ML19343A644
| ML19343A644 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/09/1980 |
| From: | Speth G COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
| To: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19343A640 | List: |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0683, RTR-NUREG-683 NUDOCS 8011190353 | |
| Download: ML19343A644 (2) | |
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QU ALITY l
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Honorable John Ahearne Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Con: mission Washington, D.C.
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Dear Chairman Ahearne:
Within the last few weeks numerous residents and citizens' groups living in the vicinity of Middletown, Pennsylvania, have expressed their deep concern to the President that the Commission may not afford them an opportunity to express their views and pose questions to the Cocmission in a public hearing regarding the Environmental Impact Statement on the decontamination of Three Mile Island, Unit 2.
Apparently, certain Commission documents indicate that no hearings on the EIS are anticipated.
The Council was impressed with the public meetings the Commission held in an effort to comply with the Council's scoping procedures in preparing the draft EIS (NUREG-0683), as well as the public meetings voluntarily held concerning the environmental assessment on the venting of krypton gas from the TMI containment. However, now that the Drafe EIS on the TMI cleanup has been issued, a range of new issues has been placed before the public and the people are seriously interested in addre: sing those issues.
As you may know the Council's regulations provide in part that:
" Agencies shall...
(c) Hold or sponsor public hearings or public =cetings whenever appropriate or in accordance with statutory require:ents applicable to the agency. Criteria shall include whether there is:
(1) Substantial controversy concerning the proposed action or substantial interest in holding the hearing. "
I can think of few instances in which the controversy over a proposal's impacts has been greater than the present one regarding TMI.
In addition, the public's interest in holding hearings has been strongly stated to the Co==ission as 8011190 r
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well as to the Council. 1t is the Council's view that public hearings are appropriate in this case. We urge the Commission to schedule and conduct such hearings with the same sensitivity it exhibited during scoping and in addressing the krypton gas problem. As always, the Council's staff is prepared to provide guidance on these matters shoubl you so desire.
Sincerely, N
GUS STETH Chairman cc: Commissioners 1
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