ML18207B058
| ML18207B058 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | HI-STORE |
| Issue date: | 07/23/2018 |
| From: | Public Commenter Public Commenter |
| To: | Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental Review |
| NRC/NMSS/DFCSE | |
| References | |
| 83FR13802 | |
| Download: ML18207B058 (2) | |
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1 Holtec-CISFEISCEm Resource From:
Rachel Carre <rcarre81@gmail.com>
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Monday, July 23, 2018 4:14 PM To:
Holtec-CISFEIS Resource
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[External_Sender] Halt Holtec To whom this may concern:
I'm going to get a report put together concerning the water contamination. What I can tell you off the top of my head is that on Wednesday, September 13, 1995, a produced water leak from a Salt Water Disposal (a name for crude oil by product that makes it sound safe!) was found 30 feet SE of City of Lovington Municipal Water Well #6. Water samples were taken on 9/13/95, and the benzene levels were 660 in the water from well 6.
According to the newspapers, people noticed the water smelled like gas beginning on Monday evening 9/11/15, the city started getting calls concerning the water on Tuesday morning 9/12/15, the leak was found 9/13/15 - a monkey can do the math on how long the public was exposed before the well was shut off from the public water supply. I do not have an exact date for that (I would hope it was shut off immediately on 9/13). The City of Lovington so conveniently can't find the files for the water samples in the months leading up to the leak, or an exact date when the well was shut off. I have reached out to the attorney general for help on that. That well was contaminated so bad that they had to plug it and drill a new one. The mess wasn't completely cleaned up until 2005. The operating company was required to do quarterly testing of the monitoring wells. They missed 4 quarters completely and several deadlines. The mishandling is unreal. I have evidence that the entire Ogalalla aquifer in that area is contaminated. I also have documentation to back up everything I have written here.
Please do not allow this nuclear enrichment plant, it's already a wasteland, and our people are dying due to negligence. We have documented around 74 cases of brain cancer and 198 cases of other cancers in Lea County. Most are in Lovington. There is a specific cluster around avenue H and I. Lovington population is around 9,000 and all of Lea County around 100,000 - these numbers are outrageous. The environment is sick. Let it heal. Please. What I have posted here is barely scratching the surface on well 6 and this operating company. There is so much more.
Sincerely, Rachel Carre'
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