ML19276F562
| ML19276F562 | |
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| Site: | Green County  |
| Issue date: | 03/13/1979 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
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| NUDOCS 7904060087 | |
| Download: ML19276F562 (9) | |
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March 13,1979 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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Docket No. 50-549 POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF
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(Greene County Nuclear Power Plant)
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XXXXX STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD ON ELECTRIC GENERATION SITING AND THE ENVIRONMENT In the Matter of the Application of the )
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Case 80006 POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF
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(Greene County Nuclear Generating
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Facility)
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NRC Staff Response to PASNY's Fourth Set of Interrogatories The NRC Staff submits the following responses to PASNY's Fourth Set of Interrogatories: 262, 263.
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262. (PASNY):
Has an analysis been done of lost opportunities at the proposed alternate sites which NRC staff finds perferable or superfor?
If so, detail the analysis.
If not, why?
Answer:
A detailed analysis of lost opoortunities was not performed for the site considered in the environmental assessment of alternative sites.
- However, the staff oid consider that the Denning Point and Terry Brickyard sites along with the Cementon site were more advantageously located for industrial activities than were the other sites. To that extent, the staff recognized that use of these three sites for the Applicant's proposed power station would involve the loss of potential industrial development with associated employment, income, and tax opportunities.
The potential for lost tax opportunities is reflected in Table 9.14 in the tax sub-category of social impacts.
fl. E. Hinkle 3/6/79
263.
(PASNY):
Provide and justify the lost opportunity value of prime farm land.
Define " prime farm land".
Distinguish " prime" from " unique farm land".
Identify whether public policy opposes destruction of prime or unique farmland.
If so, identify the source of such public policy.
Answer:
The staff did not consider the lost opportunity value of prime farm land.
The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) has established a policy to make and keep current an inventory of prime and unique farmland, with the objective of identifying the extent and location of important rural lands needed to produce food, feed, fiber, forage and oil seed crops (Fed. Reg. 43(21): 4030-4033). This policy does not state legal protection of such lands, but it has been developed in response to a national concern for the loss of the nation's best farmlands.
Prime farmlands are defined by the SCS as " land which has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops", and which is also available for these uses.
Unique fanr. lands are defined by the SCS as " lands ouer than prime farmland that is used for the production of specific high value food and fiber crops".
R. Reed 3/7/79
u March 13,1979 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
)
)
Docket No. 50-549 POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF
)
)
)
(Greene County Nuclear Power Plant)
)
XXXXX STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD ON ELECTRIC GENERATION SITING AND THE ENVIRONMENT In the Matter of the Application of the )
)
Case 80006 POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF
)
)
)
(Greene County Nuclear Generating
)
Facility)
)
NRC Staff Response to PASNY's Fourth Set of Interrogatories The NRC Staff submits the following responses to PASNY's Fourth Set of Interrogatories:
262, 263.
262. (PASNY):
Has an analysis been done of lost opportunities at the proposed alternate sites which NRC staff finds perferable or superior? If so, detail the analysis.
If not, why?
Answer:
A detailed analysis of lost opoortunities was not performed for the site considered in the environmental assessment of alternative sites.
- However, the staff did consider that the Denning Point and Terry Brickyard sites along with the Cementon site were more advantageously located for industrial activities than were the other sites. To that extent, the staff recognized that use of these three sites for the Applicant's proposed power station would involve the loss of potential industrial development with associated employment, income, and tax opportunities.
The potential for lost tax opportunities is reflected in Table 9.14 in the tax sub-category of social inpacts.
N. E. Hinkle 3/6/79
263.
(PASNY):
Provide and justify the lost opportunity value of prime farm land.
Define " prime farm land". Distinguish " prime" from " unique farm land".
Identify whether public policy opposes destruction of prime or unique farmland.
If so, identify the source of such public policy.
Answer:
The staff did not consider the lost opportunity value of prime farm land.
The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) has established a policy to make and keep current an inventory of prime and unique farmland, with the objective of identifying the extent and location of important rural lands needed to produce food, feed, fiber, forage and oil seed crops (Fed. Reg. 43(21): 4030-4033). This policy does not state legal protection of such lands, but it has been developed in response to a national concern for the loss of the nation's best farmlands.
Prime farmlands are defined by the SCS as " land which has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops", and which is also available for these uses.
Unique fannlands are defined by the SCS as " lands other than prime farmland that is used for the production of specific high value food and fiber crops".
R. Reed 3/7/79