ML20059E626

Forwards State of Nh Describing Training for Decisionmaking Strategy for Emergency Response Planning Area a & Elsewhere.Fema Believes That State of Nh Training Program Adequate

ML20059E626
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	06/19/1990
From:	Gordon Peterson Federal Emergency Management Agency
To:	Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
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". Mr. James M. Taylor  :

Executive Director for Operations T ' ..' Nuclear Regulatory Ccmnission t Washington, D.C. 20555 l Dear Mr. Taylors l 4

As you know, the Seabrook Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) conducted a pre-hearing conference on June 5, 1990, in Concord, New Ha gshire. At that conference, Judge Smith proposed that the State of New Hapshire prcwide a statement regarding their trainirg progran for decisiorinakers  ;

for radiological energencies at the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station, especially as it concerns Dnergency Response Planning Area (ERPA) A. The '

State a M to provide the requested information. We Federal Dnergency Management Agency (FD%) agreed to review the State's statement and confirm the adequacy of the training to the Nuclear Regulatory Cczanission (NBC) by June 20, 1990.

l l Attached is a copy.of the June 14, 1990, letter that FDM received fran l the Director of the New Hanpshire Office of Dnergency Management. We l letter describes the training for decisiorunakers on protective action decisionmaking strategy for ERPA A and elsewhere, including recent revisions ,

to add supplemental materials related to issues before the ASLB.. Based on FDR's review of training materials,1988 and 1989 staffing rosters and training records and the performance of the New Hampshire decisionmakers in the 1988 exercise, it is FD%'s position that New Hampshire's existing training progran is adequate, that the additional matecials will be a further enhancement ard that the revised training progran adequately addresse.s the issue identified by the ASLB at the June 5,1990 pre-hearing L conference. The FDR Regional Assistance Ccunittee Chairman for Seabrook will participate in a training session including these materials on June 27, 1990, in New Hanpshire.

L If you have any questions c. bout this information, please feel free to call p me at 646-3692.

l Sin ly Grant C. Peterson

Associate Director

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Mr. Richard H. Strome, Director Federal Emergency Management Agency Region One 3.W. McComack Post Office & Court House Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Dear Mr. Strome:

The shelter-in-place provisions of the New Hampshire Radiological-Emergency Response Plan (NHRERP) were discussed at length hhe the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Comission's Atomic Safety and Lice. sing Board (ASLB) at a kne 5,1990 pre-hearing conference held in Concord, New Hampshire.

l The State of New Hampshire's response to a scenario where there are impediments to an evacuation of the beach population was central to this '

meeting. As a result of the discussion before the ASLB it was cgreed that New Hampshire would make this submission to your office indicating the State's

.x ' position that it's emergency decision-makers are conversant with the -

protective action decision-making strategy for ERPA "A". New Hampshire is' confident that its decision-makers are familiar with the issues and-consequences of protective action decision-making for the beach area. We

! request, therefore, that FEMA review the matter and confirm that this is the L = case, and that the additional steps set forth in this letter will provide L further assurance. ,

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Each person from the Governor's office, the Office of Emergency >

Management, and the Department of Public Health who acts as a principal decision-maker and is involved in formulating HtERP protective action recommendations is thoroughly conversant with the issues that have been raised regarding the implementation of protective actions for ERPA "A" and elsewhere. Decision-maker's have reviewed LBP-90-l?, and the State of New Hampshire's and Federal Emergency Management Agency's coments to the Appeal Board regarding the recomendations of LBP-90-12. These individuals have been extensively briefed by state officials who are directly responsible for determining the State's position, and each has participated in the development of the State of New Hampshire's response to recent orders of the ASLB.

The following are steps which the State of New Hampshire will take to further ensure that its decision-makers are throughly versed regarding the protective action recommendations for ERPt. "A", including a scenario premised on the existence of impediments to evacuation as discussed at the line 5,1990 pre-hearing conference.

1. Specific discussions relating to the aforementioned issues will be included as part of the training program which currently supports the MRERP-pursuant to Volume 1, Section 3.2. In particular Module 12, Protective Action Decision Makirn, will be revised to address pertinent portions of ASLB LBP-90-12, the technical portion of FEMA's prefiled testimony of June 10, 1988, and comments of the State of New Hampshire regarding MtERP sheltering, dated February 16, 1990 and May 28, 1990 respectively. We believe this added material will assure that decision-makers have the knowledce needed to implement the MRERP in a manner which assures the utmost protection for the health and safety of the citizens of New Hampshire.

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participate in a round table discussion within the next 20 days regarding the above issues. The New Hampshire decision-making team will be made available for further briefings by FEMA should you deem that appropriate.

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-If the program outlined above does not meet with FDE's satisfaction we '

would be pleased to hear your suggestions. I assure you that the State of New Hampshire stands ready to undertake whatever steps are demed necessary to -

- resolve these remaining issues.

Thank you for your attention regarding this matter. We look forward to  !

your response and note the ,Lne 22, 1990 deadline for a response which was agreed to by FDM at the ,Lne 5 hearing.

Sincerely, George.L. Iverson Director GLI/jmb j l

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SEABROOK HEARING SERVICE LIST  !

Public' Service Company of New Hampshire USNRC Resident..nspector ATTN: Mr. Edward A. Brown, President Post Office Box 1149  ;

and Chief Executive Officer Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Post Office Box 300 ,

Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 i Public Service Company of.New Hampshire Mr. T. Harpster  ;

ATTN: Mr. Leon E. Maglathlin Public Service Company of  ;

President and Chief Executive New Hampshire Officer P.O. Box 300  ;

P. O. Box 330 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 '

1000 Elm Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 Mr. Donald E. Moody Mr. James M. Peschel Public Service' Company of New Hampshire Public Service Company of New ,

Post Office Box 300 Hampshire i Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Post Office Box 300 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum Mr. R. Hallisey, Director Public Service Company of New Hampshire Dept. of Public Health i Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Commonwealth of Masssachusetts Officer Radiation Control Program Post Office Box 300 150 Tremont Street, 4th Ficor >

Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Boston, MA 02111 Massachusetts. Transportation E. Tupper Kinger, Esq.

Building- Assistant Attorney General

' ATTN: Sarah Woodhouse Office of Attorney General ,

Legislative Assistant 208 State House Annex Ten Park. Plaza - Suite 3220 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Boston, M0ssachusetts 02116 Thomas Dignan, Esa Jerard A. Crouteau, Constable John A. Ritscher, E3q. 82 Beach Road Ropes and Gray P..O. Box 5501 225 Franklin Street Salisbury, Massachusetts 01950 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Dr. Murray Tye, President Panel Sun Valley Association l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 209 Summer Street Washington, D.C. 20H5 Haverhill, Massachusetts 08139

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6 Seabrook Hearing Service List 2 Robert A. Backus, Esq. George D. Bisbee, Esq.

Backus, Meyer and Solomon Assistant Attorney Generai l 116 Lowell Street Office of the Attorney General '

Manchester, New Hampst.'re 03106 25 Capitol Street i Concord, New Hampshire 03301  ;

i Phillip Ahren, Esq. Diane Curran, Esq. l Assistant Attorney General Harmon and Weiss Office of the Attorney General 2001 S. Street, N.W.

State House Station #6 Suite 430 Augusta, Maine 04333 Washington, D.C. 20009

] I Steven Olesky, Esq. D. Pierre G. Cameron, Jr., Esq l Office of the Attorney General General Counsel '

One'Asburton Place Public Service Company of P. O. Box 330 New Hampshire ,

Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 'J I

Ms. Diana P. Randall' Mr. Alfred V. Sargent, Chainnan 70 Collins Street Board of Selectmen  :

Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Town of Salisbury, MA 01950

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Richard Hampe Esq. Ms. Suzanne Breiseth  ;

New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency Board of Selectnen 107 Pleasant Street Town of Hampton Falls Concord, New Hampshire 03874 Drinkwater Road i Hampton Falls, New Hampshire 03844 i Mr. Calvin A. Canney, City Manager Senator Gordon J. Humphrey City Hall ATTN: Tom Burack i 126 Daniel Street. U.S. Senate ,

Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 531 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 '

.r Board of Selectmen Mr. Owen B. Durgin. Chairman RFD Dalton Road Durham Board of Selectmen Brentwood, New Hampshire 03833 Town

• Durham Durham, New Hampshire 03824 Mr. Angie'Machiros, Chairman' Jane Spector

. Board of Selectmen Federal Energy Regulatory Comm. ,

for the Town of Newbury. 825 North Capitol Street, N.E. -

25 High Road Room 8105 Newbury, Massachusetts 01950 Washington, D.C. 20426 ,

Chairman, Board of Selectmen Mr. Guy Chichester, Chairman o Town Hall Rye Nuclear Intervention Committee  !

! RFD 2 c/o Rye Town Hall South Hampton, New Hampshire 03827 10 Central Road p: Rye, New Hampshire 03870 i

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i Ms. Rosemary Cashman, Chainnan Mr. R. Sweeney Board of Selectmen New Hampshire Yankee Division

' Town of Amesbury Public Service Company of Town Hall New Hampshire Amesbury, Massachusetts O'.913 Suite 610. Three Metro Center Bethesda, Maryland 20814

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Honorable Peter J. Matthews Administrative Judge j Mayor, City of Newburyport Howard A. Wilber City Hall Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal 1 Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Administrative Jcdge Administrative Judge .

Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Thomas S. Moore, Esq. '

Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge ,

Emmeth A. Luebke Jerry Harbour  :

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Doard U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 .

Edwin J. Reis, Esq. H. Joseph Flynn, Esq.

L Office of the General Counsel Assistant General Counsel i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Federal Emergency Management Agency >

Washington, D.C. 20555 500 C. Street, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20472 Jack Dolan Carol S. Sneider, Esq.  !

Federal Emergency Management /.gency Assistant Attorney General 442J.W.McCormack(POCH) Office of the Attorney General Boston, Massachusetts 02109 One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor  :

Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Paul McEachern Esq. Richard A. Haaps, Esq Shaines and McEachern Haaps and McNicholas 25 Maplewood Avenue 35 Pleasant Street P. O. Box 360 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Portsmouth, New Hangshire 03801 Allen Lampert -

Board of Selectmen Civil Defense Director 10 Central Street Town of Brentwood L Rye, New Hampshire 03870 20 Franklin Street .

L Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 i

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l Seabrook He3 ring Service List 4 William Armstrong Sandra Gavutis, Chaiman Civil Defense Director Board of Selectmen  :

Town of Exeter RFD #1, Box 1154  !

10 Front Street Kensington, New Hampshire 03827 i Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 Anne Goodman, Chaiman Stanley W. Knowles, Chaiman j Board of Selectmen Board of Selectnen 13-15 Newmarket Road P. O. Box 710 Durham, New Hampshire 03824 North Hampton, New Hampshire 03862 Norman C. Kant 'r Judith H. Mitzner Superintendent of Schools Silverglate, Gertner, Baker, Fine, I School Administrative Unit No. 21 Good, and Mitzner '

Aluani Drive 88 Broad Street Hampton, New Hampshire 03842 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 J

Jane Doughty Gary W. Holmes, Esq.

Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Holmes and Ellis  ;

5 Market Street 47 Winnacunnet Road i Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Hampton, New Hampshire 03842 )

Mr. Robert Carrigg, Chaiman AdjudicatoryFile(2)

Board of Selectmen Atomic Safety and Licensing Board .]

Town Office Panel Docket '

Atlant Avenue U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission North Hampton, New Hampshire 03870 Washington, DC 20555 R. Scott Hill-Whilton, Esq. Mr. George L. Iverson, Director Lagoulis, Clark, Hill-Whilton New Hampshire Office of Emergency

& McGuire Management  :

79 State Street State Office Park South Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 107 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301

, Administrative Judge Administrative Judge G.' Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman IvanW. Smith, Chairman (2)

Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety and Licensing Board L Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Consnission Washington, D.C. 20555 H

- Was!iington, D.C. 20555 Mr. Donald E. Chick, Town Manager

. shod N. Amirian, Esq. Town of Exeter 145 Main Street 10 Front Street P. O. Box 38 Exeter, New Hampshire 03823 i Bradford, Massachusetts 08130  :

Seabrook Hearing Service List 5 j

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge  !

Richard F. Cole Kenneth A. McCollom .

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 1107 West Knapp Street  !

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Stillwater Oklahoma 74057 Washington, D.C. 20555 Robert R. Pierce, Esq.  !

Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. i James H. Carpenter U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i Alternate Technical Member Washington, D.C. 20555  ;

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mitzi A. Young Washington, D.C. 20555 Attorney Office of the General Counsel i Congressman Nicholas Mavroules U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20555 70 Washington Street Salem, Massachusetts 01970 William S. Lord  !

Board of Selectmen George W. Watson, Esq. Town Hall - Friend Street  ;

Federal Emergency Management Agency Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 500 C Street, S.W.  ;

Washington, D.C. 20472 Peter J. Brann, Esq. t Assistant Attorney General John Traficonte, Esq. Office of the Attorney General ,

Chief, Nuclear Safety Unit State House Station, #6 .

Office of the Attorney General Augusta, Maine 04333 One Ashburton Place 19th Floor Sandra F. Mitchell Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Civil Defense Director Town of Kensington '

Barbara J. Saint Andre. Esq. Box 10, RR1 Kopelman and Paige, P.C. East Kingston, New Hampshire 03827 77 Franklin Street  !

Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Gerald Garfield, Esquire Day, Berry and Howard Mr. A. M. Ebner, Project Manager City Place United Engineers and Constructors 4 rtford, Connecticut 06103-3499 Post Office Box 8223 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Mr. J. F. Opeka Northeast Utilities Mr. R. M. Kacich P. O. Box 270 Northeast Utilities Service Company Hartford,-Connecticut 06141-0270 .

P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

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