ML20059F333
| ML20059F333 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Claiborne |
| Issue date: | 12/28/1993 |
| From: | Crocker T AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9401130282 | |
| Download: ML20059F333 (2) | |
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I TOM S. CROCKER. M AYOR TOWN COUNCIL:
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A J. KENDRICK P H O N E (3151 62 4 o 911 ATTORNEY RAY KILLGORE M ARlLYN BUSH. CITY JOYCE M AJoR CLERK & TREASURER RANoAL TwoMAS December 28,1993 D^V'" "'" * "^"*"^'
Chief. Enrichment Branch Fuel Cycle Safety, ONMSS U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Sir:
I have read the Draft-Environmental Impact Statement for the Construction and Operation of Claiborne Enrichment Center, Homer, Louisiana, and wish to make
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comments regarding this draft.
My name is Tom S. Crocker and I have served Haynesville, Louisiana as Mayor since 1985.
I am a native of Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, am married to Tina Burns Crocker, also from Haynesville, and we have'one son, Nathan, a i
sophomore at Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana.
As mayor, I serve on the Claiborne Parish Economic Development Foundation Board which was involved with the Louisiana Energy Services from the very beginning.
LES has provided tours of similar plants in Europe so that people.could get a first hand look at the type of plant that would be built and the groups had unlimited opportunity to visit with people in the communities to get their thoughts and comments.
There has been no occurance of signigicant releases of uranimum hexafloride to the environment at the plants of this type in Europe.
The location of the LES plant and its operational impact on ground water quality, and surface water quality, such as Lake Claiborne, are expected to be minimal.
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estimated doses of radiation are only a small fraction of the doses received from background radiation sources.
Claiborne Parish and all our communities; Homer, Lisbon, Junction City, Summer-field and Athens and all the smaller communities are experiencing high unemployment and underemployment at this time, so the high paying construction jobs and plant operations jobs will be welcome and a great benefit to all our local economies.
The proven high tech process that the LES Plant would bring to Claiborne Parish would certainly provide our young people a reason to stay in Claiborne Parish, and leave and go elsewhere to follow a career not available to them presently not "at home".
The locating of LES in Claiborne Parish will certainly offer more incentive for staying in school and also allow many more local people to be placed in an advantageous position to be hired locally.
The planned LES plant location is situated in a Rural Enterprise Zone, which has specific requirements as to employing local people for position at the company.
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l Page 2 Chief, Enrichment Branch Fuel Cycle Safety, ONMSS U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 After the safety of the plant is proven, a major benefit to come from LES, aside from the job opportunities and other major economic benefits, would be the one percent Claiborne Parish School Board tax that will generate approximately
$5 million over a 3 to 4 year period, providing a revolving cycle of improvement in the educational process of our children; better educated, better prepared, better jobs available when ready to enter the job market!
DEIS has concluded that the plant can be " constructed and operated with small and acceptable impacts on the public and the environment."
Therefore, as Mayor, as a businessman, as a parent, as a supporter of more and better education for our children, and as an ardent supporter and promoter of economic development in Claiborne Parish, also for our children and all citizens of our area, I am wholeheartly in support of the Louisiana Energy Services plant.
I encourage the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to complete its review and license the plant as soon as possible.
Sincerely, A CLb Tom S. Crocker Mayor Town of Haynesville TSC/mmb i