ML19344B276

Forwards Lake Mi Federation Mar 1980 Rept, How Bailly Nuclear Plant Could Dry Up Dunes Natl Lakeshore. Inquiry Requested

ML19344B276
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Site:	Bailly
Issue date:	05/09/1980
From:	Robbins R LAKE MICHIGAN FEDERATION
To:	Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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HC'.J THE BAILLY NUCLEAR PLANT COULD DRY UP THE DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE MUST ENERGY IMPACT RECREATION?

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Construction of the Bailly nuclear power plant by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company requires with-drawing water frc= the sa=e water supply that feeds the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and the Cowles Bog.

Ter=ination of present alkaline seepage into the aquifer fro = ash-ponds will further aggravate the proble=. Al-though extensive studies have been co=cleted to model the effects, certain situations have not been analyzed.

i The effect of termination of seepage has not been studied.

Nor has the newly discovered need to draw water from the lower aquifer or the ef fect of a " window" in the Cowles Bog. The injectier. of new water to cure withdrawal =ay cure quantity proble=s but could cause problems with

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The Federation recot:= ends that pu= ping be halted until studies are completed, that the U.S. Geological Survey continue its studies and insure they are co=prehensive, that a cc=petent team be asse= bled to study the effects of different quality of water being injected and that the National Park Service exert a strengthened role in pro-tecting the Lakeshore.

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