ML20033B080
| ML20033B080 | |
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| Site: | Hatch, Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 11/24/1981 |
| From: | Dean R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | GEORGIA, STATE OF |
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| NUDOCS 8111300349 | |
| Download: ML20033B080 (4) | |
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,.On Novenber 10, 1981, I sent you and the commission a Western Union mailgram requesting an immediate invdstigation of the p,ossibic health hazards and I also questioned 2the economic necessity of a proposed multi-million dollar high voltage l'.
transmiss.iom iine to be built by Georgia Power Company through seven south Georgia
'co6nties.Io the Florida'line.
Ovar. two weeks have gone by and I have received no word from yor or the Commiss' ion about this matter, Mound November 20, 1981, I sent each Georgia Public Service Ccmmissioner a personal--letter requesting a public hearing on.the matter before construction of the high voltage transmission line is started or well underway.
I also enclosed an article from Environment Magazine entitled High Voltage Lines: llazard at a Distance.
As of this date received no phone call or other communication in a public bearing from your or the commission.
response-to my reque_
.a I have spent fou days making long distance telephone calls, at my expense, to scientists, energy experts and technicians, cut-of-state Public Service Com-missions and Federal and state officials-who have dealt with the problem in other states. I have gathered a g'reati deal of documented information, testimony, studies, and reports that point to potential health hazards brought on by high voltage transmission lines,
._In the opinion of many Georgia Power Company has been unfair and insensi-1 tive'to the peopic in this area ci :~he state about the entire matter. Very little informa' tion has heen forthcoming nom the power company. Why has no localized environmenta! health impact study been released to the general public by the Georgia Power Corapany. (There is " independent evidence" that points up health hazards brought on by high power transinission lines.) Why has no area-wide public infor-mation meeting been conducted by the h.gia Power Company? Why has no localized future energy needs study been released to the general public by the Georgia Power Company? (Future energ/ projections by a special task force has indicated a very low growth level for energy in the state.) Are they trying to keep the matter as quiet as possible until construction is completed or well underway?
In light of the above facts, I am again reguesting that the Georgia Public Service Commissicn consider conducting two public hearings in our area of the state about_the matter.
I,suggest that the first public hearing be held by the Public LService Commission for the gurpose of Coorgin Power Company officials presenting a loh.Hizedenvironmentalhealth-imoactstudyand-aElocalir.edfutureenergyneedsp6k stgd2 to the people about the entire tatter of high voltage transmission lines. g This hearing should also allow.ths neonle to ask ouestions of the power company 3* N cfficials and the studies.
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It is :urther suggested for your consideration that the Public Service Com-mission conduct a second public hearing, in our a va of the state, a month later,
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after the Georgia Power nearing,. at which time the general public can testify as well as scientific experts who have had time to evaluate any localized environ-mental health impact studies or_ localized future energy needs studies that Georgia Power Company MAY have presented at the first hearing.
After both hearings have been held, it is,uggested for your consideration that a detailed scientific ihvestigation be made by the Public Service Commission into the entire matter.
It'is suggested that scientific experts be hired that have no connection with the electric power companies. (It has been reported that power companies have at times hired certain rescrach scientists on their own in contro-versies such as this o'e.
This practice many times places a cloud over the re-n sults of their findings.) An independent scientific study conducted by scientists with no " axes to grind" and no power company connections is the way the New York, Public Service Commission handled the problem in their state. Once the hearings and independent scientific investigation has been completed, then the Georgia Public Service Commission would be in a nuch stronger position to make a judgment concerning the construction of high voltage power lines in our area.
It goes without saying that both nublic hearings and the scientific investi-gation should be conducted by tbc Public Nervice Commission BEFORE any construction of the high-voltage transmission lines is started or well underway in our area of the state.
This is the American way!
The above suggestions and requests are made to you in the people's best interest and for their welfare.
1he final decision on all these matters of cocrse rests with you the commissioners. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
May I hear from you as soon as possibic? Thank you.
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Roscoe Emory Ucan, JrY Former State Senator Sixth Georgia District Jesup, Georgia 31545 912-427-4419 P.S.
It is suggested that you consider holding bot
- hearings in a central location in our area of the state insofar as the seven counties effected are geographically situated.
It is forther suggested for your considera-tion that sufficient time be given so all parties can be notified of the place, time and dates of the hearings.
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1 Page 4A - Wednesday, Noveriber 25,1981. THE PRESS SENTINEL Progress?
We dont want u crawl up art a suamp and begin hurhng ac-plant was tmut that the company couhl tmDd such a structure rusations at a neighbor. But we think the Georgia Power Com-merely by means of an agreement with tie. U.S. Army Corps of pny ought to do a httle more taDLing to residents of this par-Engirieers. We thought the river belonged to es a!!, and that we em of the state. The comoany is involved in two projects that aD should have a say in anything that mig 4 alter it.
I s e stirred up quite a txt of interest, and to date, we have yet We havent checked with ITT Rayaler le get that J 5 ear. satisfactory explanation from the company or a con-company's opinion, but we know that this local industry trmatwo of suspcians by others.
depends on the flow of the Altamaha's waters. Effluent enters De first project that caught our attention several months the river below this plant, and without sidftclent flow, CPA can not he M ago e as the plan to bund a high voltage power line from Plant Batch to Florida. ActuaUy, we have determined that two such t is the M d h weir on tlw ha flow? Howlong Pnes are planned; one would cut a swath thr@ Wapse Coun-that M M on tlw rtw?
We are pot pointing our *nger at Georgia Power in either of these matters. But there is a lot of disturting talk floating We have a difficult time understanding how the company around the days in regards to these two itens. We would just can take Georgia land to build a power une to Florida. We have like to hear more pubhc iaput and cohapany input-perhaps in a Afficult tinw understanding why this line to surf,1y power to the form W pubhc meetings. Dese matters need to be discuss-Florida residenta udl make our power cheaper. Arent we pay.
ed so the truth can be known.
Ing higher power tulla presently to help pay for the generating There is growing concern on the part of many re. ate in plants built by Georgia Power? Arent we merely paying more South *ast Georgia. And the longer the auence the more the en the company can produce more so it can seB more?
suspicions that are reported to this newspaper. We think it is A second matter that has our interest is that of the " tem.
tune to get interestad r.=L=nta and company represectatives porary" weir Imut across the Altamaha River. Disturting to sit down and discuss these issues.
rxers have developed of late that there may be a movement We aD love this part of the state, and we plan to be htte for to < hange that " temporary" status to something a little more years to come-both the residents and Georgia Power. So let's pmnanent. While we dont want to advocate est Georgia sit down together and see if we can reacive these ma3ers so we Pmer's investment at Plant Hatch sould sunply be wasted can 39 on hving together sa neighbors, partners in the pro-By forcug the plant to shut down,we were never told when the gress of this region.-DFW 6
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