ML19284B451
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/31/1980 |
| From: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Lujan M HOUSE OF REP., INTERIOR & INSULAR AFFAIRS |
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Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
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Dear Congressman Lujan:
The NRC Authorization Bill for FY 1981, reported by the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, includes a provision to permit the NRC to establish a Citizens Advisory Panel on Three Mile Island which is not subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. On May 22, 1980, in testimony before that comittee, I committed to proceed with the establish-ment of such a panel in advance of the passage of the Authorization Bill.
The Advisory Panel has now been chartered and formed.
On October 23, 1980, the Commission announced the appointment of the panel.
The membership is balanced as contemplated in the amendment to the Authorization Bill -- three members of the panel recomended by Governor Thornburgh repre ent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, three represent local governments in the Three Mile Island area, three represent the scientific community, and three live in the area of the Three Mile Island facility. The chairman of the panel will be Mr. John E. Minnich, Chairman of the Dauphin County Commission.
The names and addresses of the members of the panel are enclosed with this letter.
Since NRC's FY 1981 Authorization Bill has not yet been approved by Congress, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Comittee Act will apply to the panel.
The TMI Program Office staff will be available to brief the panel on the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for TMI-2 decontamination (PEIS).
In addition, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) will provide the panel with technical assistance as may be necessary relating to the decontamination of TMI-2. The Commission intends to call for meetings with the panel at least twice each year.
Additional meetings may be called if two-thirds of the panel members agree and if the Commission and the public are notified.
The panel members will serve without pay. However, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the panel, members of the panel will be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermit-tently in government service are allowed expenses under Section 5703 of Title 5 of the United States Code.
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The Honorable Manuel Lujan, Jr. If I can be of any further assistance in th,is matter, please let me know.
Sincerely, s/;
John F.
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Enclosure:
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THREE MILE ISLAND-2 ADVISORY PANEL Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Members:
Dr. H.
Arnold Muller Pennsylvania Department of Health P.O.
Ecx 90 Harrisburg, PA 17120 Mr. Clifford Jones Department of Environmental Resources P.O.
Box 2063 Harrisburg, PA 17120 Lt. Gen. Dewitt C.
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Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency P.O.
Box 3321 Harrisburg, PA 17105 Local Government Members:
Mayor Robert Reid 60 W. Emaus Street Middletown, PA 17057 Mayor Arthur E.
Morris P.O. Box 1559 120 N. Duke Street Lan ca s ter, PA 17603 Mr. John Minnich, Chairman Daughin County Commission P.O.
Box 1295 Harrisburg, PA 17108 Scientific Comnunity Members:
Nunzio J.
Palladino, Dean College of Engineering Pennsylvania State University 101 Hammond Building University Park, PA 16802 Dr. Henry Wagner Room 2001 615 North Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21205 Dr. Thomas Cochran Natural Resources Defense Council Suite 600 1725 I S tr ee t,
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Washington, DC 20006
2 General Public Members:
Mrs. Ann Trunk 143 Race Street Midd le town, PA 17057 Mr. Joel Roth Chairman, TMI Alert 315 Peffer Street Harrisburg, PA 17102 Ms. Jean Kohr Susquehanna Valley Alliance 150 East Chestnut Street Lancaster, PA 17602
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On Wednesday, April 30, the House Committee on Interior
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and Insular Affairs acted unanimously to amend the NRC authorization for FY1981 to establish a Citizens Advisory Panel for the purpose of consulting and advising the NRC h6=
on the decontamination and decommissioning of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor.
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The report concluded that "without local public understanding and acceptance of the cleanup opera-tion at TMI-2, an orderly and expeditious cleanup will be y
difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish."
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individual steps to be taken before they are made final and are implemented.
Thi could take the 51 form of a citizens advisory grcm ;> to contribute hE to development of the prograr=.atic statement as has been recommended at several scoping meetings."
We fully expect that the final version of the legislation will contain a comparable provision.
In view of the fact that the cleanup operation is proceeding, we urge you to begin the necessary preparations so that the Panel can be
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the NRC should announce its intention to establish the Panel
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and the process by which Panel members will be selected.
The Committee will provide clarification and guidelines in the legislative report to accompany the bill as approved
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