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Affidavit of T Mitchell Re Reed Contention 3 on Emergency Mgt Director staffing.Full-time Emergency Mgt Director in Montgomery County Unnecessary.Vb Eldringhoff Is Alternate Director
ML20071H527
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Issue date: 05/17/1983
From: Jeffrey Mitchell
AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED, UNION ELECTRIC CO.
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l AFFIDAVIT OF TOM MITCHELL ON l REED CONTENTION 3 (STAFFING - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR)

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TOM-MITCHELL, being' duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:

1. I am the Emergency Management Director ("EMD") for Montgomery County. My business address is the Montgomery County Courthouse, Montgomery City, Missouri. I regularly work _as an electrical main-tenance mechanic in-Montgomery County, in which I have been a resident for 3 7 years. 'I have personal knowledge of the matters stated herein and believe them to be true and correct. I make this

. affidavit in response to Reed Contention 3 (Staffing - Emergency Management Director). ,

2. A portion of Montgomery County (approximatey 56 square miles, in which approximately 500 people reside) is located in the Callaway.

Plant plume exposure pathway emergency-planning zone ("EPZ") .

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3. In my capacity as the Montgomery County EMD, I have been working and will continue to work with Montgomery County government officials to ensure that they are satisfied with the Montgomery County Emergency Response Plan (" Montgomery Plan"). This is an ongoing process, involving numerous meetings with Montgomery County l officials, State. officials, officials from the other counties in the EPZ, and with representatives from Union Electric Company.
4. In Contention 3, Mr. Reed raises essentially four points, which I.will address in turn. Those issues are: (1) a full-time Montgomery County EMD is necessary; (2) Montgomery County has no alternate EMD; (3) the Montgomery County EMD needs secretarial assistance; and, (4) the Montgomery County EMD has been assigned the duties of the Public Information Officer ("PIO") , which would conflict with his other duties during an emergency.
5. I disagree with Mr. Reed's assessment that a full-time EMD is presently necessary in Montgomery County. The technical exper-tise to which Mr. Reed' refers in Contention 3 is not supposed to I

come from the EMD; rather, technically qualified individuals will -

be available to advise the Presiding Judge from the State and from Union Electric Company. For example, the Bureau of Radiological Health is responsible for answering our questions about radiological defense.

In addition, in the event of a radiological emergency at the Callaway

-Plant, numerous technical experts from various fe'deral agencies will be available to assist, as needed. The EMD is responsible for the development and coordination of the county's emergency preparedness program -- an effort which precedes any emergency. In addition,-

during an emergency, the EMD is available to the Presiding Judge to provide assistance and advice in coordinating the emergency response

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effort. The specific tanks assignnd to the EMD all relate to the Lpractical_ aspects of implementation of the Montgomery Plan. These Rather, they depend upon the individual's Larenottechnical[ tasks.

familiarity with the Montgomery Plan,'its relationship to the entire off-site emergency response effort, and the resources and unique

. problems of the county. Furthermore, to the extent the EMD needs  ;

to be familiar with any technical matters, he will receive specific training in these areas from the State of Missouri, supplemented as needed by Union Electric Company.

6i . In my view, it has taken 20 hours2.314815e-4 days <br />0.00556 hours <br />3.306878e-5 weeks <br />7.61e-6 months <br /> of work each week over the past 1 years to resolve the many issues involved in county radio-

., logical emergency preparedness. I have no reason to believe there will be any significant reduction in the amount of time required in the EMD duties once the county plan is in place. For example, just to read and comprehend the voluminous material received from State offices pertaining to emergency preparedness in given weeks would exceed 20 hours2.314815e-4 days <br />0.00556 hours <br />3.306878e-5 weeks <br />7.61e-6 months <br /> of reading and study. Furthermore, if there should be an actual emergency, the time demands would be greatly increased.

7. I believe that I am capable of. serving as the Montgomery-County:EMD while holding this position on a part-time basis. While I have been very busy at times over the past 1 years during my tenure as EMD, I have.been able and will continue to be able to provide assistance to the County Court with respect to radiological _ emergency matters. I consider this a component of my civic responsibility and I serve with pride.

t 8.- The Montgomery County Court has identified Mr. Vincent B.

J Eldringhoff as an alternate EMD.

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9. -I agree with Mr. Reed that the EMD will require soma sacre-tarial assistance, but only on a part-time basis. Thus far necessary' assistance has been provided by my wife.
10. The Montgomery County Court is of'the view that the PIO i should be the EMD, because the EMD will be in the best position to know what is going on and, accordingly, will be able to provide the best information to the public. The Montgomery County PIO is only one of numerous public information officers who will be addressing con-cerns raised by the public in the event of a radiological emergency at the Callaway Plant. The Montgomery County PIO is intended to focus uniquely on information.needed.by Montgomery County residents.

It is not the job of the Montgomery County PIO to brief the public generally about events at the Callaway Plant. It is the preference rf the Montgomery County Court that the PIO remain the EMD at least through the first full-scale exercise which will precede operation i

of the Callaway Plant above 5% power. In the event the exercise establishes that the EMD will be overloaded if he assumes the respon-sibilities of the PIO, the County Court will reassign the duties of the PIO to'another individual.

.J/m Tom Wh/ Y f Mitchell

gf Subscribed and. sworn to before me this /7 day of /V/A y , 1983.

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