ML19309E914

Submits Contention 5 Re Need for Power & Contention Re Biomass Production:Operating Marine Biomass Farm Would Be Environmentally Preferable to Nuclear Plant.Aslb Should Deny CP Under Ncpa

ML19309E914
Person / Time
Site:	Allens Creek File:Houston Lighting and Power Company icon.png
Issue date:	06/01/1979
From:	Potthoff F AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Shared Package
ML19309E906	List: ML19309E900 ML19309E914
References
NUDOCS 8004240555
Download: ML19309E914 (2)

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J.-l O- 6/1/79 ~

In tha Matter of EOUSION LIGEING &. POWER COMPME

( Allens Creek Nuclear Generatir4 Station) w ce 9

Docket No. 5G-M6

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. In light of the Boar 18s May 21 Order, I a:a filing these additional contenti  :

V.. In tha FES, the taff. says cor ervation in the Applicant's service area wouldn8 t " aPifin .nt. enough to change the projec-tion of power needs."-

How ver ' e. Ennneville Power Administration did a study which showed.wi onservation, rasidential users could save up tc M $ of that tal energy usesi by 1995,. commer.- i cial users could save up t 4% 1995, ani industrial users could save up to.18%by 1 5 (Bonnev Da Power Admini% ration, .  !

Electric Energy Cons . ation Study. P Mani 1976.) A study done for the city of Seattle fonni that ' ith appropiate conserw.

tion measures, nc ew ahtric generatias capacity would he needed  ;

through 1990,> a decrease in coat per 11nwatt hour of 1 3% ,

(City cf Seattl ,. Departant. of T.ighting, Sea

• e 1990 . Fe'oruary, 197 b) If , Applicant initiatei a progras of onservation in i its service area, no, new generating capacity would he needed.

ani the danagingeffects, to. the envis'nmant caused by ouilding ACNGS would he avoided Unier the authority of the NEPA, the Board should de.ny the permit.:..

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EI. In the FES, the Staff states that biomass production l is "act now a tensor 9h1 a alternative" to. ACNGS.:. Ecwever, i

l Profect Ideperdence estimates fuela from bio = ass; production i

' (urban wasta, agricultural waste, . terrestrial cropa, marine 16 crops) would amount to.3 x.LQ gross EftUsper year, ad that

't large quantities of marine crops. can be. grown ad harvested without subsiaiam when oil h.i.ts $1L per barrel Project Indet:ent dencelestimates a LOO,000k acra harine bio = ass farma ' producing 27 x.1012 BrUs/ year,..would cost S578 mi 4 =. I.conteni build .

ing ani operating a marine biomass farm, or other biomass. production systems, would be envirma" tally pref erable to ACNGS, . ani ask

.e Scard to deny the per.11.t uder the NEPls An American citizen, fl -

- 7 qy F.H..Potthoff .

f 181!i Pine V111 age i

Houston Texas 77080 .

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