ML20028A471
| ML20028A471 | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 11/15/1982 |
| From: | Feit K, Freehand J, Posner P, Reisner A, Rodiguez P, Rodriguez P, Spiegelman M PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT INDIAN POINT |
| To: | Ahearne J, Gilinsky V, Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT INDIAN POINT 0xMETED P.O. Box 125 Croton-on-Hudson, NY 77 gg 19 m):05 10520 November 15; '19g* h m
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Chairman Nunzio J. Palladino BRANCH Commissioner John F. Ahearne i
Commissioner Victor Gilinsky i
Commissioner Thomas M. Roberts Commissioner James K. Asselstine United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 "H" Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
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Emergency Planning for the Indian Point Nuclear Power Station Parents Concerned About Indian Point agrees with Commissioner Gilinski when he says, (on page 60 of the transcript of the public meeting of the Commission on October 21, 1982)
"I think for these plants to operate we have got to have a judgment that the state of preparedness is adequate."
In spite of the concerns of several commissioners that the i
question of whether or not the plans can actually work must be addressed, FEMA asserts that evaluation of preparedness must await another exer-cise in the field.
Parents Concerned About Indian Point disagrees with this formalistic, procedural approach, and we have prepared the enclosed documents, "The People's Review of the Radiological Emergency Preparedness for Indian Point, November, 1782," to give the Commission an accurate and thorough understanding of the state of emergency preparedness in communities surrounding Indian Point.
i These local citizens and officials are the experts on whether or not the plans are capable of working.
f We have evaluated the plans and current state of prepared-
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ness using the Planning Standards set forth in NUREG-0654/ FEMA-REP-1.
For each Planning Standard, we have quoted the planning objective and included selected quotes from "RAC Comments on New York State County Radiological Emergency Preparedness Plans (CRERPs)
Indian Point, August, 1981," and " Interim Findings on the Adequacy of Radiological Emergency Response Preparation of State and Local Governments at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Station, July 30, 1982,"
prepared by FEMA.
The bulk of the " People's Review" is made up of quotations from people who live and work in the area affected by Indian Point, including elected and appointed officials.
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l Parents Concerned About Indian Point Letter to the Commissioners 1
November 19, 1982 Page 2 Please take special note of the Appendix which we have attached to the " People's Review."
The Appendix consists of resolutions passed by public boards, teachers' unions, Parent-Teacher Associations, and special groups.
All of these reso-lutions express a fundamental belief that the Radiological Emer-gency Response plan cannot and will not work to protect the health and safety of people around Indian Point.
We hope that you will keep in mind the following comments of the Rev. Frederick F. Johnson, Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Spring Valley, New York, as you read "The People's Review:"
" Naturally everyone would like to believe in times of emergency the best that is in people will be brought to the surface and all would share a mutual concern for the good of all.
I serious-ly question whether this would be the case at the present time...No one understands radiation very well but everyone is afraid of it.
Un-like fire and flood, radiation cannot be seen and therefore people's fears that they might be receiving dangerous and even lethal doses invisibly would add to a panic-stricken determination to escape at all costs...The spiritual mood of the people is extremely relevant, it seems to me, to how they would respond to all the unknowns of a nuclear emergency situation."
In a similar vein, Dr. Kai T. Erikson has said, "The emer-gency plans for Indian Point are full of vague directives, but whether or not they can be implemented depends to a very large extent on the attitudes, intentions, and emotional reflexes of' the people charged with carrying them out...Until we know a great deal more than we do now about these matters, we dare not assume that the present emergency evacuation plans provide any protection to the public. "
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THE PEOPLE'S REVIEW OF THE RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS FOR INDIAN POINT NOVEMBER, 1982 NUREG 0654 Planning Standard A.
ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY (ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL)
Planning Objective:
"To assure that primary responsibility for emer-gency response in nuclear facility operator, State and local organiza-tions within the Emergency Planning Zones have been assigned, that the emergency responsibilities of the various supporting organizations have been specifically established, and that each principal response organization is staffed to respond and to augment its initial response on a continuous basis."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD A.
"All private sector organizations have not been identified."
"Tije concept of operation for each organization has not been provided."
"The County Executive or Chairman of the Legislature must sign off on the letter under Appendix 1 which endorses each County plan."
"Specifically, there are no letters of agreements from bus companies, unions, volunteer fire departments and ambulance services, or EBS station managers for activation of the EBS.
Mutual aid agreements with the other counties within the 10 mile EPZ for equipment and per-sonnel resources should be considered."
"The State plan should include a complete set of agreement letters from support organizations."
" Revisions of the State REPP submitted to the RAC still contain a conflict in primary organizational responsibility for transportation."
"The state and counties' responses regarding backup staffing and equipment will be adequate to resolve the deficiency if effectively carried out; however, little specific information has been given on coordination of state and counties in this effort."
7 VALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD A. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Michael Kaminski "The Commissioner of Hospitals does not Director Of Planning have the authority to order a Hospital Department of Hospitals or Nursing Home to evacuate."
Westchester County
Planning Standard A.
continued Page 2
i Frank C. Bohlander
" Confusion surrounded the transport of wheel-Commissioner chairs from an evacuated nursing home to a Dept. of Public Works place designated by the Department of Hos-Westchester County pitals.
Subsequent requests for return of 2
the wheelchairs, by the. Department of.Trans-portation, indicated the evacuees were being taken to a location other than their wheelchairs."
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Anita S. Curran "The role of the New York State Health Commissioner of Health Department Regional Office must be clar-Westchester County ified.
It was providing information to the decontamination centers although the Regional Office was not designated this role in the Response Plan."
Sam Gdanski "There are no letters of agreement in areas Legislator required for ambulance corps, schools that l
Rockland County require it for congregate care or reception centers, bus companies, or the State of New Jersey... As long as the Indian Point facilities exist, whether they are operational or not, they pose a danger and a threat to the health and i
safety of Rockland County... There is no emergency plan which can be adequate or sufficient to fully protect the health and safety of all of 4
our people.
Even with tremendous infusions of money, equipment, and manpower, the roadway network in Rockland County is incapable of insuring a rapid evacuation if necessary."
James F. Kralik "We suggest strongly that the laws regarding Chief Deputy Sheriff the power and authority of the Chairman's Patrol Division Office, the Office of Sheriff, the Village Sheriff's Department Mayors, Supervisors of Towns, as well as the Rockland County Police Chief of each village and town in the County be specifically spelled out as to whose authority and under what authority certain actions could be taken...
We can honestly say that there is no coordination at present between the chiefs of police, the Sheriff's Department, and police...We would like to see the role of the Sheriff and the chiefs of police specifically defined...
j If a sheriff or chief of police sees a problem that some other command agency does not agree upon, whose responsibility is it to carry out on that problem?...The mission of the National Guard should be defined and its liaison with the various police agencies involved."
James McGuire
"(The plan) also gives joint responsibility Padiological Health for a number of actions to the State as well Specialist as local government and it has yet to define Rockland County whether or not the accident assessment should be the total responsibility of the local y
agencies or whether it will be the total responsibility of the State agency.
A major fault that I have had as the local agency is that it seems that we are not allowed any major interaction with the federal agencies.
Everything must be screened through the State agencies...As far as the count 3 and villages working together, they are still trying to identify the responsibility and command and control and reach joint agreements and written communications.
There has been some question as to who will be i
in charge of the different villages and cities.
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Planning Standard A.
continued Page 3 Richard Dunne "What authority does. a superintendent President have in mandating that staff go on buses Board of Education that are evacuating students?
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Yorktown that legally we cannot mandate this action if staff decided to be with their own children'. '
David Siegel
" People who have important roles to perform Superintendent of Schools have not all been advised of their responsi-i Croton-Harmon S.D.
bility nor are there, to my knowledge, any laws which require these people to perform the actis which the plan calls on them to perform."
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Cleland S. Conklin "I do not know what authorities would or Superintendent of Bldga.,
could order South Orangetown School Dis-Grounds, & Transportation trict personnel to attend and assist in an i
S. Orangetown Schools evacuation to the school district (which is outside the 10 mile EPZ)."
John Roden
" Resolved that the YCT oppose implementation President of these procedures and YCT participation Yorktown Congress of in such procedures."
Adopted 3/8/82 Teachers SEE APPENDIX, " RESOLUTIONS OF LOCAL BODIES" Vincent Rube i
" Resolved that the Ossining Teachers Association (OTA) oppose approval of i
Anne Dorner School Ossining these procedures and oppose OTA parti-I cipation in such procedures..."
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Paula Meyers "I am certain that I will be experiencing Teacher an extreme ethical and psychological con-4 CET School flict and at the present time I must can-l Croton didly state that I don't believe I will stay with my school children."
Mrs. Meyers presents the Carrie E. Tompkins faculty petition: "As professionals ded-icated to the care and education of children, we feel that we may not remain silent before a patently unfeasible plan...We must state that we believe that the children would not be best, or even adequately, served."
i Maggie North "My input was never solicited in preparing Teacher this terribly flawed scheme.
Simply stated, I
CET School I do not want this responsibility because Croton I don't believe the evacuation plan is workable..."
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Elizabeth Sekelsky, R.N.
"Has a medical pool been organized and School Nurse, CET School given authority to treat students without Croton parental consent?
If so, school nurses in the ten mile radius should be informed of this...While insurance will not be given for nuclear accidents, will school insurance be extended to cover accidents after school hours, or on the bus in transit?"
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continued Page 4 Jane Capon
...Rockland County Emergency Response Owner-Director Procedure for schools dated August 1981" Nursery School &
gave unclear instructions which left this Day Camp, Pomona non-public school administrator confused and concerned about her responsibilities."
Sister Colleen Murray "I do not believe that I can rely on those Principal buses to show up during an evacuation.
I Holy Name of Mary School don't know what I will do if they don't Croton show up...I can't force teachers to stay with the children."
Joan H. Fine "To date neither Con Edison or any other agency, President has advised the Girl Scout council regard-
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Girl Scouts of ing the preferred steps to be taken, the Westchester/Putnam responsibility that the leader will have.to assume,.and what legal ramifications both the leader and'the council are undertaking in trying to protect the children in our care in a time of potential danger."
Phyllis Rodriguez "Do I'have the legal right to force a Artist & Teacher possibly unwilling child to go, even to Croton try to keep him or her safe?"
Fern Narod-Shiek "It is the lawful responsibility of the School bus driver driver to transport the children from one i
Mahopac off the vehicle unless it is their desig-location to another, never allowing them nated location...So what is the driver to do if recalled for emergency proceedings?"
NUREG-0654 Planning Standard C.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES "To assure that arrangements for requesting and effectively using assistance resources have been made, that arrangements for State and local staffing of the operators near-site Emergency Operations Facility have been made, and that other organizations capable of augmenting the planned response have been identified."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD C.
"Have all facilities and resources of non-government organ-izations been identified?
Letters of agreement are not available for all organizations listed."
" Agreement letters from support organizations in state and county plans are missing."
"In Rockland County, local support organizations needed greater involvment in development of emergency plans."
" Revisions of the State REPP submitted to the RAC still do not adequately address State resources to support the Federal response."
" Provisions for... missing agreement letters are not addressed."
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continued Page 5 EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD C. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Raymond Jurkowski "No arrangements exist addressing compensation Deputy Commissioner issues for expenses incurred by the (bus) of Transportation companies in the performance of their planned Westchester County responsibilities...It is very reasonable to assume that these drivers are more likely not to volunteer because they will place a higher priority on personally evacuating their own families rather than driving buses for strangers during an evacuation... Category C states 'if practical, women capable of reproduction should not take part in these actions' and Category D sta te s, 'If practical, volunteers above the age of 45 should be selected.'
While exact demographic statistics are not available, I am very concerned that a significant number of bus drivers would be excluded by one of these suggested guidelines."
Michael Kaminski "There is no legal relationship between the Director of Planning Westchester County Medical Center and the 35 Department of Hospitals ambulance companies in Westchester County, nor Westchester County is there a legal relationship between the Westchester County Medical Center and the Westchester EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Council, Inc., such that the Westchester County Medical Center can order ambulances into, out of, or around the 10 mile EPZ, to perform any emergency services."
William.G. Borghard "It is our expectation that should an evacua-Commissioner, Dept. of tion be required, the sewage that reaches the Environmental' Facilities plant and pumping stations would be discharged Westchester County untreated into the nearest water course.
If this is not done and a malfunction of equip-ment occurs while the plants are unattended, there would be a overflow, and a backing up of sewage through the manholes and into the streets."
Sonny Hall "This union will not allow any member of our
" ice President Union to be involved unless each and every transport Workers Union detail has been discussed with us and then, Local 100 of course, with our members."
Leon Bock
"...until such provision for voluntary service Superintendent (for driving and supervision) is determined, Lakeland Central S.D.
Lakeland District cannot state a feasible plan is in place for the safeguarding of the interests of our children."
Tom Turner
" Drivers are not contracted to drive during Vanguard Bus Co.
an evacuation.
There is no penalty if they don't show up.
Most drivers live in the area; they are part-time and mostiv family people which will pose a problem to evacuation time because they will be primarily concerned wi*.h their own families.
The drivers have had no onergency training for a radiological emergency.
Buses, per tbc plan, are instructed to drive on parkways with bridges that the buses can't fit under."
Plcnning Stcndard C.
continusd Pago 6 Seth Corwin "Some drivers have voluntarily signed up to Chappaqua Bus. Co.
drive during an evacuation.
No contract to do so...They are currently paid double time for late hour driving during railroad emergencies."
Fern Narod-Sh' lek
" I am a bus driver and...I have not been in-Sch'sl Bus Driver formed by my supervisor that we have become Manopac part of the emergency evacuation plan...I have no contract stating that I would be driving for a private industry and therefore I will not guarantee that I will be available for any emergency evacuation."
Seth Corwin "It is impossible to state with any degree of Chappaqua Bus Co.
certainty whether or not I will chaperone the school children."
Ruth R.
Isaacs "I do not have the ordinary medication used by Teacher and Parent children who I know have special medical con-Carrie ILTompkins School
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asthma, nor am I confident that I could deal with treating the children if so charged."
Breda Curran "I must clearly state that in all probability, Teacher I will be unable to fulfill my responsibility Carrie E. Tompkins School because of my asthma condition...In fact, I Croton hope someone will be available to attend to my needs...My (asthma) condition worsens under extreme stress and I cannot be counted on to care for the physical or emotional needs of my children during a nuclear accident evacuation."
Albert A. Johnson "The Ambulance Corps has a difficult problem Resident staffing, especially during working hours."
Stony Point Edward J. Connelly "When it comes to willingly going into an area Emergency Medical Tech-of radioactive contamination, however, the nician and Member considerations of survival and family have to Ossining Volunteer come first.
I will not respond to a nuclear Ambulance Corps emergency ambulance call."
Richard H.
Bower "The most obvious source of outside volunteer Coordinator ambulance help must come from New Jersey...
Rockland County Volunteer To the best of my knowledge, to date there Ambulance Corps has been no acknowledgement, let alone dis-Suffern cussion about, this topic of out-of-state expenses."
Robert W. Hare "I would not follow any such plan as has so Pastor and Parent far been given us."
Scarborough Presbyterian Church Reverend David B. Wayne "To my knowledge, no one in any of the Croton Rector and Parent houses of worship, or in any of the Episcopal St. Augustine's Episcopal Churches in Westchester, has been contacted Church about evacuation plans...The instruction book-Croton let leaves me confused as to what my response should be."
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i Michael A. Robinson "There has never been a meeting with us...
j Rabbi concerning any kind of disaster information.
Temple Israel of Northern Neither have we received any specific inform-Westchester ation on any kind of responses we should make Croton in case of an emergency."
Planning Standard E.
NOTIFICATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES i-i Planning Objective:
"To assure that procedures have been established for notification, by the facility, of State and local response organizations and for notification of emergency personnel by all response organizations; l
to assure that the content of initial and followup messages to response organizations and the public have been established; and to assure that means to provide early warning and clear instruction to the populace within the plume exposure pathway Emergency Planning Zone have been established."
l SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD E.
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"The CRERPs do not satisfy the planning guidelines regarding l
the dissemination of information to the public using the EBS."
"The plans do not contain any detailed information concerning 1
i the method of coordination of all EBS messages among counties within the EPZ, as well as with the State."
" Announcements...should include information for residents of other counties."
" Separate announcements regarding school evacuations should be prepared."
" People should be provided with a rumor control number."
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" Methods and procedures for notification of emergency response personnel, and for notification and instruction of the populacre within the plume exposure pathway Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) were found to i
be deficient in the plans and during the exercise."
l "During the exercise, incomplete functioning of the siren system and lack of backup alerting indicated significant deficiencies in the counties."
"The improvement of the initial call-out system on Rockland 5
County will depend on availability of additional funding and willingness of the county to participate in the planning process."
"The existing siren system requires further correction before it becomes fully operational."
EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD E. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Raymond F. Jurkowski "It is our opinion that individuals-who Deputy Commissioner need assistance...will call our 682-2020 l
of Transportation information number to find out what bus route Westchester County to take for the evacuation.
At present the i
Department's Information Bureau doesn't have maps showing the evacuation routes overlaid on a street grid so that Infor-mation Assistants can advise callers which evacuation route is closest to I
their homes."
Planning Standard E.
continued Page 8 Anthony R. Marasco "The primary means of notification is by 43 Director, Office of sirens in the ten-mile EPZ in Westchester, Disaster and Emergency controlled by radio from County Police Head-Services quarters in Hawthorne.
This system proved Westchester County unsatisfactory during the March 3, 1982 drill.
Some sirens were inoperative; and those that did work were not audible in ma ny parts of the ten-mile EPZ."
Dr. Elsie Bull "In February, 1982, I became aware of the Assistant Principal distribution of a booklet entitled " INDIAN Lime Kiln School POINT EMERGENCY PLAN AND YOU" and wrote to Rockland County the Four County Nuclear Safety Committee in White Plains for a copy...The answer to my letter was that I did not qualify for a booklet because of my address.
Since I was still concerned about my responsibilities, I wrote again...
I was shocked to learn that I should leave my school and my responsibility for the health and safety of so many children and simply go home."
Dr. A. Glen Everhart "There would be no way of notifying parents Superintendent of Schools of children from other districts attending North Rockland Central S.D.
school in North Rockland. There would be no way of notifying schools where the children from North Rockland attend out of the District.
It is unclear as to how we would communicate with children and faculty supervisors on field trips or those participating in school activities outside the District. "
Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "The main concern that we had was that there Vice President was no immediate notification of families, Clarkstown PTA Council either within the ten mile zone of danger, or those outside as to the seven different loca-tions in New Jersey where their children might be taken...The sirens that have been established to warn us in Rockland County have not performed well at this particular point, and no one has been able to assure us that they ever will...Many of the children have no one at home to guide them between the time school is out and the time their parents come home from work.
Should there be an emergency during those hours, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.,
for example, no instructions have been given to the families as to what these children should do."
Gerald T. Kapusinsky "I...have found many situations where students Attendance Supervisor are home...with or without the knowledge of No. Rockland Central S.D.
their parents...On any given day a probable figure of several hundred children being home...
could cause a problem if an evacuation was necessarv."
Kathy Pierpont
""My children are without adult sunervision Parent from aporoximately 3:00 pm until 9:00 pm, as Croton-on-Hudson I work two jobs to support us.
I have no faith that my children would be able to evacuate themselves as instructed...They have not been able to correctly remember the directions we have established for a fire emergency unless they are constantly reviewed."
Nancy Sheer "What of the half hour's time my children some-Teacher and parent times spend alone waiting for me after school?
Croton-on-Hudson Who could be 'in charge' and evacuate them to safety?
My return would doubtless be prevent-ed by clogged roads."
Planning Standard E.
continued 9pge 9 Karen K. Ford "Unless I had information indicating that yes, Parent both children were in transit to White Plains, Croton-on-Hudson I would probably become more inclined to re-turn to Croton to see to their safety."
Barbara Blattstein "Any disaster plan must consider the fact that President the deaf must be alerted via personal contact Rockland County Assoc.
or by visual devices such as in-home signal for the Hearing Impaired lights."
Dominic Sbarra "My wife _Caroline and I have been deaf since Maintenance Manager birth."
As maintenance manager for an apart-Patricia Apts, Ossining ment building near Indian Point, Mr. Sbarra is Grandparent responsible for the safety of others.
"It will take a determined search to notify Clifford and Nancy Rowley all the deaf and hearing-impaired people of President, NYC Assoc. of the emergency plans and of any special holp the Deaf, and President, which might be provided.
Westchester Conimunity Services for the Hearing Impaired Oscar Cohen "TV, radio and loudspeaker announcements would Principal be made as well as sirens sounded.
Deaf per-Lexington School for the sons would not respond to any of these....
Deaf Should an evacuation be implemented,the deaf Jackson Heights, NY person would be at a loss concerning events, receiving directions, and in having basic needs met."
NUREG-0654 Planning Standard F.
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS Planning Objective:
"To assure that provisions exist for prompt com-municacions among principal response organizations, to emergency per-sonnel and to the public."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD F.
"It is not clear from the plan what the alternate method of communications is for notification and activation of the emergency response network."
"The plans have not provided for communications between contiguous States and counties in the 50 mile ingestion exposure pathway.
In addition, provision for all alternate communications links between States and counties has not been clearly defined in the plans."
"How will communications be maintained with the field mon-itoring teams?"
" Alternate individuals for each emergency response agency have not been designated."
"The references that were reviewed did not satisfy the criteria for radios and land lines other than hot-lines."
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" Provisions for. prompt communications among principal response organizations to emergency personnel and to the public were found to be deficient in the plans and during the exercise."
"Means for communication with field teams should be described."
"Rockland, Putnam, and Orange Counties experienced failures of communication equipment.
Westchester County depended heavily on a commercial telephone system."
"The exercise demonstrated the need for equipping of all evacuation buses with two-way radios capable of communicating with bus company dispatcher."
" Funding is not available at this time to take action on a number of the recommendations."
"The revision pages do not address the lack of important-telephone numbers, field communications systems, and periodic testing."
" County responses to plan comments do not adequately address problems identified."
"Other communications improvements will require funds not-currently available."
" Plan and exercise deficiencies still remain uncorrected and require corrective action."
EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD F. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Raymond Jurkowski "Since a number of reception centers are out-Deputy Commisrioner side the area of radio coverage, drivers will of Transportation have to communicate with their dispatchers yestchester County by telephone...This cumbersome communication procedure will require a dedicated phone at each of the designated reception centers and will require dispatchers to l
operate both a radio and telephone communication system... Drivers getting i
lost... breakdowns, or accidents happening outside of the coverage area of the radios...will require the driver to abandon the vehicle in search of 7
a telephone."
Leonard Scharf "Probably the single greatest problem, Assistant Superintendent as foreseerrby the school districts, is the Rockland County Board of matter of communications.
While the plan Cooperative Educational mentions the use of radio communications e-Services (BOCES) quipment, there presently exist no such facilities linking the schools together or linking the schools to the command center.
The use of telephones to relay vital information will be totally inadequate."
George Schnackenberg "It is strictly speculation for me to say how Chief of Police many we would have on duty in an emergency...
Clarkstown In order to notify people to report in emer-cency situations 'it would require phone calls.
To mobilize the major part of the department would be a very difficult task...That is one of the fallacies the Chiefs Association felt was wrong with the plan, the whole communications system and the fact that there are no beepers available for this type of mobilization."
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continued Page 11 Richard Wishnie "Even with the most favorable conditions for Supervisor communication (during the March 3 exercise),
Town _of Ossining the non on the line were inadequately inform-ed as to their duty.
The front line workers-will be subject to severe stress and must be very well informed about what they are supposed to be doing.
We do not at present have a communication system adequate to the task."
Linda Co "By camp policy, radios are not brought to Member. Bd. of Directors camp...Our council office is regularly staffed Rockland County Girl Scouts only during business hours, and the telephone at camp is not always covered.
Communication between this office and camp during an emergency of this nature by public i
phone lines is precarious at best."
Stephen Scurti "In relation to the evacuation plan they Chief of Police lack training, equipment, especially radio Town of Stony Point equipment which is totally inadequate to meet any major emergency involving com-munication among several agencies.
It would be advantageous to have a teletype system linking all the agencies involved.
With it there would be a minimum of misunderstood messages because they would be written.'
Richard Herbek "The Village Police Department has no Village Manager radio communications with neighboring police Village of Croton departments such as Buchanan, Peekskill and Yorktown, as well as state and county police.
No funding has been made available for the purchase of radio equipment which would facilitate interdepartmental communications."
Richard H. Bower "Most of the success of the Plan depends on volunteer Ambulance the present phone system's ability to func-
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Disaster Coordinator tion.
Since much of the ambulance dispatch Rockland County is dependent on fast available phone use, I am greatly concerned about its ability to handle the obvious overload that is bound to occur during a disaster...
Lack of radio equipment for my disaster committee members... severely re-stricts their effectiveness."
Michael Kaminski "There is no current effective system Director of Planning to keep track of all ambulance movements, Department of Hospitals or vehicles in and out of service for Westchester County mutual aid purposes... Communications between the EOC and ambulances in the north-ern part of the County is extremely unreliable because of equipment in-adequacies... Telephone tie-ups during the drill created unexpected de-lays in patient movement...other issues of a general nature include:...
the lack of alert radios in nursing homes and hospitain throughout the County and the lack of adequate communication equipment to coordinate patient movement."
Frank C. Echlander "Several types of communication forms were Commissioner, Dept. of distributed.
No instructions have evon.
Public Worxs been given as to how, when, and why each Westchester County form is to be used."
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continued Page 12 Anthony R. Marasco
" County-wide communications between police i
Director, Office of departments is inadequate...All communications Disaster and Emergency between reception centers, congregate care Services centers, and the Westchester County Emergency Westchester County Operating Center must be by telephone or by
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volunteer amateur radio operators in the R.A.C.E.S. (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) system."
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" Direct contact could not be made with Dr.
1 Commissioner of Health David Axelrod, New York State Commissioner I
Westchester County of Health.
It is essential for me to have frequent and uninterruptedconversations with
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Albany to facilitate the decision making process on both sides...The ability to consult and exchange information with the Health Commissioners in Orange, Putnam, and Rockland Counties is essential for the same reasons.
The ability to communicate with field monitoring staff only by means of police radio was cumbersome and inefficient.
This could result in the un-i necessary exposure of personnel to radioactivity should the wind direction suddenly shift...our staff are in the field the majority of the time, and we would be unable to reach them promptly...The phone lines are not i
adequate to handle the traffic between (decontamination) centers and the Emergency Operations Centers."
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Sheriff Daniel Guido "If the telephone lines become swamped and Commissioner of Public go 'down', as well they might from an.over-4 i
Safety load in an actual radiological emergency, the i
Westchester County police coordinators will have no means of receiving feedback regarding events occurring in the field...The telephone capacity at our county warning point, which has a burden of making all initial notifications to get the response mechanism implemented, is also inadequate."
Charles W. Bates "We have as yet no adequate plan for staff
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Commissioner, Dept. of notification in the event of an emergency Social Services outside of normal working hours...We also Westchester County have concerns about communicating.
Certainly the system used during the drill was less than adequate."
than adequate."
l James McGuire "As far as between county and county is Radiological Health concerned, they did decide to put in this Specialist Rex (RECS) Line or ' hot' line that was going Rockland County right to the utilities to feed us the tech-nical information...Since then, this Rex (RECS) Line has degenerated to simply a one-way pipeline from the utilities to the different counties and the assessment teams have been moved away from control of the Rex (RECS) Lines and it also appears that a great deal of technical data is coming;across the executive hot line between the county executives and the State Governor's office which the assessment teams do not have at their disposal."
Stephen Horowitz "The only means of communication is by Finance Director, telephones, which, they assumed, would be Masonic Camp 7 jammed at that point, and even with that, Tallman, NY there is no way to contact a good portion i
of those drivers during the day."
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continued Page 13 James F. Kralik "There is a need for a direct link via Chief Deputy Sheriff telephone of all police agencies.
This would Patrol Division be a back-up phone system in the event of a cheriff's Department communications blackout...The present phone Rockland County systems are totally inadequate."
Donald P. McGuire
" Hopefully we would be able to contact-Deputy Director everyone we were supposed to by phone and Officer of Emergency I say hopefully because we lack essential Services equipment and training...The Rex (RECS)
Rockland County phone system is inadequate at this particular time to provide information from the facilities to the Radiological Office.
For example, during the drill on March 3rd, we had to tape open a phone in order to keep that phone available for the person that Rockland County had at the Nuclear facility to transmit infor-mation back to our County EOC.
We also had to place a person to help monitor the information that was going over the Rex (RECS) system.
This is not adequate when dealing with the radiological disaster.
When you have to try to get information second-hand, it just takes too long and it is not appropriate."
Dr. Glen Everhart "The procedure does not address methods Superintendent of Schools of communicating with parents of school North Rockland Central S.D.
children who reside or work out of the l
emergency zone. The telephone system is inadequate for the so-called ' Storm Alert Fan-out."
Further, no backup communication system has been suggested.
The telephone system would be totally inadequate for communicating with parents, contacting reception centers, and at the same time, carrying out the ' Storm Alert Fan-out' procedure (although not all of the procedures were tested during the l
recent drill, the telephone system proved inadequate, even on a limited j
basis)'.
No plan is offered for communication with bus fleets...Not all busses are radio equipped."
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Standard G.
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INFORMATION Planning Objective:
"To assure that accurate and timely information is provided to the public on how they will be notified and what their initial actions should be; to assure that the principal points of contact with the news media for dissemination of information (including physical location or locations) are established in advance; and to establish procedures for coordinated dissemination of information to the public."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM' FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD G.
"There are no specifics regarding the public information i
program for permanent and transient populations of the plume exposure EPZ.
What is the methodology to ensure that the public information program materials will be available to all permanent'and transient populations?"
Planning Standard G.
continued Page 14 "The plans do not reflect a full understanding of the purpose of rumor control.
Rumor control is crimarily designed to provide the general public a point of contact to obtain answers to individual questions."
"Section II.B.6.b. merely assigns responsiblity for the co-ordination of an annual news media program to acquaint the news media with the CRERP.
A detailed program should be developed and presented in the plans."
"Public education program and procedures for dissemination of information to the public were found to be deficient in the plans and during the exercise."
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"Information is lacking on distribution and follow-up of the public information brochure."
"During the exercise, interviews with EPZ residents indicated a lack of awareness of the notification system, the Emergency Responso Planning Area (ERPA) designations, and their individual responsibilities."
" Comprehensive rumor control procedures were lacking."
" Implementation of a public education campaign must await funds and additional staffing."
"Although the State and county have made commitments to improve public education, particularly for transients, significant deficiencies remain regarding compliance with this planning standard until the re-medial actions have been completed."
EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD G. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Evaluation Criteria G.1:
"Each organization shall provide for periodic dissemination of information to the public regarding how they will be notified and what their actions should be in an emergency."
Arthur Lebofsky "Approximately 2,000 families in'the Town Vice President of Haverstraw need the brochures to be Clarkstown PTA Council printed in Spanish and their children have no instructions from their families as to how they will be reunited."
Luis Del Pilar "A major concern of mine is that the plan did I.ffirmative Action Coord.
not adequately address the needs and concerns Rockland County of non-English-speaking residents and visitors West Haverstraw in the area...To the best of my knowledge, no literature in Spanish was provided...The problem of language becomes even more acute during the summer months when thousands of non-English-speaking residents of New York City and northern New Jersey utilize public recreation areas that fall well within the evac-uation area. "
Betty Ramey "We presume that our listeners are English-Owner speaking and we broadcast only in English...
WRKL Radio Our records show that our role as provider of Pomona prompt local news may be somewhat compromised regarding notification" because of " delays" in reports of leaks at Indian Point Units 2 and 3.
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continued Pago 15 Evaluation Criteria G.I. continued Linda Co
" Camp Addicon Boyce is populated by children Member, Bd. of Directors from all over the county, and occasionally Rockland Co. Girl Scouts groups from out-of-state and even from Canada.
...Their parents, who are not af fected by this plan and presumably have not received mailings, would not know where to find them."
Mabel Cronk "Many of us did not get a leaflet or any President notification as to where to go or what to do Peekskill Seniors in an emergency...Many of us did not hear the sirens on March 3."
As of 11/7/82, many mem-bers of Peekskill Seniors still had not received brochures.
Evaluation Criteria G.2.
"The public information program describing this system is acceptable if the permanent and transient adult population within about 10 miles of the site is provided an adequate opportunity to become aware of this information annually."
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The 10 mile limit is being imposed arbitrarily and unreasonably.
Dr. Elsie Bull "How would parents from Spring Valley who Assistant Principal lived outside the ten mile area know where Lime Kiln School to pick up their children? Like myself, they Rockland County would not have received a booklet describing the evacuation plan."
A. Glen Everhart "The plan for the children who live out Superintendent of Schools of the EPZ but attend school in the EPZ and North Rockland Central S.D.
children who attend school out of the EPZ but live in the EPZ does not appear to be feasible."
Eleanor Kahn "In the event of an emergency during school Special Ed. Teacher and hours, younger siblings of families in the Parent West Orchard area would be evacuated, as would Robt.
E. Bell Middle School families who are at home.
Older siblings in Chappaqua the middle and high schools would not be evac-uated.
As a teacher in the middle school I do not know which of my students live in the evacuation area.
There are not plans for them left at school, with their homes evacuated."
Ellen Burgher "My daughter...along with 470 other Briarcliff Parent High School students, is due to be evacuated...
Pleasantville I live just beyond the ten-mile radius...We have received no information from the Briar-cliff Manor School system regarding evacuation plans."
Raymond Bowles "Living just one-eighth of a mile from the Teacher and Realtor Emergency Planning Zone, I feel extremely vul-Pocantino Hills nerable in the event of a meltdown...I question the arbitrary cutoff point of a ten-mile rad-ius...I have never received any instructions or information from Westchester County or any government agency with regard to protecting my family from a nuclear accident...As someone so close to the ten-mile cutoff, I assure you many of us plan to evacuate."
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Planning Standard G. continued Page 16 Evaluation Criteria G.2. continued Lois Jessup "A considerable amount of my daytime and even-President ing hours are spent within the ten mile zone of Rockland County Conser-of the Indian Point nuclear plants.
Since my vation Association actual residence is outside the zone, I have received no instruction as to the procedures I should follow if an emergency should develop while I am within this arbi-trary evacuation area."
II.
The public perceives the information distributed to date as containing specific errors.
Raymond S. Jurkowski "Page TRl-62 of the plan shows vehicular Deputy Commissioner of movement from the Saw Mill River Parkway Transportation (southbound) to I-287 eastbound--a vehicular Westchester County movement that is not possible because there is no such ramp."
Anthony R. Marasco "The pamphlets were published by the util-Director, Office of ities with no input from the County.
There Disaster and Emer-are numerous errors, omissions, and the gency Services general instructions'are vague.
There are Westchester County no maps showing the school reception centers and the evacuation bus routes do not show to which reception center they are going.
Some of the schools listed are no longer in existence, and most of the BOCES were lef t out...It has been noted that...the Coast Guard will respond to any radiation accident to protect the shipping and personnel on the Hudson River.
We have requested verification of this response capability...We are in receipt of a letter...
from ( the) Captain of the Port, stating that he does not have the expert-ise or the protective equipment needed to safely carry out his assigned role."
James F. Kralik "I also was specific about the fact that Chief Deputy Sheriff their calculations in the amount of people Patrol Division that would have to be moved are completely Sheriff's Department erroneous."
Rockland County James McGuire "We are well aware that there are a number Radiological Health of streets that are located as evacuation Specialist routes in the plan that are totally irade-Rockland County quate, and are definitely the wrong roads."
Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "Among the problems that struck us immediately Vice President was the fact that...the junior high school Clarkstown PTA Council complex which actually houses all the-students and staff involved in education through grades 7 and 8, approximately 2,500 individuals, while they were included in the map at the centerfold of the document I refer to (Indian Point, Emergency Planning, and You) they in fact were nowhere involved in the emergency evacuation plan."
Planning Standard G. continued Pcg3 17 Evaluation Criteria G.2. continued Shirley S. Gunn "According to the plan book,the parents from Director-Teacher the Croton area are assigned to a different Circle School reception center from their nursery and elem-Parent, Croton entary school children."
Sylvia G.
DeWard "I know of no plens to return the children Art Teacher and Parent at the BOCES Tec.1 Center to Croton or to get Croton the parents to the Tech Center.
I wonder what plans have been made for all the after-school classes."
Sheila Salkin "With regard to the emergency evacuation plan, Director our school does not have enough vehicles for Temple Beth El Nursery transportation as listed in the booklet. We School have an anrollment of 70, not the 30 as shown.'
Sally Ziegler "In (the Ossining area) out of twenty-three Executive Director facilities, five do not appear in the plans.
Day Care Council of These overlooked agencies care for children Westchester as young as eight weeks...Few day care centers have known what arrangements they are expected l
to make.
This means that we have... staff unprepared for an awesome respon-sibility and generally eager to reach their own children."
Eleonore Bronzo "According to your latest records, this nurs-Directress ery school has not been included in the emer-Croton Montessori School gency evacuation plans...We have never been contacted by anyone to work out an evacuation plan for our school."
Arlene Tift "I received your pamphlet on Indian Point and Parent evacuation plans, but to my consternation, my Croton daughter's nursery school, the Croton Montes-sori School, is not included in your evac-uation plans.
This omission is not acceptable; nor is the faulty system for warning local residents."
l Linda Brown "According to the information sent to us, our Tappan Zee Nurserv School school would be provided with two vans for
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evacuating the children.
Our response to this is that van full or children will be without a teacher to comfort and as-sure them."
Phyllis Helbraun "The Indian Point Evacuation Plan omitted the Executive Director following pre-schools: abc Nursery Group.. 190 Rockland Council for Young children.
Sonshine Day Care Center.. 25+
Children children.
The caregivers...may not even know about the plan."
Katherine Feit "I have read my evacuation plan and consider Parent and Babysitter it full of errors."
Croton Theodora Dyer "My profession requires me to read maps on a i
Parent regular basis...even I had trouble finding the Croton
' planning area' ussigned to my neighborhood."
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continued Page 18 Evaluation Criteria G.2. continued III.
An " opportunity to become aware" does not guarantee understanding, acceptance, or co-operation.
Sheriff Daniel Guido "From past experience, it is predictable Commissioner, Dept. of that a carefully orchestrated and controlled Public Safety evacuation may not be possible.
The effect...
Westchester County may be a situation wherein matters have gotten out of hand before adequate control mechanisms can be mobilized and are in place."
Bela and Inga Cseh "Having lived in Europe during the second Residents World War we are thoroughly familiar with Croton, NY evacuation procedures...Despite careful preparation there was a total loss of control and well thought out rules and regulations resulted in chaos with total breakdown of communications and transportation...We believe that the plan cannot and will not be executed as laid down and that evacuation is therefore impossible."
James F. Kralik "If the people themselves who are taking Chief Deputy Sheriff part in the operation don't feel comfortable, Patrol Division how do you intend to make the public feel Sheriff's Department comfortable and feel that they are'in safe Rockland County hands?"
Jamie Seedman "There is no possible evacuation plan for President, Hillcrest us and no amount of money can create a plan Citizens Assn, Inc.
that will be both practical and effective Rockland County for such a dense population."
Stephen Horowitz "The drivers, at this point, have been told Finance Director, that if an evacuation takes place, they are Masonic Camp 7 to take the children home, which is far dif-Rockland County ferent than the evacuation booklet which states that they will be taken into New Jersey."
Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "The main problem we have is the reaction of Vice President the general public against it.
People have Clarkstown PTA Council thrown away their brochures, have derided the plan in front of their children.
They have i
stated that they would get into their cars and go after their children.
They would refuse to wait to hear about them.
They want to take immed-ate action regardless of any chaos that it would cause."
Jerome Ktgin, Ph.D "It is not possible to predict the degree to Professor of Human Develop-which the evacuation plan will be followed by ment the large population living within the area...
Harvard University Should a large number... decide not to follow the plan,...the probability of panic and irrational behavior is seriously enhanced."
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continund Pngs 19 Evaluation Criteria G.2. continued Loretta Brundage "Because of this separation (of families) I Grandparent and Parent know there will be chaos so great that it Croton will be total disaster...Nothing is clear to me and because it is not, I am terrified."
Eileen McGovern "Being a mother of four children who attend Parent different schools, I am far more comfortable Tompkins Cove relying upon my own ability to react to em-ergency situations...I will not be pacified by...a fruitless attempt at developing an evacuation plan."
Susan M. Teasdale "I never received the Con Edison booklet Parent entitled ' Indian Point, Emergency Planning, Peekskill and You.'
A friend lent me her copy, and, after having read it, I must say that I never have in the past, nor do I now... plan to follow those directions."
Sheilah Rechtschaffer "We have young children and from what they Parent have expressed, they have no confidence in Croton any such plan and the whole idea only brings more anxiety to their lives..."
Betsy Doepken "We have too many questions and no answers.
President In your booklet you state that the plan Yorktown PTA will ' enable officials to cope with emer-gency situations that may arise.'
We feel that the plan as it now stands will create many more emergency situations than we already have."
Daniela Misch "We have in our possession the ' Indian Parent Point, Emergency Planning and You' booklet Cro ton but we do not feel safe or reassured by its content."
Lynn Kauderer "If these planners can overlook an entire Parent school and then, even after the error has Croton been pointed out, continue to overlook it, how can I as a parent and as a citizen have any confidence in their ability to evacuate an entire area?"
Toby Gersony "Would I, as director, believe the officials Educational Director when, in my opinion, they have lost their Ramaquois Country Day School credibility by calling this recent drill a success when we didn't even hear the sirens?"
Richard Altschulet "The evidence of the survey conducted by Sociologist my firm, Statistics for Business, is that Statistics for Business the people of Westchester County would be ill-prepared to follow the emergency plans in the event of a serious accident at Indian Point, because of the inef-fectiveness of the public education effort made so far."
Planning Standard G.
continued Page 20 Evaluation Criteria G.2. continued Don D. Smith,'PhD.
" Mere distribution of the information Professor of Mass brochure is not in itself evidence of Communication an informed, prepared, and motivated School of Journalism public.
It is not uncommon for public University of Iowa information campaigns to fail, to only partially succeed, or to have results quite different from those intended... Based on the contents of the material I have examined, in my opinion, one can expect large gaps in the emer-gency knowledge, preparation, and motivation of the Indian Point public."
Linda Puglisi "In theory we comprehended the plan, Director but in reality we had serious doubts as Mohegan Colony Nursery to the success of this procedure."
School, Crompond Agata Craig "I barely glanced at the pamphlet I Parent received in the mail."
Croton Jane Courtney "I ignored the booklet for a long time, Parent and I know mar.f people who have done the Stony Point same thing."
Madeline and Marc Holzer "Because the booklet on the evacuation Parents plan is at our home, if we were at work Croton (in New York City) we would have absolutely nothing to remind us of what we were sup-posed to do... Our sitter is torn between wanting to be with her child and caring for our children."
Myra Spiegelman "I also do not feel confident that a Parent babysitter could safely evacuate my chil-Croton dren...I have not even instructed them on the issue because I do not want them to take my children anywhere."
Mary P. Bulleit "Nor do I believe that it is the respon-Parent sibility of either a sitter or a ballet Croton teacher to have to deal with how to evacuate children from a nuclear disaster area.
It is the responsibility of Con Edison, and they have not dealt with it successfully."
Lillian F. Moore "I care for a two year old child...I have Parent and Babysitter had no instructions from his parents as to Croton their wishes in case of an emergency at Indian Point.
If an emergency occurred af ter school, there is no way I can get home to supervise my children."
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Even those who have information regarding the plans cannot find an acceptable way to discuss the issue with their children.
i Arthur Zelman, M.D.
"In order for an evacuation plan to have i
Medical Director a chance to be effective, children must Center for Preventive be told about the plan and the reasons Psychiatry for it...If the children are told...a more White Plains fundamental psychological problem arises...
A prerequisite for adequate character foun-dation is that the adults in their lives provide them with a secure, consistent environment.
Where problems and dangers exist...the chil-dren only require that the adult community present them with the mes-sage and example that they are actively doing something to correct the problem or reduce the danger.
What are the children to think, however, when confronted with the fact that their parents not only have not reduced the danger but have created it... (as) the cheapest way to get necessary energy."
Barbara Hickernell "When I leave the house, my nine year Parent old daughter asks what she and her Ossining twelve year old brother should do if the Indian Point siren comes on while I am gone.
I don't know what to say."
1 Karen Henes "After reading the booklet...I do not Parent know what is the best advice to give my i
Croton children in the event that an emergency should occur when I am not at home and they are."
Helen Balgooyen "Our son is so upset that he is consid-Health Worker ering an evacuation plan of his own, and Croton it frightens me a.s much as the officially proposed plan...I feel the results of his 10 year old reasoning could have disastrous effects..."
Sherry Horowitz "I do not know what to tell my children Parent to do in case of a nuclear emergency at Croton Indian Point. I would advise them to leave i
school immediately and run home so that we i
could evacuate together; however, I fear that if there is a radiation l
release they would be in great danger on the street...I would never l
leave the area without my children.
I understand that this is counter to the instructions in the emergency planning brochure but these are my intentions."
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There should be a fundamental revision in the plans to ensure that families evacuate together.
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
"NO parent would be likely to leave a Professor of Pediatrics hometown without first locating his/her i
Harvard Medical School own child.
NO parent would leave it to
'others' to evacuate his/her child.
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the chaos that will reign is predictable, but not organized planned behavior.
The parenting instinct is stronger than any learned behavior
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I know of...So any plans had better take that into account."
I Ervine Kimerling
"(My children) have been instructed to Psychotherapist stick together in an emergency...I would Croton certainly come back to get them--I would do anything I had to, to get my children."
r David Churchill "The problems that would likely occur Teacher if a mass evacuation of our school was James A. Farley Middle needed due to a nuclear accident emergency...
School, Stony Point include... traffic congestion of parents driving to school to pick up their children."
Albert J. Sclnit, M.D.
"A plan that does not incorporate the Sterling Professor of need for children and their parents to Pediatrics and Psychiatry be evacuated together is unrealistic, Yale University psychologically unsound, and carries with it the great potential for damaging the t
child and his relationship to his parents and other important persons."
Helen Balgooyen "I worry that I would never see my_ family j
Health Worker again if there were an emergency.
The Croton proposed evacuation plan calls for members of my family to go to four different sites in three different areas based on our work and school locations...If j
my family could be safely evacuated, I wonder how we could ever be l
reunited...How would I ever manage to pick up my children from a school j
wnose location I don't know and probably couldn't find?"
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"Each principal organization shall designate a spokesperson who should have access to all necessary information."
Patsy Chazen "I called Consolidated Edison (to find Parent out about a siren on May 5, 1982)'. The Croton, NY woman answering the phone knew nothing and gave me an Albany number to call--
department of safety I think.
The man answering knew nothing but called others and reported finally that Consolidated Edison had been given permission to test a new siren on Croton Point for three days."
Beth Waterfall "I was a press observer for the Croton/
Reporter, President Cortlandt News...during the March 3 drill...
Waterfall-McMullen My colleagues and I...were given press Communications, Inc.
badges which were valid only in the fire station / press center...We were expected to stay at the press center waiting for officials and spokespersons to show up and address us on the progress of the drill.
There was no press pool allowed to represent the press corps in actual observation of any of the developments...(The press was viewed as a conduit for controlled news and packaged information.
No provision was made for a working press, a free press.) "
NUREG-0654 Planning Standard H.
EMERGENCY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
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"To assure that adequate emergency facilities and equipment to support the emergency response are provided."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD H.
"The plan must discuss both the adequacy of calibrations, and security from damage."
"The ' radiation monitoring emergency kits for county field teams' discussed in Appendix J, are really personnel support items which are not available in sufficient quantity for the anticipated personnel who will make up these teams."
" Attachment 16 lists emergency supplies, including rolls of dimes and nickels (purpose unspecified).
There are no personnel dosimeters or permanent record device in this list."
"There is no radiological equipment available at this time.
Specify anticipated acquisition time.
Discuss the emergency use of the personnel, transportation, and communication equipment with respect to the various emergency response actions in the plan."
"The portion of the CRERPs referenced identify where field data will be collected and recorded, but the plans do not specify where field data will be analyzed and where sample media will be coordinated."
"The plan deficiencies noted related primarily to the co-ordination of field monitoring teams and field data.
The State plan should be more specific on use of licensee radiciodine measurements and other field resources relied upon.
Lists of emergency equipment need to be improved in all plans."
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continued Page 24
" Deficiencies were observed in instrumentation calibration procedures in Westchester County and in the space provided for accident assessment in Rockland Counties."
"The counties cite the need for additional funding for identification cards and training."
" Procedures for coordinated use of field equipment and data among federal, state, and county agencies is not adequately ad-dressed.
Responsibility for the Reuter-Stokes system should be clarified."
"New identification cards will be introduced only if the funds become available."
EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD H. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Dr. Anita urran "Only a handful of employees have these a
Commissiones, vehicles (from the County motor pool) at Dept. of Health their disposal on twenty-four hour basis.
Westchester County Therefore, on off-hours, while personnel might be reached at home in the event of an emergency, transportation may or may not be available.
Civil Defense monitoring equipment needs calibration by equipment we do not have."
James F. Kralik "It would require hours to mobilize all Chief Deputy Sheriff the forces that would be necessary and Patrol Division since time is a major point in this evac-Sherif f's Department uation, again we would say that that would Westchester County have to be one of the weaker points of the plan...Regarding the calling in of police officers, we strongly suggested the use of paging devices to key police personnel.
This would cost money, but if they want the plan to work, they will have to spend money...They never really came across with any information regarding the protective gear that is needed...We've en-couraged the need for motor scooters to be available to the police services and to the emergency service to get peoplc in there for traffic control.
We've discussed the possiblity of four wheel drive vehicles.
Certainly the helicopter service should be included..."
James McGuire "We needed additional manpower and additional Radiological Health training and additional equipment to Specialist really implement the Health Department Rockland County r t jon of the plan...I have been asked to a
bro ect the budgets which would be required to implement this plan ana Et At a listed under the CRERP budget for 1982 (exhibit E) which gi-r,s
..w list of the equipment such as survey kits, monitors, donimeters, chargers, anti-contamination suits, respirators, filters, potassium iodide., mobile radios, base station generators, pocket pagers for the people who must be notified, mobile phones for the security of transmitting information between the radio-i logical health specialists to commissioners when we are in the field.
Of course, there is additional gas, maintenance on this equipment, boat motor and trailer for monitoring of the Hudron...We also require miscellaneous equipment, desks, chairs, etc...The Emergency Operation l
Center itself definitely needs the upgrading.
We need better com-munications equipment in there.
We need more room to work with, more supplies, more telephones, more chalkboards, more typewriters..."
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i Stephen Horowitz "There is no type of plan that will work Finance Directo_
because there is not enough equipment."
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'Rockland County Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "There is no emergency equipment in Rockland Vice President County to carry out the emergency plan.
For Clarkstown PTA Council example, dosimeters for safety and protective masks and suits in case of a radiological hazard...This jeopardizes the willingness of volunteers to perform their assigned tcTks and is a threat to the safety of the children...There ap-
, pears to be a lot of resistance on the part of volunteers who feel ne-glected now because equipment which they are told they will need is just not being provided.
For example, how many barriers will be needed to
, block roads, where are their protective suits, masks, intercoms, etc."
Sheriff Daniel Guido "We are sadly lacking in very necessary Commissioner, Dept.
equipment to fulfill the responsibilities of Public Safety that will devolve upon us in the event of Westchester County such an emergency."
NUREG-0654 Planning Standard I.
ACCIDENT ASSESSMENT Planning Objective:
"To assure the adequacy of methods, systems and equipment for assessing and monitoring actual or potential offsite consequences of a radiological emergency condition."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD I.
"It is unclear if these instructions have been developed in
cooperatica with the two orgahizations that will be doing the actual l
' monitoring."
" Develop specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) for each type of monitoring equipment and instructions on data and sample collection."
"Specify location or monitoring site maps which are suf-f.iciently detailed to allow rapid arrival at destination by teams un-familiar with the locations (i.e. DOE, county teams, newly trained NFO teams) tad for the use of the county official to whom the teams are reporting.their data."
" Discuss transportation arrangements for monitors."
'"The notification means may be either landlines or radio but it ic unclear as to how specific response personnel are notified."
" Transportation arrangements for monitoring teams are not disc us r,;ed. "
"There is little evidence of backup arrangements and no discussion of communication for field monitoring teams."
"No consideration has been given to information available from the' licensee...The CRERPs should address means for interpreting licensee furnished data."
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continued Page 26 "The State REPP is insufficient in detail on use of field monitoring at each stage of an accident, allocation of facilities and resources to support a federal response and off-duty notification pro-cedures.
Since the State has no capability for monitoring radioiodine, plans for obtaining and analyzing such data should be described."
" Specific information is lacking on standard operating procedures, transportation, communications, sample collection pro-cedures, backup systems, and field team coordination.
Cross-referencing is also inaccurate."
"During the exercise, field data reported by county teams was not sufficient for correlation with dose projections.
Equipment described in county plans was not used by the field teams.
County teams used charcoal filters instead of silver zeolite filters for measuring radiciodine.
Most county monitoring teams needed better training and improved equipment.
Some of the response times for data collection and assessment were slow at the state and county EOCs.
The state did not demonstrate independent field monitoring."
"The implementation of remedial actions will depend on availability of funds.
Therefore, the deficiencies noted cannot be considered resolved until the remedial actions are completed."
EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD I. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS
_Dr. Anita S. Curran "An extremely serious communications problem Commissioner of Health was the delay in the receipt of data from Westchester County the nuclear facility required to perform dose projection calculations...A procedure must be provided, whereby the liaison officer is notified by the utility each time the red phone is used by the utility.
We need a means by which he can monitor each message as it is being transmitted."
Donald P. McGuire "I feel that the people who make the as-Deputy Director sessments of an accident are not fully Officer of Emergency qualified at this point to make those as-Services sessments and we would have to rely on in '
Rockland County formation as received by our people from the plants and from the State."
James McGuire "There is no ability for the assessment Radiological Health team at the county seat to inquire as to Specialist the correctness of the information which Rockland County is coming across the hot line from the utility."
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Planning Standard J.
PROTECTIVE RESPONSE i
Planning Objectives:
To assure that a range of protective actions is available for the plume exposure pathway f9r emergency workers and the public, guidelines for the choice of protective actions during an emer-gency, consistent with Federal guidance, are developed and in use, and that protective actions for the ingestion exposure pathway appropriate to the locale have been developed."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD J.
"All CRERP response actions are predicated on the assumption of a release of radioactive materials which develops over a period of time.
However, the facilities and means for monitoring emergency per-l sonnel and evacuees are inadequate or completely lacking."
Discuss the conditions under which evacuation will no longer be a viable protective action, i.e. inclement weather, short-term dura-tion of a high exposure plume."
Since there is a potential for by-passing the reception centers, it is necessary to have registration, monitoring, and decon-tamination facilities at both types of centers."
4 During an emergency of this nature, it is necessary to
' mandate' monitoring and decontamination activities, not encourage' them... Provisions must be made for the feeding of non-Red Cross emer-gency personnel working in the reception / congregate care centers."
Specify the completion date for installation of permanent evacuation route signs."
"The vehicular evacuation times under adverse conditions for many ERPAs are much greater than the times for people to walk out of the EPZ.
The circumstances under which vehicular evacuation ceases to be a viable protective action might be an appropriate inclusion for 4
Appendix A."
" Decontamination action levels are given only for skin contamination, milk, and ag other than milk.
Specify levels for equipmen.ricultural products t.
Not all plans contain action levels for skin contamination from alpha particles."
"Table III-4 should include dose as well as concentration values because protective actions are in response to projected dose commitment."
" None of the maps depict preselected radiological sampling and monitoring points."
" Sector maps should be superimposed over ERPA maps to facilitate coordination of protective response measures with contiguous counties in the plume EPZ and with the State."
"Means for notifying all segments of the transient and resi-dent population are not adequate."
"The CRERPs do not address those individuals who are impaired or confined, but are not institutionalized."
" There appears to be no commitment referenced in the CRERPs that publicly and privately owned buses would respond upon call to transport personnel, if so ordered.
(Are there agreements?) How many operational buses are available in each garage at any given time?
Is augmentation necessary?
Where will it come-from?"
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continued Page 28 "Some of the relocation centers appear to be less than five miles beyond the boundary of the plume exposure EPZ."
" Insufficient information is furnished to determine ade-quacy of means for dealing with potential impediments to use evacuation routes, and contingency measures."'
"The methodology for registering and performance of mon-itoring of evacuees at relocation centers in host areas could not be located."
" Actions to protect emergency workers and the public in the plume exposure EPZ were found to be significantly deficient in the plans and during the exercise."
"The state is heavily dependent on assistance from the licensee and the Federal government."
"The State REPP provides insufficient site-specific means for dealing with impediments to evacuation."
" Measures to be used by the State for protection of the ingestion pathway are inadequately described."
" Authority and capabilities for obtaining necessary infor-mation is not clearly defined.
State and county procedures for monitor-ing of evacuees and control of contamination are not adequately described or referenced.
County procedures for evacuation and alternative routes are not available where referenced."
" Evacuation of non-institutionalized mobility-impaired persons is not addressed.
Commitments from private and public bus operators are not available; locations and numbers of buses are not given.
Some relocation centers are located too close to the plume exposure EPZ."
" County actions to protect the mobility-impaired and to deal with impediments to evacuation could be improved.
Some buses used in the simulated evacuation lacked radios and needed better maps and instructions concerning the routes and location of the reception centers."
" County-owned buses will be equipped with radios by 1984, assuming funding is available."
" Insufficient detail is provided in response to a number of the deficient items.
Dates for remedial actions are not provided in some cases, and the State REPP revision pages do not provide the details necessary to correct plan deficiencies."
"Use of State resources is not adequately addressed in l
county plans."
l "The implementation of remedial actions related to the l
exercise deficiencies will depend, in most cases, on availablity of funds."
EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD J. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Evaluation Criteria J.9.
"Each State.7d local organization shall establish a capability for implementing protective measures based l
upon protective action guides and other criteria."
l Frank C. Bohlander
" Personnel participating from the Division Commissioner of of Road Maintenance have never been given i
Public Works adequate training by the consultant.
Their Westchester County response in an actual evept remains questionable."
Planning Standard J.
continued Page 29 Evaluation Criteria J.9. continued Sheriff Daniel Guido "It was also made crystal clear, however, Commissioner of that whatever directions did issue from the Public Safety emergency operating center, simply could Westchester County not be implemented in the field because of a variety of deficiencies."
Charles W. Bates "Our staff, along with other county employees Commiss!oner, Dept. of will face a serious dilemma whether to re-Social Services spond to their jobs or attend to their Westchester County family responsibilities.
One indication of the response to this dilemma is that only about fifty out of 1200 staff members responded to a recent request for Civil Defense volunteers."
James F. Kralik "Again, the present number of police Chief Deputy Sheriff officers that now exist in Rockland Patrol Division County would be totally inadequate to Sheriff's Department handle the plan."
Rockland County Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "Our ambulance personnel and the fire Vice President fighters are all volunteers and they Clarkstown PTA Council work during the day...Should an emergency occur during the hours of 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on a weekday, approximately 70% of the personnel would not be here to respond."
Anthony R. Marasco Director, Office of
" Permanent evacuation route signs...have not Disaster and Bnergency been posted as required by the plan."
Services Westchester County Lucien H. Conklin
"'Ihere is little need to remind the comnission l
Supervisor if an evacuation was called the result would l
Town of Stony Point be utter confusion and extrenely dangerous."
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Richard F. Herbek
" Consolidated FHi<rn and the Power Authority of Village Manager the State of New York drafted the Westchester Village of Croton County Radiological Dnergency Response Plan with limited input frm the Village...No funding has been made available for the purchase of radio equignent which would facilitate inter-departmental cetunications."
'Ihmas F. Ryder, Jr.
"'Ihe safe evacuation of Haverstraw Village res-Director of Civil Defense idents i4 the event of a nuclear mishap at this
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time is,..NOT POSSIBLE...at this time. "
Trustee, Haverstraw Charles Awalt "I am not aware of any involvernent on the part Westchester Develognental of WDOSO or individual residences in euhWcy i
Dinahilities Services plannirg for an accident at Indian Point. No l
Office, Tarrytown supervisors have reported receiving information j
brochures and none have reported participation in the March 3 drill."
Plannim Standard J. continued Page 30 Evaluation Criteria J.9. continued Lynn Doughty "The Croton-Harmon Board of Education has President taken the position that the evacuation plan Croton-Harnon is unworkable and cannot possibly meet its Board of Education objectives."
Evaluation Criteria J.10.d "The organization's plans to implement protective measures for the plume exposure pathway shall include:
meann for protecting those persons whose mobility may be impaired due to such factors as institutional confinement."
James F. Kralik "One of the major situations, the evacuation Chief Deputy Sheriff of the County Jail and other institutions Patrol Division like it within Rockland County, would have Rockland County to be well developed before this plan can work."
Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "Our concern was also for handicapped Vice President individuals, how would they be transported Clarkstown PTA Council being that the district has only one bus able to handle handicapped students, and it has to make a number of runs throughout the district."
Ruth Wein "In all,ll6 non-institutionalized blind Director, Rockland people are known to live in the northern County Ass'n,for swath of Rockland County nearest to, and the visually Impaired most in danger of the consequences of an accident at,the Indian Point Nuclear Plant...
For those blind whose health does not impair mobility, proceedin one's home to a specific bus stop is not necessarity realistic..g from
.This plan does not realistically address the plight of people with cataracts and accidental blindness and glaucoma and macular degeneration and optic atrophy and combinations of these conditions, exacerbated by related health limitations."
Richard Iang "1b our knowledge, the majority of our residents Executive Director do not own or drive cars. There has been no pro-Search for Change, Inc.
vision made for evacuation by public transportation.
The necessity of insuring adequate supplies of stabilizing medication...has not been taken into consideration...As the operator of ccrmunity residences for motionally disabled adults, we feel the current plan has failed to address the special needs of our residents."
Betsy. Bergman "The emergency planning booklet did not address the Administrative Ass't.
problem of evacuating 70 mentally retarded persons...
Keon Center Our clients are expected to ride the bus provided for ommunity Aid for the ordinary transportation dependent population...
Retarded Citizens Since we have 72 dependent people, (we) would fill up a bus by ourselves."
Planning Standard J.
continued Page 31 1
Evaluation Criteria J.10.d. continued Pat Bethge "In an energency situation any group hme with a Pacident Supervisor special needs population would need even nore Put..am Association for staff to deal with the fear, tension, behavioral Betarded Citizens problems, and mental handicaps of these residents.
If these special needs people are without trans-portation, they are, according to the evacuation plan, supposed to wait on corners for public busses. I do not fm1 very confident that these ' undesirable ' persons would be picked up. It has been my experience that handicapped people are not rrwilly accepted by the ccumunity at large, and are stared at, teased, or ignored in public situations...Without their prescribed medications, their conditions would be umanageable. Wherever special needs people are directed to congregate, if they are integrated with normal people without adequate supervision, this would be disas-trous...Any center intending to service special needs persons would have to be sme-what separated frm facilities for nornal persons..."
Ibnni and Paul Schwartz
"'Ihe canp is a non-profit, residential, thera-Director and Teacher peutic ccumunity for 75 emotionally handicapped Canp Rainbow, Croton children frm 6-12 years old...'Ihe evacuation of the canp would be a very difficult process...'Ihe canp does not have sufficient vehicles in order to evacuate the population of 125 people...It is possible that many of our canpers would not be able to deal with the trauma of an evacuation."
Evan Litty "I am confined to a wh=1 chair due to a condition 2bbility-inpaired parent called Spinal Muscle Atrophy...I certainly would Mahopac want to evacuate, but I face two problems. I do not drive and would have to get the bus...In winter or bad weather I could not get to the bus stop on my own. And if I did, the bus l
would have to be accessible to a wheelchair. In effect, I will be discriminated against because of my dinahility."
Gladys Burger
"'Ibe brochure thati was sent out to hmes was President printed in such a fashion that many of the disabled Disabled in Action did not realize that the card was supposed to be sent in...I have letters frm disabled people saying that a.) they did not get the brochure, b.) they did not understand the use of the card, or c.) they did not feel that the plan would work and therefore did not make out the card."
Hattie Coffey
" Seniors around Peekskill do very well getting Manber, Advisory around on buses for nutrition pwans, but that Ctmnittee on Dinabled is a routine and very well understood procedure, with no upset or panic involved. I do not think there are enough buses to evacuate all the seniors in Peekskill who do not have cars.
I do not know whether the seniors' wheelchair van would be dispatched to pick me up."
Agnes Murphy
" Matters of serious concern to us are identification Program (bordinator and arrangements for hcrnebound blind, handicapped Senior Action Center people with Life Support systens, people with Ossining respiratory problems, frail elderly and people in wheelchairs.....No knowledge of priorities for noving segments of population. What delay time on pick-up is anticipated?"
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continued Page 32 Evaluation Criteria J.10. d. continued Sari Eklund "I am a volunteer for the elderly...Many volunteer for the of them live alone.
Most of them don't Elderly get around very well.
They don't hear Croton, NY much and many don't see very well...They probably would refuse to leave their homes."
Samuel Anderson, PhD.
(Discussing Considerations for Planning President, NYS Coalition the Evacuation of Transportation-Handicapped of People with Disabilities Persons from New York City)
"Thus, if all available paratransit vehicles constituted just the ones now operated...their total recruitment for evacuation would require 15 days to totally relocate just the PTE (" para-transit eligible") subgroup, and a total of 55.9 days to evacuate the entire TH population."
Seymour Greenbatan "Frm the initial surveys we can estinate that Board of Directors there are between 1200-1500 senior citizens who She M Center, cartlandt are ba-mid...'Ibe majority of this group oculd not walk to public transportation in the event of an
== 2 p m:y as they are not even able to leave the house under normal conditions...
'Ihis paz+ir nlar group would require apeial p=am.nel whm they know and trust to give them institutional care in the event of an evacuation...In effect, the plan or lack of plan for our senior citizens is u.abudng many of them to death."
Susan Sinon "Many senior citizens who are physically lam = bound Public Health Nurse are not in touch with current issues and many are Westchester Q)unty sight and hearing inpaired. I question how many people fr m this age group who would need to send in the card indicating apeial transportation needs would be able to read and under-stand the booklet well enough to do so."
Evaluation Criteria J.10.g.: "The organization's plans to implement protective measures for the plume exposure pathway shall include:
Means of relocation."
i Leonard Spiegel "Q. Does Rockland County have arrangements Transit Coordinator or agreements with private bus companies Rockland County for the use of their buses and drivers during a radiological emergency? A. No."
Ruth Northrup "The agency cannot in any way be responsible Deputy Commissioner for informing or the removing of people re-Dept. of Social Services ceiving such home health care services to Rockland County another area. 1. Our case workers are not aware of whether these persons have or have not a telephone, we are not aware whether they can get in a car or not get I
in a car...For us to be able to meet their needs in an emergency is an im-possibility at this particular juncture."
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continued Page 33 Evaluation Criteria J.10.g. continued Raymond S. Jurkowski "Under the two wave evacuation scenario, Deputy Commissioner of the general public and special facilities' Transportation population vill not be evacuated until all Westchester County students have been evacuated to reception centers....The current plan does not iden-tify: the names of the school districts responsible for supplying the buses, the number of buses needed, and what agency has the responsibility to notify them of the evacuation...In conclusion, there are just too many ' ifs', too many new problems surfacing while our original concerns remain unanswered."
EXCERPTS PROM STATE OBSERVER " CRITIQUE REPORTS":
NANCY KNOWLES:
"In some cases not only could a bus not maneuver at certain places, but routes continued through dead end roads, wrong way down one-way streets, and at one point not much more than a footpath next to a pond.
These evacuation routes for the most part seem impractical and should be revised."
JOAN GERACI:
" Bus driver couldn't understand the map and thought it was all backwards, he said any bus driver who was unfamiliar with the territory would never find the stops..."
DANNY RAVITE:
"The maps and routes provided to the bus company contained some discrapancies in street names."
PAT BRADLEY:
"The 6th and 7th stops...had no designation signs (street name signs)."
Michael Kaminski "Much time was consumed developing the Director of Planning information, during the drill, to determine Department of Hospitals the numbers and types of vehicles required Westchester County to move patients on a facility by facility basis...Co-ordination of patient records and medications and supplies is a large task.
James McGuire "The nursing homes have identified a number Radiological Health of people they would have to move, but I Specialist do not think the transportation has been Rockland County identified as of yet."
Stephen Horowitz "When contacting Deerkill Day Camp, Bob Finance Director Rhodes indicated to me that he did receive Masonic Camp 7 a disaster booklet, that he was told to eva-Rockland County cuate the children 1 miles down the road.
He indicated at that time...that he had ten buses on the camp grounds, but only five people qualified to drive them.
He asked if it would be possible to arrange... drivers...for the other five buses...The head of the Radiological Emergency Plan... indicated that...
there were no funds available (and) they had no responsibility in this regard...None of the drivers have been asked whether or not they would volunteer to come back into the county once out, or if they would make the first trip as opposed to taking care of their own families."
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continued Evaluation Criteria J.10.g. continued Leonard R. Scharf "Many children...are coming out of North Assistant Superintendent Rockland School District and are attending BOCES BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Rockland County Services) classes throughout the county...
Conversely, there are children from those districts who might be in attendance at North Rockland.
The total trans-portation problem is severely compounded by these factors."
Stephen Elkins "It is a very serious responsibility to Superintendent supervise this number of young people, and Recreation and Parks Dept.
our department is not equipped to evacuate Peekskill the children in our care."
Alex Gromack "These programs and activities are attended Senior Recreation Leader by pre-school-age children...right up to Parks and Recreation Dept Senior Citizens...Under no circumstances Clarkstown is any emergency transportation provided or anticipated for these people in case an emer-gency were to occur.
Furthermore, as a member of T.A.C.
(Transportation Advisory Council) we have no plans for taking care of these needs via public or private transportation."
William Rodriguez "The average number of children each adult Director is responsible for is 12. None of these Recreation Department adults has a specific evacuation plan.
Croton There is no guarantee that these adults would stay with the children during a radiological evacuation."
Kathe Saunders "In the past I have had children in my Croton Recreation Dept programs who have handicaps, asthma, and After School Program behavioral problems.
I do not know how I would be avle to handle a situation where a child might have a severe asthma attack; the rest of the children need to be taken care of, and my usual procedures (phone, doctors, back-up personnel) would be unavailable because of a radiological emergency."
t Judy Kesselman "Each day groups of up to sixty children l
Coordinator come by bus...Sometimes the bus remains l
Tiorati Workshop parked outside the building; at other times Harriman State Park it... returns later in the day to pick up the children.
What would be the safest way to deal with the children who are my responsibility?
I have never received any information as to what I am supposed to do."
l Helen Burnham "We have received no instructions from l
Director Con Ed, PASNY, the NRC, or the firm hired Croton Free Library to develop the evacuation plan as to now to handle whatever dependent persons might be in the library when a nuclear emergency struck...No provision has t
been made for transporting the indeterminate number of children and l
seniors in the library at the time, nor has a reception center been l
designated as their destination."
Planning Standard J.
continued Page 35 Evaluation Criteria J.10.g. continued Vincent Savastano "At any given time we have between 30-40 Director children attending our program.
We sent Hudson Valley Gymnastics in the post card that was attached to the School, Buchanan pamphlet.
As of this date we have not been contacted as to any kind of emergency bus transportation for our school.
We feel that we should have been con-tacted immediately."
Shareane Baff "I would never allow my own children to Director evacuate anywhere without me.
I would go Yorktown Gymnastics Center to their respective schools or any other place to get them.
Thus, I cannot guarantee that I nor any member of my staff would remain with the gymnastics stu-dents and not attend to our own families."
Charlyn Appolonio
" Children in this age group panic at the Teachers Aid slightest change in routine.
I would be Yorktown impossible to load them on a bus with the supply of diapers, bottles, etc. that is needed Margaret Davis "I am the teacher of two year olds.
The Teacher, Day Care very thought of trying to get these young Croton, NY babies to board a bus, which is in itself a foreign experience for them, is' more frightening than anything I can imagine...I certainly am NOT satisfied with the present Indian Point Evacuation Plan."
Phyllis Mendelson "Even if I could literally carry each Director frightened, screaming child onto the Croton Community promised van (if it indeed arrived),. I could Nursery School not guarantee a helper...I do not think that I could handle all those hysterical children by myself."
Abby Perl "The young children in my care are often Nursery School Teacher afraid to go on a school trip because they Croton worry that Mommy or Daddy won't know where to find them.
To attempt to... bus them to a strange place...would be an extremely traumatic experience for them."
Judith Glass "As a teacher of small children, I am Nursery School Teacher well aware of the many details that must Croton be considered while caring for a large number of children, such as transporting, feeding, the availability of a toilet, as well as the emotional needs...
A great deal must be done to insure the comfort and safety of our chil-dren in the event this catastrophe occurs."
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Planning Standard J. continued Page 36 Evaluation Criteria J.10.g. continued Richard Alexander "They have taken our fleet and sent it into Transportation Director 10 different unfamiliar areas and replaced Board of Education the vehicles taken from us with 26 vehicles Yorktown from Liberty, who are totally unfamiliar with our school locations and the reception center locations.
We have our buses; why must we give them away and then hope that someone will replace them?
Why isn't Bedford Bus used?
They are only 15 minutes away.
Since our buses will now be involved in the latter, what happens to our students who are in numerous schools outside the EPZ?
Our fleet is radio controlled.
Assuming we had drivers, why send them out of range and lose control?"
Evaluation Criteria J.10.h.
"Each organization's plans to implement protective measures for the plume exposure pathway shall include: relo-cation centers in host areas which are at least 5 miles, and preferably 10 miles, beyond the boundaries of the plume exposure emergency planning zone."
Michael Kaminsky
" Schools in Dutchess County are designated Director of Planning as the receiving centers for some nursing Department of Hospitals homes in the EPZ, but as of the time of the Westchester County drill, had no knowledge of this fact."
Anthony R. Marasco "In some areas where a family has children Director, Office of in elementary, middle, and high schools their Disaster and Emergency children might be sent to school reception Service centers in Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Westchester County counties, making family reunifications extremely difficult."
Dr. A. Glen Everhart "Nothing is specified relative to what Superintendent of Schools awaits children and. teachers at reception North Rockland Central S.D.
centers...No mention is made of emergency medical care for those who might be physical-I ly or emotionally in need of such services. No mention is made as to how supervision would be provided (assumptions are that teachers would i
stay with students.
It is unclear as to whether or not this is a safe assumption. ). "
Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "At this date, letters of agreement with Vice President the reception centers have not even been Clarkstown PTA Council effected.
Since the reception centers are unaware of their role, they are not prepared to receive our children nor are they equipped to decontaminate these stu-dents or staff, if needed...The problem of having more than one destina-tion for neighboring schools presents many parents and children with extra travel time to be reunited and a real worry on the part of both parents and children to know if the others in the family are indeed safe."
Planning Standard J.
continued Page 37 Evaluation Criteria J.10.h. continued Anthony J. Napoli "First, my notification as to Port Chester Principal High School being an evacuation site was Port Chester Sr. H.S.
made by telephone on the day of the drill.
Secondly, at no time have I been directed as to the plans t' he made in preparing for such a possibility.
- Thirdly, we have no idea '
to the number of people who would be scheduled to
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ter High School."
report to Pese John Moore "I had no knowledge that the Jesse J.
Coordinator Kaplan School had been designated as a J.J. Kaplan School School Reception Center during a radiological Rockland County BOCES emergency...I have never been informed as to my role and responsibilities during an eva-cuation of the area around Indian Point."
John Iurato "We noted the following problems.when we Asst. Principal visited our designated reception center:
Croton-Harmon H.S.
- 1. No training of staff.. 2. No emergency supplies on hand to care for our children who may not be quickly reunited with their families."
Joan Indusi "The facility that n:y school will be eva-Teacher cuating to is listed in the Emergency Re-Anne M. Dorner Middle Sch.
sponse Plan as the Church Street School...
Ossining In fact, the Church Street School no longer operates as a school.
The building is under a five year lease to the White Plains Day Care Association...I question the wisdom behind a plan which would bus nearly 900 people (possibly contaminated) to an operating day care center."
Robert T. Johnson "The replies we have received so far in-Resident dicate that the ' receiving' schools were l
Stony Point asked to (or told to) participate in the Plan, but that further information or sug-l gestions were not received as to housing, feeding, or registering eva-cuated children or for providing communication between these children and their families.
Furthermore, there has been no financial provision for the school districts to meet the costs of operating these reception centers."
Lynn Gunzenhauser "Are we to all set out to the designated Resident
' host' area even though weather conditions Croton dictate otherwise?"
Leonard Scharf "The designation of certain schools as Assistant Superintendent reception centers for children attending BOCES other schools or in other districts, raises Rockland County a number of questions.
It would appear that better designations might be made that are l
more logical or realistic."
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Jack Petterson "I do not know if the reception centers Superintendent are aware that the procedure we are to Dept of Parks, Recreation follow in the event of a nuclear emergency
& Conservation, Cortlandt is to transport our campers to their site."
Richard Dunne "We have children in 14 schools located President within the Emergency Planning Zone.
They Board of Education will be transported to. ten different recep-Yorktown tion centers.
Mary families have students in two or more of the schools.
Since they will wind up in the triangle of White Plains, Hopewell Junction and the Connecticut border, how are parents expected to retrieve their children?
Are we encouraging ' gridlock' on our narrow roadways?"
Evaluation Criteria J.10.i. and J.10.1. "The organization's plans to implement protective measures for the plume exposure pathway shall in-clude: Projected traffic capacities of evacuation routes under emergency conditions and time estimates for evacuation of various sectors and distances based on a dynamic analysis..."
Alfred DelBello "What remains questionable, however, from County Executive either a planning, a resource, or'a manage-Westchester County ment standpoint, is the ability of the Coun-ty or the State to conduct a 10 mile radius evacuation of 130,000 people in Westchester County in seven hours in the face of possible or actual major offsite radiological release...Under any conditions and based on the recent drill, I do not believe we could evacuate all of the Westchester residents, the special populations of handicapped and disabled persons, the school children, the hospitals, nursing homes, and other immobile persons, all in 7 to 9 hours1.041667e-4 days <br />0.0025 hours <br />1.488095e-5 weeks <br />3.4245e-6 months <br /> time...
Under the best meteorological circumstances, under the best devised plan and with the recent drill experience behind us, I do not believe the County could evacuate major portions or all of the 10 mile radius EPZ in under something approaching 30 to 36 hours4.166667e-4 days <br />0.01 hours <br />5.952381e-5 weeks <br />1.3698e-5 months <br />.
I say that because of all the problems associated with a plan of major complexity, with such population density, our narrow roads, and limited resources avail-able to evacuate.
This militates against any rapid movement out of the area by car, bus, and special vehicle.
A rapid evacuation would mean chaos.
A completely pre-planned,yet slow, step by step evacuation is all that could be hoped for at best."
Sheriff Daniel Guido "A complicating factor is that the surround-Commissioner, Dept.
ing road system does not lend itself to the of Public Safety speedy movement of heavy traffic flows. Since Westchester County we must first move buses in large numbers into this area to provide the means for this large-scale evacuation, we simply don't have enough information at this point to judge whether or not such an exercise can be carried out at all, to say nothing of it being carried out quickly and safely."
Planning Standard J. continued Page 39 Evaluation Criteria J.10.i. and J.10.1. continued Raymond S. Jurkowski "Significant delays will occur in the evac-Deputy Commissioner uation of students because it is our opinion of Transportation that the natural reaction of parents will be Westchester County to drive to schools themselves to rescue their own children.
We therefore envision the possibility of buses tied up in traffic trying to get in and out of the schools...The Department still believes re-entry will be difficult and that buses will encounter contra-flow traffic travelling in the wrong lanes.
Furthermore, it is uncertain at this time whether bus drivers will be willing to re-enter areas that people are evacuating...
Without a verification as to which roads are or aren't negotiable, proper route maps and adequately ' marked' street signs, the probability of drivers getting lost and adding delay increases alarmingly, especial-ly since many of them will.be driving in unfamiliar territory.at times of extreme emotional and environmental stress."
Michael Kaminsky "The quantity of traffic and flow patterns, Director of Planning may make it extremely difficult to move Department of Hospitals ambulances into and out of the EPZ."
Westchester County James F. Kralik "All of these roads that would come in Chief Deputy Sheriff from the Northern sections of the county Patrol Division and within the 10 mile EPZ are two lane Rockland County roads and a simple fender-bender accident or a breakdown of a vehicle would clog up these roads.
That was another situation I don't believe they took into account...You have to realize that the present road system is not capable of handling an evacuation system within a short time as some of the scenarios in the plan call for...I doubt very much if it will go smoothly based on our past experiences in traffic control...So again, you take these two-lane roads, you put any amount of traffic on them, l
any amount of time more that a few minutes, and you are going to see roads that stop dead in their tracks, vehicles breaking down, people losing their tempers, police officers unable to get to the scene--
you are going to have the problems that we suggest will take place."
l Dr. Bernard Flicker "The first problem you will encounter -
President, Rockland a normal everyday problem - will be to Families to Close break into the flow of traffic on Route Indian Point 45, since there is no light...My wife, while pregnant with our first child, had to abandon her car when trying to negotiate a slippery hill entering Route 45 and walked several miles to our home because traffic was completely stalled in both directions and many drivers had abandoned their cars.
If an emergency occurred today at Indian Point, I believe l
Route 45 would become a parking lot with no place to go."
l James McGuire "It is going to take time for somebody, Radiological Health and I am not sure who will get the respon-Specialist sibility to actually go out there and iden-Rockland County tify each one of these roads and determine just how many people can pass across them."
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Planning Standard J.
continued Page 40 Evaluation Criteria J.10.i. and J.10.1. continued Marie Tomkins "Rosetown Road, where I live, is a narrow Resident twisting, hilly country road, and at its Tomkins Cove widest point of 17 ft. two cars cannot pass around a curve unless one backs into a driveway to make room for the other."
Gertrude and Henry
" Access to our house--and our neighbors' Gillette houses--is by an old iron and wooden bridge Residents over the railroad tracks--already desig-l Crugers, NY natec as unsafe by our Highway Superin-tendent--and particularly precarious in the winter snows due to the steepness of the inclined approach...After maneuvering over a pot-holed and constrained dead end road (we would) reach the main two-lane highway (Albany Post Road) already crowded with the confusion not only of fleeing residents but with all the inmates q
and personnel of the VA Hospital."
Gregory Carney "I have in the past 16 years seen a con-Planning Board stant build-up of traffic...This traffic Rockland County causes traffic to be backed up from Haver-straw thru Stony Point and up to the Bear Mountain Circle...With these transient people evacuating the area at one time and add the town residents this would cause 100 times the amount of traffic problens."
Linda Berker "We contend that automobile evacuation, j
Law Student as called for in the plans, is impossible i.
White Plains because of insufficient road capacity...
The point at which traffic will probably stop moving is near the intersection of Route 9 and Route 9A, in ERPA 22.
Here, the ten evacuation groups proceding south on Route 9 come-to a place where their two lane highway curves sharply, goes under a bridge, i
and merges with Routh 9A where three more groups of cars join them.
But at the underpass, the road has a ' volume / capacity _ ratio' of.8...A
' volume / capacity ratio' of 1 would denote a breakdown of traffic flow, or a standstill.
Thus it is likely that (ten) evacuation groups added to the average traffic flow at the underpass could bring traffic to a halt."
Robert L. Morris "An emergency evacuation traffic analysis consultant should be based on a worst case condition.
Transportation Planning As noted in the points listed above, P-B
& Traffic Engineering (Parsons-Brinckerhoff)has made assumptions that are inconsistent with emergency con-ditions.
For the purpose for which the reports were prepared, they have no validity. Standard traffic forecasting practice requires conservative assumptions to allow for unf~ reseen impediments to traffic flow in day-I o
l to-day operation.
P-B's use of optimistic assumptions would be inappro-priate in normal circumstances, and is particularly inappropriate in
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planning for an emergency situation."
Eileen Vinci "The main routes of escape are RT 6 and Resident RT 202...Both these roads are small two Mohegan Lake lane roads, in places there is no shoulder to drive on either.
Should everyone-in the area leave, it could take hours to evacuate (Peekskill) and surrounding areas."
Planning Standard J.
continued Page 41 Evaluation Criteria J.10.k.
"The organization's plans to implement protective measures for the plume exposure pathway shall include:
identification of and means for dealing with potential impediments to use of evacuation routes, and contingency measures."
Fred Seeger "We have enough equipment to handle a Superintendent of snow emergency.
It takes an hour to Highways mobilize the men and equipment during a Clarkstown snow emergency.
We have to contact our employees by telephone.
Even under reg-ular circumstances, without an evacuation, with a lot of people trying to move in the snow you find people can't drive.
Traffic jams keep maintenance people from their jobs and if we had panic conditions the whole thing would break down.
I don't believe the Plan would work."
Michael Holland "The plan doesn't allow for road con-Chief of Police struction/ repair activities, but there Village of Haverstraw are major repairs projected right here in Haverstraw for 9W which is one of the major routes out of the North Rockland area."
Richard Wishnie "Our entire on-duty police staff gets tied Supervisor up when a one-car accident occurs.
Cars Town of Ossining frequently break down on Route 9A, which is very hilly and has no pull-off lane.
If the roads are crowded with evacuation traffic, emergency equipment will have difficulty reaching a stalled vehicle.
The complete back-up which would be caused by one stalled vehicle heading out of the 10 mile area on 9A will hamper evacuation efforts, causing severe concern by motorists and a breakdown in the system.
Ronald Goldfarb "There would definitely be big problems Chief of Police of the possibility of snow (and even Village of Ossining heavy rains) on the Saw Mill and Bronx River Parkways.
The magnitude of a mass evacuation is far beyond local control and calls for tremendous co-l ordination."
j George Schnakenberg "But as regards flow, right now Middletown Chief of Police Road is all torn up.
The contractor has l
Clarkstown gone bankrupt and the traffic would move slower than usual.
The repairs are at a standstill...With the volume, a heavier flow of traffic, during an i
evacuation, we could certainly anticipate a greater number of accidents...
People in general react very foolishly at times.
Under stress people tend to come apart...So certainly if emotions were running high to start with and something happened...I think it would have an adverse effect because people have a tendency to panic.
One or two accidents certainly have a tendency to jam things up pretty well."
Thomas F. Ryder, Jr.
"The Village of Haverstraw's Gurnee Avenue Director of Civil Defense exit road passes through a tunnel that was Village of Haverstraw built in.. 1904.
This ' horse and buggy' size tunnel is so narrow that only (1) car can pass through it at a time.
In the event of a mass evacuation, a very dangerous ' bottleneck' of vehicular traffic could occur at this tunnel..."
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Richard F. Herbek
" Bottlenecks which might develop on two Village Manager of the evacuation routes listed for Croton village of Croton (Rt. 9 and 129) invite a chaotic situation to occur in the event of a mass evacuation."
P Evaluation Criteria J.10.j.
"The organization's plans to implement protective measures for the plume exposure pathway shall include:
control of access to evacuated areas and organizational. responsibilities for such control."
James F. Kralik "We foresee monumental problems with the i
Chief Deputy Sheriff ability of the police to deny access to Patrol Divison contaminated areas...If you'take into con-l Rockland County sideration the scenario that is to take place at 4 or 5 o' clock in the afternoon on any given workday...you realize the amount of cars coming back into Rockland County.
These are the parents of children for the most part; they are not going to be standing idly by at roadblocks without proper i
direction, without proper areas to put them to, they are going to be through those roadblocks, and the one or two police officers that are there are going to be hard put to stop these people, unlees you want total outrageous use of police force to be carried out.
They are not going to be able to stop some of these people from going back in and once the flow starts, you are not going to stop it."
Dr. Arthur Lebofsky
" Traffic Management as per the plan de-Vice President pends on being able to communicate with Clarkstown PTA Council the drivers of emergency vehicles, but the materials just do not exist."
l Reginald Lambruschi, Jr.
" Roads are a big problem...How do you Chief of Police turn people back (South) at Croton Point Village of Croton Avenue?
We can't' arrest all the people wanting to come North because we have no place to put them."
place to put them."
i Ronald Goldfarb "Since Rt. 9 in Ossining is under construction Chief of Police and will be for some time, traffic control Village of Ossining would be virtually impossible under emer-gency conditions."
Michael Holland "Trying to enforce the roadblocks would be Chief of Police a major problem-it would take fifty-two Village of Haverstraw people in Rockland, and we don't have them.
The police would be unwilling to force fami-lies to separate.
If a father told me he was going to join his kids, I wouldn't stop him.
There is no law that says the police can force people to evacuate."
George Schnakenberg "Regarding the major arteries and their Chief of Police crossings such as at route 59 and Middle-Clarkstown town Road, one of ficer is not enough to 3
j direct traffic under normal conditions."
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Planning Standard J. continued Page 43 1
i Evaluation Criteria J.ll.
"Each State shall specify the protective measures to be used for the ingestion pathway, including the methods for protecting the public from consumption of contaminated foodstuffs..."
Jamie Seedman "What about the people outside of the President, Hillcrest ten mile radius?
Am I wrong to suggest Citizens Assn. Inc.
that the rains can carry radioactive materials to our food and water supplies for hundreds of miles from'the plant, causing cancer, birth defects, etc., along the way--- and for what?"
James McGuire "We have yet to incorporate any of the Radiological Health concerns of areas-such as Nyack into the plan..
Specialist My last concern is the water supply in the Rockland County Village of Nyack, which is obtained from Lake DeForrest, which is inside the 10 aile radius.
This is the only means of supplying water to the Village of Nyack.
Now, they do have approximately two days water supply on hand, but if that reservoir did become contaminated in some way, that water could not be used and their supply would then be cut off."
NUREG-0654 Planning Standard K.
RADIOLOGICAL EXPOSURE CONTROL Planning Objectives:
"To assure that means for controlling radiological exposures, in an emergency, are established for emergency workers and the affected pry 11ation."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD K.
"There is no mention of permanent dose recording devices in any of the plans."
"Specify where dose records will be kept and for how long.
It is unclear if the dosimeters are presently available on a 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> i
basis."
"The dose record form...as a field record log, should be revised to allow an individual to record periodic readings for one shift...Its present design is inappropriate either as a field or per-manent dose record."
i "Specify the person (by position title) authorized to permit emergency workers to receive higher exposures.
Specify the qualifications of the individual."
" Action levels for decontamination are erroneously ref-erenced...The procedure does not satisfy specific instrumentation to be utilized for measurement.
The CRERPs do not state what level of contamination follow-up is necessary (e.g. bio-assay, nasal wipes, etc.)"
" Records that are to be kept on every individual who is surveyed should detail area of body surveyed and level of contamination.
Records should also include means of decontamination attempted and results achieved by each step."
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l Planning Standard K. continued Page 44 "Specify the 'means for radiological decontamination of emergency personnel, wounds, supplies, instruments and equipment, and j
for waste disposal.'"
" Describe medical treatment arrangements for personnel i
who have been contaminated or exposed to high levels of radiation.
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Discuss decontamination stations, especially locations, facilities available, and waste disposal means."
" Discuss source of teams needed to monitor emergency workers and evacuees."
" Explain or identify medical or radiological authorities
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to which contaminated personnel wil be referred for additional consul-tation or treatment."
"The State REPP does not specify present capabilities or target dates for contamination monitoring equipment acquisition.
State and county plans do not mention permanent dose-recording devices, nor specify retention of dose records."
" Monitoring equipment, first aid kits, and procedures for waste disposal should be described more completely."
"During the exercise, procedures for exposure control in Westchester County were considered deficient due to inadequate instrumentation (more sensitive self-reading dosimeters were needed) and inadequate decontamination procedures.
No permanent record devices (e.g. film badges, TLDs) were available in the counties."
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" Permanent record devices (TLDs) will be purchased when funds become available."
4 "The counties claim insufficient personnel and equipment resources for decontamination of personnel and equipment and waste disposal."
"Since the supply of permanent record devices is contingent on future funding, this deficiency cannot be considered resolved.
The implementation of remedial actions for decontamination action levels, disposal of contaminated liquid and solid wastes and monitoring equip-ment are not adequately addressed or counties does not have the person-nel and resources to properly. implement these remedial actions."
"The revision'page pertaining to this planning standard j
lacks details of the permanent record keeping process.
In general, i
recommended remedial actions are not described in sufficient detail i
to allow resolution of the items considered significantly deficient."
l EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD K. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Paymond S. Jurkowki "It is my understanding that none of the l
Deputy Commissioner reception centers have automatic washers...
l of Transportation Added delay time will be encountered in wash-Westchester County ing the buses if they are needed for a second wave."
Michael Kaminski
" Decontamination facilities for patients Director of Planning and vehicles must be established closer Department of Hospitals to the patient host facilities."
Westchester County Anthony R. Marasco "The present supply of dosimeters is in-Director, Office of adequate, both in number and range."
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Planning Standard K.
continued Page 45 James McGuire "The decontamination stations require more Radiological Health equipment, we need some method to retain Specialist contaminated fluids so they can be checked Rockland County to see that they are decontaminated and disposed of properly...To try to decontam-inate or even survey 115,000 people that are in a panic state that are leaving a 10 mile radius which is required from us by the State Health Department before they go into New Jersey, would be a mcaumental task requiring our staff at each emergency decontamination station recep-tion center to survey some 11,500 people each, in a short period of time.
I believe it would take a minimum of 2 minutes just to survey a person with a monitor sufficiently.
That does not take in the time that it takes to get the person there to do the paper work required during the survey to document this procedure and to keep a permanent record of the decontamination if there is any."
Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "The decontamination centers are in no Vice President way presLntly equipped and prepared to Clarkstown PTA Council do their work...Rockland Psychiatric during the March 3rd drill, offered a large pool.
No substitute paper or other clothing or cold water fire hose for washing people down and a generally primitive panic-making lack of provisions resulted."
Frank C. Bohlander "I would recommend sufficient geiger Commissioner counters and radiation indicators as Public Works well as cleansing areas for contamina-Westchester County ted personnel."
Dr. Anita S. Curran
" Personal dosimeters are not available Commissioner of Health in sufficient number to equip the field Westchester County teams called for in the plan.
- Moreover, those dosimeters which are available are not of the appropriate range...No provision for containing contaminated wastewater at decontamination sites is made in the plan."
l James F. Kralik "There has been no specific police head-Chief Deputy Sheriff quarters location in the decontaminated Patrol Division areas for police personnel and where they l
Rockland County can become decontaminated or checked...We l
have to clarify the assignment of dosimeters j
for police personnel. As everybody is aware, there is a lack of these..."
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Donald P. McGuire "We have at the present time only one person i
Deputy Director on board who is with the county as a radio-Office of Emergency Sycs.
logical health officer.
This means that in Rockland County the event of any type of nuclear disaster, this person would not have any relief should an incident last more than 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> until we got some help from the State."
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NUREG-0654 Page 46 Planning Standard L.
MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPORT Planning Objective:
"To assure that arrangements are made for medical services for contaminated individuals."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERI?t FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD L.
"Was unable to locate any facilit3.n? with radiological evaluation and treatment capabilities in the reicrynced rections...No documentation is provided."
" Insufficient information is furnishcd to determine adequacy of the arrangements for transporting victims of radiological accidents to medical support facilities."
"The revision pages to the REPP submitted by the State in response to FEMA letter dated September 29, 1981 did not address deficiencies cited in the RAC plan review comments."
CVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD L. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS James L. Murphy, MPH "After review of these surveys, it is my Public Health Specialist professional opinion that the public health NYPIRG capability of the 4-county area surrounding Indian Point is inadequate to the task of responding effectively to a major radiological emergency involving the Indian Point reactors.
I base my opinion on the following:
- 1. Hospital emergency departments...do not have the equipment, personnel, and train-ing to provide for even the most basic care and treatment for any substan-tial number of victims of a radiological emergency. 2.
Ambulance services... lack the equipment and training necessary for an adequate l
response to a radiological emergency. 3. Residential health-care l
facilities within the 10 mile EPZ do not have the personnel or vehicles to relocate their clients safely cutside the 10 mile EPZ during a radiological emergency."
Joan Harding King, R.N.
"On March 3, as part of the drill exercise New City of the Rockland County Radiological Response Plan (RERP)...I visited Good Samaritan Hospital...They had received no official notification that the drill would take place...On May 26, 1982...I spoke to James Dawson, President of Nyack Hospital...When asked if they were equipped to handle radio-active contamination he said they had some provision...which includes a bathtub large enough for only one person at a time..."
Christopher Maxwell
" Predictably, the conflicting responsibility Director, Respiratory to family and to work resulted in escalating Therapy staffing problems as the crisis continued...
Community General Os-The staffing crisis was not restricted to l
teopathic Hospital professional or technical staff.
Physician Harrisburg, PA staffing reached critical levels in at least one institution, with one Emergency Department physician noting that only six of more than 70 doctors re-mained available." (Discussing disaster response during TMI incident) l 1
Planning Standard L. continued Page 47 Elise Lentz, R.N.
"I also face a serious ethical and emo-Northern Westchester tional dilemma because as a nurse charged Hospital with people who are already sick and de-Mt. Kisco, NY pendent upon me, I am torn between my responsibility to them and to my children."
Julie Palmer, M.D.
"It is a fairly consistent opinion of Family Practice &
personnel with whom I discussed these Psychiatry plans that they ' appear adequate on paper' Piermont, NY but that an actual incident would result in chaos, for the following reasons: 1. Med-ical personnel have no experience in this area (fortunately). 2.
It is unlikely that hospitals are prepared to receive large numbers of people who might requ' ire treatment in such a situation."
Susan Scheffel "I am concerned how my 6 year old daughter Coordinator, Adult would manage without her bronchial dilator.
Career Guidance Center She suffers from asthma and at certain times BOCES, Yorktown Hts NY of the year is very dependent on the medi-cation."
Ed Connelly "One must realize that there is strong like-Emergency Medical lihood that no emergency vehicle smaller Technician than a firetruck will be used for its Ossining Volunteer planned purpose.
If the rightful users Ambulance Corps don't desert with them I am sure that mobs of people will commandeer them and drive, with lights flashing and sirens blaring, all the way to safety."
Earle R. Ellefsen "I sincerely hope that a new, more realistic Captain, Ossining Vol-and responsible plan will be generated as unteer Ambulance Corps soon as possible.
Its formulation should reflect input from the various area emer-gency service organizations and provide for equipping and training them to properly implement the plan if necessary."
Richard H. Bower "Unless a lot of pre-situation assessment Volunteer Ambulance is done ahead of time for known patients, Disaster Coordinator a large amount of trust in the phone-caller Rockland County requesting aid will be necessary...This kind of selection can only be done by the ambu-lance corps at the time of an evacuation under the guidance and direction of gealified medical supervision, if fairness and actual needs are to i
be met.
Therefore,a requested list of transportation priority must be established so that chaos can be avoided.
Another top medical decision priority is an explanation in layman's terms of what limits of radiation, if any, can be established for crewmen and ambulance rigs."
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o NUREG-0654 Page 48 Planning Standard M.
R'.;COVERY AND REENTRY PLANNING AND POSTACCIDENT OPERATIONS Planning Objective:
"To assure that general plans for recovery and reentry are developed."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD M.
Anthony R. Marasco
" Recovery and re-entry operations, as Director, Office of described in the Emergency Response Plan, Disaster and Emer-are inadequate inasmuch as they refer to gency Services the State plan, and no specific duties Westchester County for emergency workers are described.
Training for this aspect has been ignored."
Daniel M. Pisello, PhD.
"These scenarios are by no means the most Asst. Prof. Physics serious possible, but they do illustrate NY Institute of Technology the expected long-term environmental con-and tamination requiring relocation of large Richard G. Piccioni, PhD.
numbers of people, underscore the likeli-Asst. Prof. of Biology hood that large areas of land would become Hunter College unavailable for agriculture, and indicate the possibility that the major source of drinking water for New York City could be rendered unusable for several years.
Because of the nature, extent, and duration of the contamination anticipated, no feasible decontamination can be implemented to mitigate these disasters."
Kathleen Toscani "The possibility of accidents with no Parent solutions would leave the area devastated Croton, NY for decades."
Marie R. Tomkins "Even if we could all be removed by some Resident magic carpet, could we ever return to our Tomkins Cove, NY homes?
What would we have when we returned?
Will our wells be contaminated?
Our unin-i surable houses?
The vegetation?
Our land?"
Helga Ancona "Even if we could evacuate from our towns Journalist it would be many years if ever, until we could Stony Point return to our homes and property.
What would we live off in the meantime, how would we replace our losses?
The government would have to spend millions to shelter, feed and clothe all the displaced people, it woul d have to pro-vide homes and jobs for us."
Myles Lavalle "Another inadequacy in the plan is the lack Councilman of reference to the length of time the Stony Point area will be evacuated.
Allowances are only made for a short duration.
What if a
lengthy period is required?
What type of protection will our homes and property receive?"
Planning Standard N.
continued Page 50 "No provision is made for nighttime testing, testing in various weather conditions, or unannounced testing."
" Funds for county participation in drills will be needed from the state legislature."
"The state plan does not adequately describe the conduct of drills and exercises."
" Revision pages to the State REPP provided to FEMA by the State in response to FEMA letter dated September 29, 1981 do not address deficiencies cited in the RAC plan review comments."
EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD N. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "We suggest that the drill of all bus routes Vice President be conducted and the drivers and buses Clarkstown PTA. Council alone, without riders, just test the routes, timing, and validating the paper plan."
Ronald Goldfarb "The March 3 drill went very poorly. An Chief of Police imaginary wind direction was used during village of Ossining the drill.
It would have been better to use the actual wind direction for that given day. There was very little coordination between police, fire and emergency departments... Preparations for the March 3 drill were rushed by everyone concerned to meet federal licensing guidelines.
We had a month's notice and very little preparation.
In no way did it reassure I feel less prepared now because the drill went so badly."
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Michael Holland "I think they should have a realistic Chief of Police drill-planned and scheduled in advance, Village of Haverstraw with the public fully informed...For in-stance you could have a patrol car go through informing the people to evacuate.
That way at least you'd know how long it would take to tell people to leave.
We could test the mo-bilization of the ambulance corps.
If we had realistic simulation, care-fully planned and documented, we'd be in a better position to antici-pate further problems."
Jannelise Galdone "On March 3,
- 1982, I,
as a member of Photographer the West Branch Conservation Association, New City observed a drill exercise conducted by the County of Rockland for its Radiological Emergency Response Plan at Rockland Psychiatric Hospital...It is my im-pression that their prepared advance notice gave us no way of knowing how long it might take to set up in the event of an emergency...It was incomplete oven for a practice and proved very little excepting that it took too long to process people and had there been a real emergency the people outside would have been standing there possibly needing to be washed and failing to have timely treatment."
Nancy R. Elliott "The proposed ' drill' should be conducted Supervisor using ' worst possible cases' and least Town of Yorktown passable roads in order to give a complete picture.
We are not really interested in what can happen if everything goes right.
We are, after all, dealing with a situation which has its genesis in everything going wrong."
1 Planning Standard M.
continued Page 49 l
Monya Berg Brown "Three days is a mere guess as to how Artist and Teacher long people would stay away.
There is Croton, NY no guarantee th at life could.ever resume here.
The emotional effects on the adults and even more so the children will be permanent...This entire area, where I have lived off and on since I was two years old, will be worthless.
No one will buy our house, we may not be able to live in it.
We own only our home, if we lose it we lose all.
The entire water supply 3'
will go bad, the Croton Dam a cesspool of radiation."
Clare Rosen "The... evacuation plan currently contem -
School Psychologist plated will remove the children from their Chappaqua safe 'other' home and take them to a place unfamiliar to them and their teacher.
This unfamiliarity and stress experienced by the teacher will be communicated to the children, thereby heightening their insecurity...No amount of preparatory explanation can alleviate the insecurity...The perceived benefits of continued' operation of the Indian Point nuclear power sta-tions are overwhelmingly negated by the certain damage to our children."
i Robert J. Lifton, M.D.
"In none of the disaster literature with Foundations Fund Research which I am familiar is there anything Professor of Psychiatry remotely resembling this permanent after-Yale School of Medicine effect, this ineradicable sense of harboring within oneself an insidious, deadly process that at any moment may strike with' mysterious ailments, deformity, or death to oneself or one's descendants.
In a very real sense, a radio-j logical disaster never ends for its victims.
A few will develop post-traumatic stress disorders; more will be incapacitated by the Radiation Response Syndrome, which makes normal life and work impossible; but everyone who has been exposed is vulnerable to lingering anxiety and hypochondriacal overconcern about the functioning of the contaminated body."
NUREG-0654 Planning Standard N.
EXERCISES AND DRILLS
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Planning Objective:
"To assure that periodic exercises are conducted to evaluate major portions of the emergency response capabilities, that i
the results of exercises form the basis for corrective action for iden-
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tified deficiencies, and that periodic drills are conducted to develop and maintain key skills."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD N.
"There is no provision in the plans for the exercise to be conducted under various weather conditions or for unannounced exercises."
1 "The plans do not contain specific procedures for conducting i
the tests (of the communications systems.)"
" Insufficient information has been furnished to determine whether means exist for evaluating observer and participant comments.
The plans do.not assign responsibility for implementing corrective actions.
Management controls to ensure that corrective actions are implemented as a result of acceptance of observer comments were not discussed."
Planning Standard N.
continued Page 51 Barbara Hirschman "During the day of the drill we could not Teacher, CET School even hear the signal.
My children did come Croton to school the next day very concerned and anxious after hearing their parents' concerns.
NUREG-0654 Planning-Standard O.
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING Planning Objective:
"To assure that radiological emergency response training is provided to those who may be called upon to assist in an' emergency."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD O.
" Detailed lesson plan outlines should be indicated..."
"A timetable for bringing training levels of emergency response personnel up to readiness levels should be furnished."
"Without having personnel assigned to specific duties one cannot determine: who needs the-training...what training is necessary, and who will conduct training."
"Each off-site response organization shall participate in and receive training."
"Each organization shall establish a training-program for instructing and qualifying personnel..."
"The CRERPs do not adequately provide for the initial and annual retraining of personnel with emergency response responsi-bilities."
"The plans lacked specific information on training of personnel and commitments to annual retraining."
"The state commented that additional funds will assist the counties in obtaining extensive training."
"The counties stated that funds have been requested to have additional personnel to conduct training."
"The counties are awaiting funds from the State before this task can be initiated."
"The implementation of remedial actions will depend on availability of funds."
EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD O. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Raymond S. Jurkowski "To date, no satsifactory training of Deputy Commissioner personnel required to implement the of Transportation transportation component of this plan Westchester County has taken place...The bus company managers and bus drivers who attended, all felt that the presentation was too long; too technical; did not address what a bus driver is likely to encounter and most importantly would not have en-listed volunteers...Certainly no private bus company will solely bear the cost of paying hundreds of employees to attend daylong training sessions."
Planning Standard O.
continued Dage 52 Michael Kaminski "The level of radiological health training Director of Planning for all Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's)
Department of Hospitals servicing the EPZ is scant... Specific training Westchester County is required for this type of emergency which has not been carried out...The level of and the type of decontamination training for ambulance personnel is inad-equate...To date, the Department of Hospitals can not assure that it has the nece ssary trained staf f to implement this plan."
Frank C. Bohlander "We recommend that those assigned to Commissioner operate in the radio room be given de-Public Works tailed training and instructions upon Westchester County what proper radio procedures are.
No such training has ever taken place, nor did the consultants attempt to provide any ongoing instructions during the drill."
Anthony R. Marasco "Except for a brief period prior to the Director, Office of March 3, 1982 drill, there has been no Disaster and Emergency assistance from the State for conducting Services training for emergency workers."
Westchester County Dr. Anita S. Curran "There are not enough personnel trained Commiss.~oner of Health to staff the field monitoring teams, or Westches'.er County to provide second shift capability."
Sheriff Daniel Guido "If we had a significant radiological Commissioner emergency at Indian Point today, we in the Public Safety law enforcement /public safety community Westchester County could not mount a meaningful response be-cause our officers throughout the county have had virtually no training or preparation for dealing with this kind of emergency."
Charles W. Bates
" Training and on-going training is Commissioner necessary for our plan.
This requires Social Services time and money."
Westchester County James F.
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""Until he is properly trained and has Chief Deputy Sheriff the proper information and the proper Patrol Division protective garb, I don't think we can Rockland County really depend upon any personnel...to be fully capable of performing and making the right decisions when they are under these stress conditions.
They have to be trained."
A. Glen Everhart "No suggestions have been made for training Superintendent of Schools employees."
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continued Page 53 James McGuire "These people have not yet received the Radiological Health training necessary to implement this plan Specialist because of their other responsiblities...
Rockland County The 80 volunteers identified would be spe-cifically used at the reception centers, and these volunteers would have to be trained in radiological survey...
We only trained people.for the jobs that they were specifically respon-sible for.
At this time, we only have six people trained for monitoring.
We only have seven people trained for the accident assessment room.
We only have five people trained for the emergency worker decon station, s
and we only have two people who have been trained for the reception center decon station."
Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "There has been no attempt to train staff, Vice President and staff, by the way, includcs not only Clarkstown PTA Council teachers, but bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria employees, maintenance employees, etc."
Leonard Scharf "I would say that such a plan probably Asst. Superintendent should be in terms of six to eight hours Rockland County BOCES of orientation leading up to detailed instructions as to how to respond through various levels of emergencies at Indian Point site...If we looked at a full day of instruction for these people, I would estimate that the average teacher cost would be in the neighborhood of $200 per day with support personnel in the range of $75 to S100 per day."
Earle R. Ellefsen "Unfortunately, I am of the opinion that in Captain, Ossining such a situation virtually all such personnel Volunteer Ambulance faced with the personal decision to remain Corps behind and handle the plan's assignment or to gather up their families and run like hell will opt for the latter.
I am confident,however,that this likelihood is reversible and stems from the fact that emergency service organizations,such as O.V.A.C., although eminently qualified to handle almost any disaster situation, have never been trained, equipped or even apprised of our responsibilities in the event of a nuclear disaster."
Stanley G. Booker "The Volunteer Fireman and the volunteer Member Ambulance Corps, two services of very Stony Point highly trained members, would be called Ambulance Corps upon to help, I am sure, but being human their first thoughts would be for the safety of their families.
Next would be a meeting of all the Fire Companies and Ambulance Corps involved, asking fbr their participation to help them understand what they would be involved in and how to cope with it.
Would they get extensive training and the proper tools and equipment plus the proper turn-out gear assigned to them for protection?"
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But there does exist Rockland County in many minds the question that must be addressed -- Does it really matter?--Will it do any good?
This is so important before a volunteer says
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Nancy R. Elliott "The sheer magnitude of the plan requires Supervisor that a great deal of education and training Town of Yorktown is needed before it could operate.
What are the provisions for this training?
At the present time a viable educational and training program has not been put into place.
No evacuation plan can possibly succeed without an intensive program for everyone from government officials to the' ordinary citizen."
Jo"ce "ern "As a teacher of small children I am or-Nurocry School Teacher iented toward developing their habitual Ossining responses for future development.
To guide them thru a radiological disaster is not something I am well prepared to do.
I would indeed appreciate training in how to cope with the actual evacuation as well as orienting the children's philosophy toward a future which may hold such a horrible happenstance."
Barbara Gochman "While I might be able to deal with Teacher this situation, I certainly have no Croton training as to how to handle a radiological disaster regarding eleven children in my class."
Joan C. Livingston "We teachers have had no training-for Teacher en route supervision of children in a Croton radiological disaster, nor for coping with special and everyday needs of our children should we successfully reach White Plains."
NUREG-0654 Planning Standard P.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLANNING EFFORT: DEVELOPMENT, PERIODIC REVIEW AND DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY PLANS Planning Objective:
"To assure that responsibility for plan development, review and distribution of emergency plans are established and that planners are properly trained."
SELECTIONS FROM RAC COMMENTS AND INTERIM FINDINGS ON PLANNING STANDARD P.
"The training of individuals responsible for the planning effort was not addressed where cross referenced..."
"Who, by title, is responsible in each agency of the county for maintaining and updating emergency plans (i.e. telephone lists) ?"
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continued Page 55 "The CRERPs do not contain a detailed listing of supporting plans and their sources."
"The CRERPs simply restate the wording in the NUREG 0654/
FEMA REP-1 criteria element, rather than describing the method for accomplishing this criterion."
"The authority of county officials for planning is unclear, as is responsibility for maintaining and updating county plans.
The county plans do not provide the methods for updating telephone numbers in emergency procedures."
"The County Legislature of Rockland County passed a resolution (Resolution 320) that prohibits the use of County em-ployees and the expenditure of County funds for the further devel-opment of Federally mandated radiological response plans for commercial nuclear power plants located at Indian Point."
"The unilateral action on the part of Rockland County to discontinue participation with the other three counties in improving their preparedness in accordance with FEMA /NRC guidelines appears to seriously weaken the ability of the State to assure the prot.ection of the health and safety of the residents of Rockland County.
- Moreover, withdrawal of Rockland County from this State / County coordinated planning process undermines overall off-site preparedness for this site."
" FEMA is concerned that Rockland County may be unable to implement that plan in the absence of commitment of resources for required equipment, and adequate staffing, and the lack of participation in training and drills and exercises."
EVALUATION OF PLANNING STANDARD P. BY LOCAL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS Raymond S. Jurkowki "I have deliberately referenced the State Deputy Commissionce as the party responsible for negotiating of Transportation and executing such arrangements because Westchester County it is the State who has ' accepted' the Evacuation Plan for ' planning purposes,'
it is the State which has control over the resources to implement the f
plan, and it is the State, not the County, which has jurisdiction over school bus operators..."
Anthony R. Marasco
" Funds for protective clothing, dosimeters, Director, Office of thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD's), com-Disaster and Emergency munications equipment, identification cards, Services and additional staffing have not been re-Westchester County ceived from the State."
3 James McGuire "There are the actification and notification Radiological Health lists.
They must be constantly correlated Specialist with the people on them and updated to Rockland County meet the telephone communciations require-ments to notify these people.
I know that some of the lists have changed...I think my major criticism of the plan has been that the county organizations have not been more involved in the actual development of the plan itself."
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continued Page 56 Dr. Arthur Lebofsky "Dr. VanWagenen (Superintendent of Schools)
Vice President did report back to us that the superinten-Clarkstown PTA Council dents had given significant input.
- However, a number of their considerations were not taken into account in the preparation of the emergency plan...The money from the State of New York is just inadequate to meet the elementary needs of the plan."
Leonard Scharf "The school officials of Rockland County Asst. Superintendent had little or no involvement in the de-Rockland County BOCES velopment of the Radiological Response Plan.
As a result, assumptions were made relative to the use of school facilities, school equipment and staff, which may or may not be feasible or possible.
In fact, some assumptions and expectations of the plan may not be legally acceptable."
Kenneth Ingenito "We have an incurable disease across the Stony Point Tc..a Council river (Indian Point) - we wish to surgical-Rockland County ly cut it out,not use a bandaid approach to Legislature prolonging its life,not knowing when this disease is going to spread and cause an epidemic.
Rockland County has shown leadership and will not bend under pressure... State and Federal officials are aware of our sincerity and determination.
We have accepted responsibility for developing our own plan to handle emergencies of all types (not Indian Point) and we will still insist we are entitled to Federal and State funding and will continue to apply for it.
Do we want our cake and eat it too - you bot we do because it is our lives we are talking about not some bu-reaucrat in Washington D.C."
Stephen Scurti "My concerns over the prospect of evacu-Chief of Police ating the town of Stony Point are many.
Stony Point Based in part upon these concerns I made a decision earlier this year not to parti-cipate in the County evacuation drill of March 3.
I did not make this decision lightly but made it only after deciding that the drill was potentially misleading.
Regardless of what drills and plans are made, the evacuation of Stony Point, as well as notification to its residents of an emergency at Indian Point, will be a difficult, if not an impos-sible task.
The following are my reasons:
lack of manpower, lack of information, and no protective clothing for the officers."
Michael Holland "I don't have enough cars (5) to handle Chief of Police an evacuation.
I don't have a paging Haverstraw system.
Of my force of eighteen, I might be able to call in three off-duty officers if an emergency struck...I can't count on an informed public...I have not even been kept informed.
When I finally learned, by accident, that there is a radiological plan, I asked for a copy.
I took them two and a half months to send it to me.
I had to ask several times...I can't recommend this plan to my town.
I was asked to send two officers the day of the drill.
I didn't send them because I wanted to make it clear I do not endorse the plan."
APPENDIX TO TIIE PEOPLE'S REVIEW OF Tile RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS FOR INDIAN POINT l
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EXCERPT FROM MINUTES OF REGULAR EETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TE VILLAGE OF BRIARCLIFF MANOR. NEW YORK. JUNE 17 1982 b
WHEREAS, Consolidated Edison and the Power Authority of the State of New York each operate nuclear electrical generating facilities at Indian Point, 3uchanan, New York; and i
WilEREAS, the facilities are less than ten miles from Briarcliff Manor and therefore a nucicar accident would be Itkely to cause serious conne quences to the citizens of Briarclif f itanor; and WHEREAS, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has premulgated a regulation which requires the des +1opment and implementation of a Radio-1 logical Response Plan for reside.Es, each plan calling for evacuation of l
all eithin a ten mile radius of each plant; and W1IREAS, the Radiological Response Plan developed for these plants has proved unworkable in the following areas, among others: control notification systems, public warning devices, trained personnel for j
implementation, and adequate infrastructure to provide safe and timely eva:uation; and I
WHEREAS, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is about to undertake lg a study of said Plan and of other aspects of the facilities, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RF. SOLVED THAT the Board of Ttustees of the a
Village of Briarcliff bbnor wishes to record deep concern with these issues:
AND BE IT FURTilER RESOLVED TilAT the Board of Trustees of the Villac:
of Briarclif f ::anor urges the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to strictly enforce all relevant statutes and regulations pertaining to the f acilities.
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FAUNIC: PAL DUILDING. CROTON-ON. HUDSON. N.Y.10520 M.tynt ROBERT R. PRICE d p';r::,
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SEYMOUR M. WALDMAN WILLIAM J. POHLMANN PHONE: (914) 271-47812 Wlage Engineer PHILIP A. TULLY June 7, 1932 To: NRC From: Croton-on-Hudson VillaP,e Board Re: Indian Point In April 1901, the Croton Village Board supported Mayor Price's statement: "If a workable evacuation plan cannot be developed, then Indian Point should be shut down."
To date, a workable plan has not been formulated.
Our concern is for the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson.
The current operation of the Indian Point plant and the absence cf a work-able evacuation plan seem inimical to that concern.
The Croton-on-Hudson Village Board endorses the recent position taken by County Executive Alfred DelBello 'and asks that the NRC address the problem and come up with a solution--now.
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OSSINING TOWN BOARD Whereas, pursuant to Federal Regulations, the operators of the Indian Point nuclear power plant must establish an Emergency Response Plan in the event of a nuclear emergency for communities within a ten mile radius of the plant, and Whereas, the Power Authority of the State of New York and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., have recently developed and tested an Emergency Response Plan designed to meet the needs of the-affected communities in the event of'a nuclear accident, and Whereas, following this test it is readily apparent that the plan developed wholly fails to serve the needs of the communities in that 1.
The communication and warning systems established are ill designed and wholly inadequate; 2.
The local police, fire and other emergency services were not provided with the necessary equipment or training to cope with any such emergency; and 3.
The proposals for evacuation of residents of our community especially our school children, handicapped and elderly are inadequate and would only serve to increase the risk of injury and confusion which the plan was designed to prevent, and Whereas, the members of this Board have recently inspected the Indian Point plant and realize, now more than ever, the need for a comprehensive and workable emergency plan in the event of a potential nuclear accident, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board urges the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to stringently enforce the current regulations requiring an effective Emergency Response Plan to be developed; to work with the operators of the plant to design an effective Emergency Response Plan for our community, or in the event that such a plan cannot be developed to insure the future safety of the residents of our community, then to take such other and further action as may be necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of our residents including ordering that the plant be closed if an appropriate plan cannot be developed.
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Hon. Som Zelmen Gdanski Hon. Edward Gormen RESOLUTION NO.
OF 1982 PROHIBITING THE EXPENDITURE OF COUNTY FUNDS OR USE OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES FOR THE FEDERALLY MANDATED ROCKLAND COUNTY RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN FOR INDIAN POINT, BUCHANAN, NEW YORK.
I WHEREAS, Consolidated Edison of New York (hereinafter referred to os " Con Edison"), cnd the Power Authority of the State of New York (hereinaf ter referred to I
as "PASNY"), ecch operate nuclear electrical generating fccilities at Indian Point, Buchenen, New York, and WHEREAS, there are substantial inherent risks in the operation of the nuclect electrical generating fccilities which pose threats to the hecith, safety and welfare of the citizens of Rockicnd.Ccunty, and WHEREAS, there have been numerous violations of safety requirements of the Nuclecr Regulatery Commission at the Indian Point power fccIlities which pose i
substantial threats to the health, safety cnd welfare of tne citizens of Rockland County, and WHEREAS, there are more people located within a ten-mile radius of the nuclect i,
ciectrical generating fccilities of Indian Point then within the ten-mile radius of any other nuclect electrical generating facility in the United Stctes, and
/HERAS, it has been publicly acknowledged by the Nuclear Regulatory l*
i; Commission members that present safety stonderds would prohibit the erection of t
nuclear generating facilities at or near the existing location of the Indien Point power i
plants, and I
t WHEREAS, the Nuclear Reguictory Commission has promulgated a regulatien I i which requires the development and implementation of a Radiological Response Plan fer all residents within an orbitrary ten-mile radius of ecch plant, cnd i
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Referrol No. 6675 May 18,1982 WHEREAS, Con Edison and PASNY have developed, through the use of independent contractors, with the State of New York, o Radiological Emer the Indian Point nuclear facilities, and WHEREAS, the aforesaid counties include the Counties of Rockland, Orange, Westchester and Putnam, and WHEREAS, the Radiological Emergency Responsd Plan fo Rockland County is unsatisfactory in that Rockland County has not been provided with sufficient communication equipment to inform public officio!s of safety hozords; sufficient warning devices to inform the general public of danger; and adequate training for the personn rsquired to implement the plan, and WHEREAS, the existing roadway system of Rockland County is torolly inadequate end would be unable to accornmodate the safe and timely evacuation of the citizens of Rockicnd County within the offected area, and officials of the Federal WHEREAS, Rockland County officials, os well os Emergency Management Agency (hereinafter referred to os " FEMA"), have criticiz the Radiological Emergency Response Plan for Rockland County, and WHEREAS, the County of Rockland has made a good faith effort, expended funds, and used its employees in on attempt to develop the oforesaid Radiological Emergency Response Plan for the inhabitants of Rockland County, and WHEREAS, the County's continued porticipation in the Radiological Emergency Response Picn will require the continuous expenditure of WHEREAS, the Executive Low of the State of New York authorizes the County' cf Rockland to prepare o Disaster Prepardeness Plon, and the County of Rock!cnd through its Office of Emergency Services, has and will co I
citizens from o!! contingencies, and WHEREAS, the Multi Services Committee of this Legislature has met, considered and opproved this resolution, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Legislature of Rockland County hereby authorizes, empowers and directs the Office of Emergency Services to continue to develop, in cooperatio for j
with our volunteer services and school officiols, o Disaster it further RESOLVED, that the Legislature of Rockland County fether directs the County i
Office of Emergency Services to develop o plon in response to a potentio! nuclear I
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Referrol No. 667S May 18,1982 accident occurring of the Indian Point Facilities and to utilize all sources of information in preparing such picn for the maximum protection of the citizens of Rockland County, I
such picn to be presented to the Legislature of Rockland County by December 31,1982, and be it further i
RESOLVED, that the Legislature of Rockland Ccuny hereby authorizes, empowers
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th2 Chairmen of the Legislature of Rockland County to pursue end cecept all Federal and State monies, equipment and personnel training in cennection with Rockland County's own Disaster Preparedness Plan and the' Rockland County Nuclear Evacuation..ond Preparedness Picn for the purposes aforedescribed, and be it further
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RESOLVED, that the Legis!cture of Rock!cnd County hereby prohibits the use cf Rockland County employees or the expenditure of Rockland County funds in any manner concerning the further development of the Federally mandated Radiological Emtrgency Response Plan for the nuclear electrical generating fccilities owned and operated by Con Edison and PASNY ot Indian Point, Buchanan, New York, and be it further 1 !
RESOLVED, that the Legislature of Rockland County hereby directs the Chairmen
- i ogInts, servants or employees, in any menner concerning the further development of
- j the Federally mendated Radiological Emergency Response Plan for the nuclear electrical i
g:nsreting facilities at Indian Point, Buchonon, New York,'ond be it further j
RESOLVED, that in the event of a nuclear occurrence at the Indian Point I
Facilities, the Legislature of Rockicnd County hereby cuthorizes, empowers and directs its Chairman, notwithstanding this resolution, to take any and cil cetion in coordincting and cooperating with any cnd all Federal end State agencies to protect the lives and property of the citizens of Rockland County, and be it further RESOLVED, that the Legislature of Rock!cnd County hereby requests the chief cucutive officers of the legislative bodies of the Counties of Orange, Westchester and Putnam to cdopt similar resolutions prohibiting the use of their county employees or l
l the expenditure of their respective. county funds for the planning, development or l
implementation of Federally mandated nuclear Radiological Emergency Response Plans for the nuclece electrical generating fccilities owned and operated by Con Edison and PASNY ct Indien Point, Buchonen, New York and be it further RESOLVED, that the Legislature of Rockland County urges the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to immediately suspend the operating licenses of the Indian Point nuclear facilities, cnd be it further j
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the United States Senate end House of Representatives; Hon. Hugh L. Corey, Governor cf the Stcte of New Ytrk; Hon. Linda Winikow and Hon. Richard Schermerhorn, New i
York State Sanctors; Hon. Thomas Morchon and Hon. Eugene Levy, New York State Assemblymen; the Mo;crity and Minority Leaders of the New York State S tha New York State Assembly;' the Westchester, Orcnge and Putnam; the officials of PASNY, offectuate the purpose of this resolution.
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RESOLUTION //R-205 WHEREAS the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued regulations on August 19, 1980,. requiring the development and implementation of a Radiological Emergency Response Plan for areas within a 10-mile radius of Indian Point; and WHEREAS plans developed by two consulting firms hired by Consolidated Edison and PASNY were drafted without consultation with the affected officials in the Town of Putnam Valley or with those groups or persons whose paid or volunteer services would be required in the event of a general evacuation; and E3EAS the implementation "of the emergency response plan presupposes the cooperation and deployment of a great number of paid and volunteer personnel, who lack training or experience in the roles they are expected to play; and WHEREAS the warning devices that have been installed are in some areas inadequate to alert the population of Putnam Valley to the need for an emergency response; and WHEREAS the " drill" conducted on March 3,1982, involved only a very small part of the personnel or equipment that would be needed in Putnam Val?.ey in the event of general i
evacuation; and WHEREAS the booklet mailed by Consolidated Edison to Putnam Valley residents contained errors which require correction and implied the existence of a workable evacuation plan that was)in fact, incomplete; and flHEREAS Putnam Valley has been given insufficient funding to provide equipment for and the comprehensive training of the paid and volunteer personnel needed in the event of a general evacuation; s
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Putnam Valley has determined that the Radiological Emergency Response Plan as it applies to Putnam Valley could not be effectively implemented at this time; and
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS 803 COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK 10601 (914) 682 2326 ANTHONY J. GIAMBRUNO ANDREW P o*ROURKE Cark chaaman and Chief of staff "WP Sept b
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Dear Sir:
The attached resolution, Resolution No. 180-1982, was duly adopted by the Westchester County Board of Legislators in session on September 20, 1982.
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.i WHEREAS the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered the suspension the hearings being carried out by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board into the safety of the Indian Point Nuclear Plants, and' WHEREAS !mmediately prior to such suspension the NRC had ordered the Atomic Safety and Licensing Commission to narrow the scope of the hearings, WHEREAS the effect of such actions by the NRC has been to' deprive the public of a comprehensive and full ranging investigation into the issue of safety it relates to the Indian Point Nuclear Plants, r.nd WHEREAS this Board, while not taking a position on the issues under consider'ation, desires only that all the relevant facts be made available in an orderly and. Impartial manner, now therefore be it RESOLVED that the Westchester County Board of Legislators declares that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission acted inappropriately in narrowing the sc the hearings by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and then by suspendi altogether, and be it further RESOLVED that this Board requests fr> the strongest terms that the NRC immediately move to resume the hearings and that the judges conducting the hearings be allowed the proper latitude to carry out the proceedings in a I
comprehensive and definitive manner, and be it further RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to the Nuclear Regulatory:
Commission, Westchester's representatives in the House and Senate, and to the President.
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,. j WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Y discontinuation of the N.R.C. hearings orktown was distressed by the W
questions of safety of the Indian Point inst, once again placing an 1
allation in limbo, and WHEREAS, no final date has been set questions, to give the answers to these NOW, THEREFORE the Town Board of the To the Indian Point nuclear plants be sh t d wn of Yorktown demands that u
public hearing process is reconvened and coown until such time as mpleted.
the plant shall be a conclusion demo The only grounds to re-open the conclusions are not satisfactor nstrating the safety of the facilities If y the facilities should remain shut.
A satisfactory conclusion shall include an designed in response to the deficiencies evacuation plan to be re-Interim Report as well as any further defi ioutlined in the August 2,1 reconvened public hearings.
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Cerosition to ::uclear Irerzency Frocedures
- hereas these procedures require students and perscr.nel to be dispersed to widely diverse areas far frc their homes and vehicles, and
'cheraas these precadures can result in separation of children and parents in the sar.e far.ily to widely varying locations at a tire of potential crisis, and
'<hereas these procedures require workers free areas outside the nuclear danrer zone to enter the dancer zone to transport personnel and students at some hazard to their health and life, and l'.ereas there is serious doubt as to the possible success of these precedures, be it asolved that the CTA nprose irpler.entation of these procedures e
and CTA participation in such procedures, and be it further esolved that the CT3 enlist support for this rotion frem c her s
district employee unions, and be it further esolved that the CT4 convey this motien to the Superintendent c
of Schools ar.d the ioaro of Education and req :ps the ir support of similar resolutions, and be it furthe r i
D.esolved that the CTA urce the Testchester and Tutnam County
?xecutives to convene a co rittee consisting of school er ployees, parert, ctudent, and adrir.istra tive representatives to discuss and recorrend alternatives to the present pro 7 ram, l
Sincerely yours, 5b.2^# & lh4 Robert a inaze, Presider,.
Creten Teachers Atasciation Approved at Executive Committee of Creten Teachers Meeting June 7,1982 Athhated with the Nat.onal Education Association and the Amencan Federation of Teachers. AFL-Clo Local 2594
Crston-Harmon Union FrcG School,Dictrict Regular Neeting Cf tha Board of Education Paga 5 February 8, 1982 Special A motion to approve the Special EducIntion Placement of Students Nos.
Educa-306 to 311 was made by Ann Bickford and seconded by Patricia McIntyre.
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Dr. Schilling stated that it should be noted that ments
.most of these placements are for decreased services.
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Motion Carried Hearing Mrs. Valentine asked for more information regarding letter to Mr.
of Citi-Andrew Marte.
zens Mrs. Kathryn Feit asked that the Board make a statement with regard to the flaws of the present evacuation policy. She further asked if a meeting could be set up with a representative from the County regard-ing this plan.
A motion to issue a statement concerning the inadequacies of the evacuation plan was made by Lee Sack and seconded by Patricia McIntyre.
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Motion Carried Mr. Steve Jacoby and Mrs. Myra Spiegelman talked further about the present evacuation plan.
Adele Josiger stated that the PTSA menbers will be taking a poll with regard to the evacuation plan as it Abw stands.
Ms. Toscani asked that in the future Holy Name of March School be advised of all evacuation meetings.
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C8tOTON ON.MUDSON. N. Y. Ioeao 994 371 4713 PRESS RELEASE Statement from David S. Siegel, Superintendent of Schools "The document which has been distributed by the Westchester County Department of Public Safety, Office of Disaster and Emergency Servica:s, which calls for local public schools to participate in potential evacuation procedures, is, in my Judgment, too weak to stand in its present form.
The number of gaps in the plan ranging from lack of back-up consnunication, sound evacuation routing, and guarantees that contract transportation can be relied upon are far too serious to stand unchallenged.
We have consnunicated with staff and with parents to apprise them of what the county plan contains in terms of our school district.
This comraunication in no way suggests our endorsement of the county plan as it now stands.
We have, over the past several months continually advised representatives of this county, and of the c.onsulting firm that they have employed, of our misgivings with regard to their plan."
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has been requested by its members to take a vote on the proposed school evacuation plan in the event of a nuclear accident'at Indian Point.
The document is available for review at all three schools, the library, and the district office.
Please check the number of the statement that most closely reflects your feelings on this matter and return it before recruary 26th to:
Adele Josiger, PTSA President 2 Jacoby Street l
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RESOLUTION RECOMMENDED FOlt ADOPTION BY ALL LOCALS I
Motion:
Oppenition to the Padiological Emergency Response Plan Whereas the procedures for evacuation of school district persennel and 1
students in the event of a nuclear accident at India # Point were
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develeped with minimal consideration for these people mest affected by it, and Whereas these procedurras require students and persennel to be dispersed to widely diverse areas far from their heces and families, and Whereas these proceduras can result in separatica of children and parents in the same family to widely varying locaticas at a time of f
potential crisis, stress and confusion, and i
,h*nereas these procedures assuce that workers from areas outside the i
nuclear danger zene will enter the danger ene to transper.
personnel and students at some hazard to their health and life, and Whereas there is serious doubt as to the possible success of these proceduros be it f
Resolved that the NYSW locals in Westchestcr/Putnam oppose approval of f
these procedures and cppose local participatica in. such procedures, i
and be it further Resolved that the NYSW local me=bers carefully censider the negative consequences of the plan before subjecting their children to it, j
and be it further Resolved that the NYSW local presidents convey this cotion to the 9
Superintendent of Schools and the Beard of Education and request their support of similar resolutions, and be it further local Resolved that the n pres 1dentO. notify government authorities charged with approval of this plan that' it is considered unrealistic, unworkable and unacceptable to the enembership of the Westchester/
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OSSINING TRAC ~iERS ASSOCIATION Ossining, New York 10562 i
Motion: Opposition to the Radiological Emergency Respon.ee Plan 8
Whereas the procedures for evacuation of echool dietrict omrconnel and students in the event of a nuclear accident at Indian Point u cre developed with minimal concideration for thoce a:ople mo.et affected by it, and Whereas these procedures reoutre student.e and oereonnel to be dienereed to widely diverse areas far from their homce a.1d 'amilicr. and Whereas thcae procedurc~s can result in secaration of childre1 and carente in the same family to widely varying location.e 4.t a time of potential crisis, stress and confusion, and Whereas these procedures assume that workers from areas outside the
, nuclear danger zone will enter the danger. zone to transport personnel and students at some hazard to their health and life, and I
Whereas there is serious doubt as to the possible success of these procedures, beit Resolved that the Ossining Teacher's Association (OTA) oppose approval of these procedures and oppose OTA participation in such procedures, and be it further Resolved that the OTA members carefully consider the negative consequences of the plan before subjecting their children to it, and be it further
. Resolved that the' OTA convey this motion to the Superintendent of Schools and the Board of Education and request their support of similar resolutions, and be it further Resolved that the OTA no:ify government authorities charged with accroval i
of this plan thnt it is considered unreatietic. unuorkable and unacceptable to the OTA membershio.
Resolution approved by the OTA membershio April 27. 1982.
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POCANTICO HILLS TEACHERS ASSOCIA TION l
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Motion:
Opposition to the Radiological Emergency Response Plan Whereas the procedures for evacuation of school district. personnel and students in the event of a nuclear accident at Indian Point were developed with I
minimal consideration for those people ::sost affected by it, and I
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to videly diverse areas far from their homes and families, and Whereas these procedures can result in separation of children and parents in the same family to videly varying locations at a time of potential crisis, stress, and confusion, and Whereas these procedures assume that verkers from areas outside the nuclear danger zone vill enter the danger ::ene to transport personnel and students at some hazard to their health and life, and f
Whereas there is serious doubt as to the possible success of these procedures, and.
l Resolved that the NYSUT local in Pocantico Hills oppose approval of these procedures and oppose local participation in such procedures, and be it further Resolved that the UYSUT 1ccal members carefully consider the negative consequences of the plan before subjecting their children to it, and be it further Resolved that the NYSUT local president convey this motion to the Superintendent of Schools and the Board of Education and request their support of similar resolutions, and be it ^arther i !
t t Resolved that the local president notify government authorities charged with approval of this plan that it is considered unrealistic, unworkable and unacceptable to the membership of the Pocantico Hills NYSUT.
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I Wereas the precedures for evacuation of school district personnel and students in the evene of a nuclear accident at Indi n Point were developed with minical consideracica for those pecple most affected by it, and Wereas these procedures require students and persennel to be dispersed to widely diverse areas far from their hc=es and families, and Whereas these procedures can res..lt in separatien of children and parents in the same f a=ily to widely varying locaticas at a time of potential crisis, stress and ccafusion, and Ehereas these procedures assu=e that workers fres areas cutside the nuclear danger =ene will enter tne dancer zone to transport persennel and students at some ha:ard to their health and life, and Wereas there is serious doubt [ as to the possible succes's of these procedures, be it t/mlIt' $-b f./ A$4 O.sls+=rLsea) 4 6~) 2.
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il IJ these procedures and cppose local participatica in.such proceddr~es, I8 and be it further lJrit& W N6 C/ad'N, l.oc.SJ $OQ*L -
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consequences of the plan before subjecting their children to it, I
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Superincandene of Schcols and the Soard of Educatien and request their support of sir.ilcr resolutiens, and be it fur.her local Resolved that theg pres 2. dent'3. notify government authorities charged with approval of this plan that it is censicerad unrealistic, l
unworkable and unacceptable to the me=bership of the. Westchescer/
Putna'm NYStJr locsis.
i Resolution fas amended) adopted by the putnam/ Northern Westchester BOCES Teachers Association, June 1, 1982 1
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PUTNAM VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD Resolves that the Putnam Valley Board of Education feels that the current Putnam County Nuclear Evacuation Plan as proposed is un-workable in its current state a'nd needs immediate attention and revision.
And, be it further resolved that all federal, state and county agencies involved in drafting the plan should be notified of our feelings.
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PUTNAM VALLEY SCHOOL BOAP.D Resolves that the Putnam Valley Board of Education feels that the current Putnam County Nuclear Evacuation Plan as proposed is un-workable in its current state and needs immediate attention and revision.
And, be it further resolved that all federal, state and county agencies involved in drafting the plan should be notified of our feelings.
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300 COLUMBUS AVENUE, VALHALLA. NEW YORK 10595 LOCAL 3075 NEW YORE STATE UNITED TEACHERS AMERICAN FEDER Afl0N OF TEACHER 5-AFL CIO Mo:lon: Opposition to the Radiological Emergency Respon.ec Plan l
Whereas the procedures for evacuation of.echool dietrict 02reonnel and I
students in the event of a nuclear accident ar indian Point "cr'c developed with minimal concideration fo.- thoce orople moet affected by it, and j
Whereas these procedures reouire student.e and cereonnel to be dienereed to widely diverse arcas far from their homce and familicr. a7d Whereas the:e procedurc~ can result in secaration of childre1 and carente s
in the same family to uidely varying location.e at a time of potential crisis, stress and confusion. and Whereas these procedures assume 'tha: wor'kers from areas outside the
. nuclear danger zone will enter the danger zone to transport personnel and students at some hazard to their health and life, and Whereas there is serious doubt as to the possible success of these procedures.
be it Resolved that the valhalla Teachers Association (VTA) oppose approval of thecc procedures and oppose::vTA participation in such procedures.
and be it further Resolved that the 'vTA members carefully consider the negative consequences of the plan before subjecting their children to it, and bc it further j
. Resolved that the' vTA convey this motion :o the Superintendent of Schoolo i
and the Board of Education and recuest their support of similar resolutions, and be.it further Resolved that the VTA no:ify, government authoritics charged "ith accroval l
of this plan that it is considered unrcalietic. unworkable and P
unacceptable to the vTA membershio.
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TERRY ST. VINCENT SIL RICHARO S. GREENE STEVEN WILLS BOARD OF EDUCATION STATDIENT ON THE INDIAN POINT RADIOLOGICAL DIERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN After carefully reviewing the Radiological Emergency Response Plan, and after sponsoring a district-wide meeting with representatives of the Power Authority of the State of New York, the Yorktown Central School District Ecard of Educa-tion believes that the present evacuation plan is neither feasible nor does it represent a workable option which would be considered viable for the protection and safety of the students, staff and residents in our district. Our conclu-sien, therefore, is that the proposed plan be eliminated.
In view of its many errors, the evacuation plan further serves at this ti=e only to undermine the credibility of the utilities with regard to the safe operation of Indian Point. This document which has been proposed without consultation with local school districts is both unacceptable and functionally' non-operable. Due to the nature of the highly populated commurities surround-ing Indian Point and the inadequate roads, the Board of Education has serious doubts whether any workable evacuation plan can actually be developed for this area.
Sin pcn: cf sur prime responsibilities, is to protect the health and safety of our students, the following. ten points represent some of the more glaring prob-lems which as yet remain unresolved by PASNY:
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What authority does a superintendent have in mandating that staff go on buses that are evacuating students? We believe that legally we cannot mandate this action if staff decided to be with their own children.
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What arrangements have been made for food, blankets, medical supplies, public health facilities and radiological detection equipment for per-sonnel at the reception centers?
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If parents come to school to get their children during an evacuation, do we refuse them that right? As parents, we wouldn't want to be refused, but who will take care of the major traffic jams on major roads and on school sites when parents and buses arrive at the sa=e time? New York City uses the word " gridlock" to describe stalled traffic, and we believe that word would apply here. The plan does not deal with a realistic con-cern: what are the radiological exposure dangers to our children stranded
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We have children in 14 schools located within the Emergency Planning Zone. 9f They will be transported to ten different reception centers. Many families have students in two or more of the schools. Since they will wind up in the triangle of White Plains, Hopewell Jurction and the Connecticut border, how are parents expected to retrieve their children? Are we again encour-aging " gridlock" on our narrow roadways? How long would students be at the triangle, and what happens to them af ter they arrive there?
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Over a year ago we notified those in authority that the French Hill School was deleted from the plan. That school which houses BOCES students and a l
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We see no arrangements for severely handicapped (wheelchair) students.
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On Table 1. Page SCl-7, Item #5, PASNY has 45 students scheduled for two 15-passenger vans. On Page Sci-15, Item #13, PASNY has 28 students scheduled for one 15-passenger van.
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PASNT has taken our bus fleet and sent it into ten different unfamiliar areas and replaced the vehicles taken from us with 26 vehicles from Liberty Bus Company who are totally unfamiliar with our school locations.
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have our buses, why must we give them away and then hope that someone will replace them?
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khe plan indicates the use of 75 buses from the Vanguard Yorktown fleet.
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stranded. How will they be evacuated?
- 10. Most of our drivers are parents of children in our schools. Is is reason-able to assume that they would leave the area in lieu of transporting their children out of the area?
These deficiencies and the continual malfunctioning; problems occurring at Indian Point, coupled with the inability to safely and effectively evacuate residents should an accident occur, create a constant threat to the welfare cf the community. Until the operational and functional problems are satis-factorily rectified, the Board of Education requests that the Nuclear Regula-tory Commission close Indian Point.
l In reviewing whether a workable plan can be developed, we request that input by school, town and community representatives be mandated. We further suggest 3
that on-site visits be made to both receiving and sending districts to ensure e
that the number of students slated to go to those particular receiving stations can indeed be accommodated without the necessity of separating the family unit.
We, the Yorktown Heights Central Schools Board.of i:ducation, charge the Nuclear Regulatory Cocmission with the responsibility to t.tke appropriate action that is consistent with the concerns voiced by the affected communities.
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I At a YCT general membership meeting held on March 8,1982 YCT members unan-inc,usly voted to endorse a resolution in strong opposition to the prcposed nuclear emergency evacuation procedures. I would urge the Board to join us in opposition for the following reasons:
- 1) The plans, which impact heavily on school district personnel, parents and students were developed with no participation by representatives of our Board, unicms representing workers or any parent or student groups.
- 2) I believe this plan violates the rights of parents in this district to determine the appropriate response to an emergency for their family mem-bers. The plan could conceivably serarate family members to at least three different locations making the reuniting of a family virtually im-possible during a potentially life threatening emergency. As a parent, I would not tolerate the mandatory separation of my family members dur-ing such an emergency.
- 3) I believe this plan violates the rights of children to remain with their families and siblings in time of emergency. At a time when political administrations decry the lack of stability in families, it seems most l
unwise to tear family units asunder, during an emergency, when they should be participating in one of their closest relationships. A plan
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alleviate the pressure felt in an emergency.
- 4) I believe this plan violates the rights of employees within and without affected school districts.
Within our district, any requirement that staff leave their cars and board busses with children to distant locations, destroys that staff members ability to use his or her auto in an attempt to join with his or her family or to leave the nuclear danger zone on their own.
The plan will invite confrontations between staff and parents who prefer to take their children rather than have them board buses if any are available.
Additionally, the plan requires bus drivers from outside the nuclear danger zone to enter the potentially lethal zone to pick up students and faculty. I believe all these situations represent activities beyond what could reasonably be called " professional" obligations.
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Anyone who has driven on Route ~202 in Yorktown between 5-7PM or on Route 6 heading to Westchester Mall on any Saturday is aware of the horrendous traffic jams with no emergency in progress. - Do we ser-iously believe there will be'less traffic on these major " escape routes" in the event of a life threatening emergency?
I view the plan as a panacea to lull the public into a false belief that there is a way for them to escape from a nuclear disaster. It is remeniscent of those days when I was in high school when the govern-ment suggested we build bomb shelters to escape nuclear bombs. I did not build a bomb shelter then and I will not give the YCT im-primatur to a patently absurd plan, now.
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Whe reas the procedures for evacuation of school district personnel and students in the event of a nuclear,. accident at Indian Point were developed with no teacher union input, and Whereas these procedures require students and personnel to be despursed to widely diverse areas far from their homes and vehicles, and Whereas these procedures can result in separation of children and parents in the same family to widely varying locations at a time of potential crisis, and Whereas ' these ' procedures require workers from areas outside the nuclear danger sone to enter the danger sono to transport personnel and students at some hazard to their health and life, and Whereas there is serious doubt as to the possible success of these procedures, be it Resolved that the YCT oppose irplementation of these procedures and YCT participa-
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Hosolved that the YCF enlist support for this motion from other district employee 1
unions, and*be it further kesolved that the YCT convey this motion to the Superinten' dent of schools and the Board of Education and request their support of similar resolutions, and be it further l
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a committee consisting of employee union, parent, student and administrative representatives to discuss and recomunend alternatives to the present pec,gran Motion passed March 8, 1982 YCT Ceneral i4cmbership mo' ting e
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our 722 members has been issued a card signifying membership.
On the back of this card there is a statement setting forth the ob-jectives of the PTA.
I would like to share just two of these ob-jectivas with you.
The first is that the PTA will " promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school. community, and place of worship."
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One other states that the PTA will work "to secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth."
It is for these two reasons that we feel the evacuation plan is inadequate.
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According to the plan as presented to the cormunity in the booklet " Indian Point, emergency planning and you" we'are to assume that enough bus drivers will come into this area to transport over 4000 school children to safe areas.
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Who is going to demand that these teachers wait with their classes rathee than go home to tend to their own familyh needs? Will the schools have to forbid parents from coming to the schools and getting their own children?
Let's suppose for a minute that the children are bussed to the
" safe areas".
Will the teachers be forced to go with their classes?
Who will be at the reception areas to insure the safety and well being of the children there?
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You are asking too much of responsible parents and school personnel.
How can we put trust into such a plan?
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Was this plan made with any input from the schools, police.
fire department, or ambulance corps?
Did anyone speak to the Director of Transportation, of the Yorktown Schools, who has the j
responsibility of these children 180 days a year?
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N'a have too many que6tions and no answers.
In your booklet you state that the plan will " enable officials to cope with emergency situations that may arise."
We feel that the plan as it now stands will create many more emergency situations than we already have.
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Opinions differ en nuke safety: l U.S., state vs. ocal~ officials i
By JON CRAIG Indian Point's tko active. reactors are Rockland County officials are working hard Staff Writer located in Buchanan,24. miles north of New. ' tot come up with their own emergency State and federal officials say serious York City. The IS mile area around the evacuation plan. Earlier nis summer, Rocl(-
flaws in emergency plans for the Indian plant is inhabited by 270.000 people, making. land s,,.i...,4 current versions of the plap Pointi nuclear plants can be remedied by Ing,the most densely populated area surround-it and called for a sheldown~ of the nuclear December. But local officials, rnindful of the any nuclear power plant in the nation.
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l millions of dollars it would cost, are skeptl.
After the March 1979 ace' dent.at Three Officials from Con Edison and the stat?
cal Mile Island in Harrisburg, Pa., the NRC, Power Authority, which operate the two The officials were,among, those who. required nuclear plants'to submit plans for, Indian Point reactors, told the committee testified at a hearing Thursday before a the sheltering or evacuation of residents they have spent more than $10 million ch special committee.of the state Assembly. living within 10 miles of a plant.
- tirawing up emergency plans, installing si-The hearing was part of an effort to deter-In an interim report released in July,the rens and participating In a March 3 drill mine whether current plans meet the re-Federal Emergency Management Agency The utility officials said they think ani quirements of the statt Emergency said existing emergency plansifor Indian revisions in; trhat they sey are already Radiological Preparedness Act of 1981.
Point do not meet federal standards. The adequate plans can be r ade without more Representatives of citizens' groups con-Nuclear Regulatory Comm4ssion has or. money.t e
tended that some aspects of the plan would dered the plants'. operators to correct the PASNY's Phillip Bane said Indian Poldt never be workable, while s esmen for deficiencies by early December or face is equipped with more. estensive safety utilities said they believe plans are penalties such as fines, a shutdown or revo, devices than other nuclear plant to compen-
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cation of operating licenses.
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Roger B. Kowleski of FEMA said,"These." Depending on the t.ce of the s.m.e.4,
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"efgni. bat deficieneles," can only be cor-piementation of proposed training (and) up.
Steven S. Sholly of the Union of Corb rected with more funds. Even then, te said, dating of plans."
cerned Scientists said be is afrald.that much he could not assure a safe and speedy Donald Davidoff, director of the state'4 of the public might not be soequately evscuation of the pubDe during a nuclear Radiological Emergency Preparedness, alerted by or even hear warning strees. Ab accident.
Group, said his group also believes "the accident,14 said,.would require protectioti The emergency act allows the state to majority of the significant deficiencies will of people and food far beyond radius of the assess operators of nuclear plants arnual ta corrected well within the (nest) 90 days."
10-mile emer planning zone.
l fees of about $2$0,000 for emergency plan-John Grant, chairman of the Rockland "Incre funding should not be viewed ning. The assembly's Special Committee on County Legislature, disagreed. "Our legis-as a cure.all for the problems with emergen-t Nuclear Power Safety is considering wheth-lature felt the plan simply cannot work. Our >cy planning," Sholly said; calling Indiah er at should ask for more money.
road network just cannot accommodate this Point a "hm u.2, Jy risky site."
l But, DelBello said, "We do hot have the traffic.
Town of Yorktown Supervisor Nancy resources in hand or even on the way from "I don't think all of the money in (fie Elliott, president of the Westchester Town the state to put us in the ition to fully state treasury can make an evacuation pos-Supervisors Association, said, *The plan that accomplish the tasks and ob tives detailed sible in Rockland County," Grant said.
ly exists is not realistic. If people in the plan."
Still, he assured the assemblymen that-ved as robots the plan might work."
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