ML20059B002

Affidavit of RW Donovan Re Staffing Adequacy for Implementation of New Hampshire Radiological Emergency Response Plan for Plant.W/Certificate of Svc

ML20059B002
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	08/22/1990
From:	Donovan R Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Download: ML20059B002 (5)

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J UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i i

Before the Commission:

Kenneth M. Carr, Chairman 1 i

. Thomas M. Roberts Kenneth C. Rogera ]

James R. Curtis ]

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Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, ) 50 444 OL et al. ) Offsite Emergency

) Planning Issues (Seabrook Station, Units 1 & 2) )

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i bFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD W. DONOVAN Richard W. Donovan, having been duly sworn, does declare: '

1. I am Richard W. Donovan, Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) '

Program Manager for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Region X.

Bothell, Washington. Until August 3, 1990, I was TLMA Region I Regional Assistance Committee Chairman fer Seabrook.

2. On April 26, 1990, I was visiting the offices of New Hampshire Yankee I for the purpose of visiting a designated congregate care center, discussing Seabrook Plan for Massachusetts Communities (SPMC) plan review items, and gathering data as part of my final review, evaluation and findings for the i 1

, Seabrook Alert and Notification System (ANS).

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. 3. Mr. Michael Sinclair was also at NHY offices at that time and he asked .

to speak to me briefly as I was leaving the NHY offices. Mr. Sinclair asked me 4 if I was aware of the impact of the New Hampshire Governor's freeze on the State. I indicated that I was aware that certain planning positions in the New  !

Hampshire Office of Emergency Management (NHOEM) and the Division of Public '

Health and Services (DPHS) were vacant. He stated that the impact of the freeze, in his opinion, was greater. He did not, to my recollect:fon, indicate j

any percentage shortfall. He asked if I would look into the staffing situation.

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4. I replied that TEMA was aware of the freeze, that I had previously a

discussed the impact with the State of New Hampshire, and that New Hampshire had indicated the freeze impact was only affecting certain REP planning positions i (as distinct from emergency response positions). I pointed out that my tenure as Seabrook RAC Chairman was coming to an end shortly [May 30) and that I had only one more trip planned in two weeks for the TEMA ANS acceptance test. I indicated that TEHA had its normal verification process, that is, review of staffing and training rosters and a scheduled Seabrook exercise for December 1990.

5. Following this conversation, I visited NHOEM's office in Concord, N.H.

I met with NHOEM staff and discussed the following subjects: status of REP contracts between the utility (NHY) and the State to fund positions, conduct REP.

training and maintain preparedness; whether the freeze was affecting the State's capability and preparedness program; and the State's expectations on how long the freeze was going to last.

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. 6. NHOEM staff confirmed that:

A. Certain REP planning positions (as distinct from emergency response positions) were vacant as a result of the freeze; B. I These ' freeze related vacancies" did not affect the State's ability l to staff the New Hampshire Radiological Emergency Response Plan (NHRERP);

C. New Hampshire Yankee had indicated that monies would be provided in rt 91 (7/90 to 6/91) to meet all State and local governments' request to maintain planning and preparedness; and D. The freeze was expected to be removed within the next two months.

7. I had completed an extremely thorcugh plan review and evaluation of the NHRERP in February 1990. As part of the process, I reviewed the New Hampshire Annual Letter of Certification (ALC) that was submitted on January 31, 1990.

The ALC contains a report on staffing and training records. I compared this January 1990 report with my records and the report submitted to me in the fall of 1989. The January 1990 report was representative of the staffing rosters ,

maintained by New Hampshire and clearly indicated that adequate staff had been designated and trained for their assignments in the NHRERP.

8. As a result of-my-interviews with NHOEM staff and reviews of their records I concluded that the small number of vacancies that existed did not affect the State's abirity to staff and implement the NHRERP. '

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) Docket Nos. 50-443 OL l PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF ) 50-444 OL NEW HAMPSHIRE,11 al. ) Off site Emergency Planning 4

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I CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ,

I hereby certify that copies of "NRC STAFPS RESPONSE TO INTERVENORS'

" EMERGENCY MOTION TO REOPEN Tile RECORD ON THE ADEOUACY OF THE STAFFING OF THE NHRERP AND FOR IMMEDIATE SHUTDOWN" in the above captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class or, as indicated by an asterisk, by deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's internal mail system, and as indicated by double asterisks, by express mail, this 22nd day of August 1990:

Ivan W. Smith, Chairman (2)' Thomas G. Dignan, Jr., Esq." ,

Administrative Judge Robert K. Gad, III, Esq. '

Atomic Safety and Licensing Ropes & Gray Board One International Place 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Boston, MA 02110-2624 Commission Washington, DC 20555 Peter Brann, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General Richard F. Cole

• Office of the Attorney General Administrative Judge State House Station 6 Atomic Safety and Licensing Augusta, ME 04333 Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Diane Curran, Esq.

Commission Harmon, Curran & Tousley Washington, DC 20555 2001 S Street, NW Suite 430 Kenneth A. McCollom Washington, DC 20009 Administrative Judge 1107 West Knapp Street Stillwater, OK 74075 ,

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2-John Traficonte, Esq." R. Scott Hill Whilton, Esq. ,

Assistant Attorney General Lagoulis, Hill Whilton Office of the Attorney General & Rotondi  !

One Ashburton Place,19th Floor 79 State Street .

Boston, MA 02108 Newburyport, MA 01950 ,

Stephen E. Merrill Allen Lampert Attorney General Civil Defense Director Geoffrey Huntington, Esq. Town of Brentwocd Assistant Attorney General 20 Franklin Street Office of the Attorney General Exeter, NH 03833 25 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301 William Armstrong Civil Defense Director Robert A. Backus, Esq. Town of Exeter Backus, Meyer & Solomon 10 Front Street 116 Lowell Street Exeter, NH 03833 Manchester, NH 03106 Gary W. Holmes, Esq.

HJ Flynn, Esq. Holmes & Ellis Assistant General Counsel 47 Winnacunnet Road Federal Emergency Management Hampton, NH 03842 Agency 500 C Street, SW Barbara J. Saint Andr6, Esq.

Washington, DC 20472 Kopelman and Paige, P.C.

Counsel for Amesbury, Jack Dolan Newburyport & Salisbury Federal Emergency Management 101 Arch Street Agency Boston, MA 02110 Region I -

J.W. McCormack Post Office & Judith H. Mizner, Esq.

Courthouse Building, Room 442 Counsel for West Newbury Boston, MA 02109 79 State Street Newburyport, MA 01950 Paul McEachern, Esq.

Shatnes & McEachern Robert Carrigg, Chairman 25 Maplewood Avenue Board of Selectmen P.O. Box 360 Town Office Portsmouth, NH 03801 Atlantic Avenue North Hampton, NH 03862 George Hahn, Esq.

Attorney for the Examiner Mrs. Anne E. Goodman, Chairman Hahn & Hesson Board of Selectmen 350 5:h Ave., Suite 3700 1315 Newmarket Road New York, NY 10118 Durham, NH 03824

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1 Hon. Gordon J. Humphrey George Iverson, Director l United States Senate NH Office of Emergency J 531 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Management i Washington, DC 20510 State House Office Park South l 107 Pleasant Street i Richard R. Donovan Concord, NH 03301 Federal Emergency Management Agency Jane Doherty, Director  :

Federal Regional Center Seacoast Anti Pollution League 130 228th Street, SW 5 Market Street Bothell, WA 98021 9796 Portsmouth, NH 03801 Peter J. Matthews, Mayor Robert R. Pierce, Esq.*

City Hall Atomic Safety and Licensing [

Newburyport, MA 01950 Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Michael Santosuosso, Chairman Commission Board of Selectmen Washington, DC 20555 South Hampton, NH 03827 Atomic Safety and Licensing Ashod N. Amirian, Esq. Appeal Panel (6)*

Town Counsel for Merrimac U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 145 South Main Street Commission P.O. Box 38 Washington, DC 20555 Bradford, MA 01835 Atomic Safety and Licensing Suzanne Breiseth Board Panel (1)*

Board of Selectmen U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Town of Hampton Falls Commission Drinkwater Road Washington, DC 20555 11ampton Falls, NH 03844 Office of the Secretary (2)*

Michael C. Sinclair U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Graystone Emergency Management Commission Associates Washington, DC 20555 13 Summer Street Attn: Docketing and Service Hillsboro, NH 03244 Section

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Sherwin E. Turk l Senior Supervisory l Trial Attorney

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