ML19312C458
| ML19312C458 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 07/14/1977 |
| From: | Stello V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Parker W DUKE POWER CO. |
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| NUDOCS 7912130988 | |
| Download: ML19312C458 (3) | |
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/ t Duke Power Company July 14, 1977 cc: Mr. William L. Porter Duke Power Company P. O. Box 2178 422 South Church Street i Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 J. Micheal McGarry, III, Esquire DeBevoise & Liberman 700 Shoreham Building 806-15th Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20005 Oconee Public Library 201 South Spring Street Walhalla, South Carolina 29691 i Honorable James M. Phinney County Supervisor of Oconee County Walhalla, South Carolina 29621 Office of Intergovernmental Relations 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 Chief Energy Systens Analyses Branch (AW-459) Office of Radiation Programs U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Room 645, East Tower 401 M Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. 20460 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IV Office ATTN: EIS COORDINATOR 345 Coutland Street, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 i l ..}}