLS PAGE 2.

I WOULD ALSO REFER YOU TO A COPY OF THE LETTER I MAILED YOU THAT WAS SENT TO ME BY JAMES PENDLAND, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ADVISOR ON APRIL 21, 1981 WHICH AGAIN STATES NRC IS REQUIRED TO BASE ITS FINDING ON A REVIEW OF FEMA FINDINGS AS TO WHETHER STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANS ARE ADEQUATE. THE COALITION WILL DEPEND ON NRC TO FOLLOW THROUGH.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT I AM ONLY ONE OF MANY PEOPLE AND ORGAN-IZATIOiNS WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE ISLAND. JAMES W. MAY, CHIEF BUREAU OF LAND 8c WATER MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TALLAHASSEE STATED IN A LETTER TO ME OF JAN.6, 1981, THAT HE WAS HIGHLY CONCERNED WITH THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT MONTHS. THE TREASURE COAST PLANNING COUNCIL, A GOVERNMENT GROUP CONFOSED OF OFFICIALS FROM FOUR COUNTIES HAS BEEN WORKING FOR MONTHS TO BRING A DIALOGUE WITH OUR LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT. TO'NO AVAIL. EDITORIALS IN ALL .. FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPERS HAVE TAINTED OUT THE FAILURE OF LOCAL GOVERt'MENT TO COOP"RATE.

A REPORTER FROM TIthE MAGAZINE HAS BEEN XN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH ME SINCE THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND THEIR GROWTH HAVE BECOtlE NEWS ~ THE STATE AUDUBON SOCIETY ALONG WITH CONSERVATION ALLIANCES AND MANY OTHER CITIZEN GROUPS HAVE GONE BEFORE PUBLIC MEETINGS 'WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO VOICE CONCERN ABOUT SUCH INDISCRIMINATE APPROVAL OF BUILDINGS IN AN AREA THAT IS UNIQUE SINCE IT'S THE ONLY BARRIER ISLAND IN THE US. CONTAINING TWO NUCLEAR PLANTSl STILL THE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES RAPXDLY. l YOUR ATTENTXON XS CALLED TO THE TWO ENCLOSURES PART OF MATERIAL SENT TO ME BY THE OFFICE OF SENATOR LA%TON CHILES. IF NRC IS USING THE MAP ENCLOSED AS TRUTHFULLY STATING THE LAND AREAS HERE YOU ARE BEXNG SADLY MISLEADl THE MAP LEAVES OUT AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES WHICH CONTAINS THE GREATEST GROWTH. THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF 40>000 PEOPLE WHEN ALL THE APPROVED CONSTRUCTION IS XNHABITED, ALL WITHIN A SIX MILE AREA SOUTH OF THE PLANTS. FALSE MAPS SUCH -AS THIS AND FALSE ADVERTISING HAS GONE ON TOO LONG TO MANIPULATE THE PUBLICl !THE SECOND ENCLOSURE CONTAINS ERRONEOUS FIGURES ON THE POPULATION. IN THIS LETTER SENT TO SENATOR CHXLES DATED FEB. 17 1981, MR. WILLIAM DIRCKS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS OF NRC BASES HIS FIGURES ON 1974 POPULATION AND HAS NO CONCEPTION OF THE GROWTH THAT HAS OCCURED SINCE THAT TIME.

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XN THE MATTER OF FPL ST. LUCIE PLANT, UNIT N0.2 PETITION FROM HELEN SHEA WELLS PAGE $ .

AT THE PRESENT TIME THE ADMINXSTRATION DEPARTMENT OF MARTIN CO.

STUART, FLA. IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN GRANT MONEY FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN ORDER TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH STUDY OF SAFETY ASPECTS OF ST. LUCIE PLANT NO. 2. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS OF THXS DEPARTMENT

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THE MATERIAL THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED TO DATE FROM NRC ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 1S CONTAINED XN LARGE VOLUMES MUCH OF t(('HIGH XS INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO THE READER.,THEY ALSO ANTICIPATE THAT, WHEN AND IF THE GRANT MONEY IS OBTAINED, SO MUCH TIME WILL HAVE ELAPSED THAT THE WHOLE PROJECT WILL HAVE LOST ITS USEFULNESS! I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS IS A )YASTE OF TIME AND TAXPAYERS MONEY!

IN REPLY TO YOUR ORDER OF JUNE 5, 1981 AND AFTER DUE CONSXDERATION OF ALL THE FACTORS INVOLVED, YOU MAY CONSIDER MY FINAL ANSWER TO BE ONE OF I((AKING A STATEMENT TO NRC OF MY CONCERNS AND THE CONCERNS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HUTCHINSON ISLAND COALITION. MY STATUS AS AN INTERVENOR XN AN EVXDENTIARY HEARING XS WITHDRAWN AS OF THIS DATE.

HELEN SHEA WELLS DIRECTOR HUTCHINSON ISLAND COALITION JUNE 12, 1981 ENCLOSURES 2 CC STUART NEWS PETER MOTT SANDRA HINSON

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The nearest campground is located approximately' miles from the St. Lucie site The applicant estimated the capacity of this camp-

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ground to be about 15 persons. A public beach and park are located $

approximately 7 miles south of the nuclear generating sta o The applicant estimates that while 50-100 persons will walk along the narrow ocean beach adjacent to the plant site each day their walk duration will not s

exceed an hour. Ducks are hunted in season by a few hunters on Hutchinson Island within a few miles of the plant.

Shell fishing in the Indian River is currently prohibited by an order

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of the Florida State Board of Health. The Fort Pierce-St. Lucie County Chamber. of Commerce reports that -two-thirds of the county is devoted to ag'ricultural r> industry; 41 percent pasture land, 23 percent citrus crops, and 1 percent vegetables.

The Regulatory staff performed an independent study of 1974 popu-lation distribution in the vicinity of the site. We estimated a population of 71,900 within 10 miles of the plant, 14,100 within &-1/2 miles and 7,100 within 5 miles. Of the 7,100 within 5 miles, 5,200 are located on the mainland d 1,900 are located on Hutchinson Island r between 4 and 5 miles south of the plant.

On the basis of 10 CPR Part 100 definitions of the population +Q center distance (8 nd.les), the exclusion area distance {5100 feet),

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