ML20072K324

Forwards Ucs/Pirg of Ny Exhibit 16 Addressing Info Needs of non-English Speakers in 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone, Per a Potterfield Request at 830323 Hearing

ML20072K324
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	03/25/1983
From:	Feinberg J NEW YORK, STATE OF
To:	Gleason J, Paris O, Shon F Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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ISSUANCES-SP, NUDOCS 8303300494
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James P. Gleason, Esq. Dr. Oscar H. Paris Chairman Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atoraic Safety and Licensing

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 In the Matter of Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Indian Point, Unit 2)

Power Authority of the State of New York (Indian Point, Unit 3)

Docket Nos. 50-247-SP and 50-286-SP

Dear Administrative Judges:

As requested by Ms. Potterfield at the hearing of l March 23, 1983, I am supplying the copy of the document marked l UCS/NIPIRG Exhibit No. 16 tc all parties and participants.

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NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSONS RESIDING IN THE INDIAN POINT 10-MILE EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONE SURVEY

SUMMARY

The PIO Work Group survey of non-English speaking persons residing

- in the Indian Point 10-mile emergency planning zone, conducted during September, 1982, identified several relatively small non-English speakidg communities. These include 17 Greek (St. Basil's School, Putnam County); 958 Spanish and-Portuguese and possibly.their families (Ossining, . North Rockland, and 2 or 3 families in Croton Harmon/-

, Briarcliff Manor); 378 Haitian / Creole and possibly their families (East Ramapo and Nyack); approximately 2,000 Yiddish (New Square) ;

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. (scattered); and a handful who speak European languages (scattered).

COMMENTS School officials provided data concerning the number of non-English speaking students in their districts and, where availabler the English proficiency of the students' families. The school officials also

, offered guidance on the'most effectiv,e means of providing emergency planning information to the non-English speaking persons.

9 They recommended meeting with the non-English speaking community, s,ocial and religious leaders as.a more effective way of reaching the non-English speakers. We agree that this approach is the preferable way to accomplish the objective of informing the non-English speaking

population of emergency plans and procedures. .

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l The State and county radiological emergency response plans already l detail a comprehensive public education workplan. As the state, and l counties, working in cooperation with the two utilities, proceed to implement the section of the workplan dealing with providing speakers for community organizations, they will make special arrangements for addressing the non-English speaking communities through their community leaders and providing these leaders with appropriate written material relevant to emergency planning.

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SURVEY OF NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PEPSONS RESIDING IN INDIAN POINT 10-MILE EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONE September 1982  ! -

SURVEY PURPOSE This survey was conducted by the PIO Work Group to determine x whether there are any persons?living in the Indian Point 10-mile '

emergency planning zone who c?o'not speak / read English and, if so, what their primary languages are.

SURVEY METHOD .

e e The following sources were consulted for this s.urvey:

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1. School officials in each district within the 10-mile zone. .i

2. Health and social *iervices departments within the 10-mile zone. .

3., Planning departments in each of the four counties.

4. Non-English newspapers.

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Available census data.

SURVEY

SUMMARY

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The most speciff': data available were those supplied by school officials. C.u;.:ently available census data only previdedse thnic origin, as did the data provided by county planning departments.

Health and social services officials were unable to provide any data due to confiddntiality restrictions. Spanish newspapers con-tacted indicated the'y had no circulation within the 10-mile zone.

Data supplied by school officials indicates there are scattered populations of non-English speaking persons in some areas within the emc gency planning zone. The majority of these persons speak Spanish, Haitian, Portuguese, and Yiddish; a very few speak Southeast Asian, Oriental, and Western European languages.

The information gathered in the survey is attached.

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h'ESTCHESTER COUNTY Yorktown Central School District: Yorktown does not offer 'na ESL program, according to school officials, because there are so few students each year who need language assistance. The district tutors individually about 15 students each year, mostly children -

of exchange executives with major co'rpora'tions or children of United Nations, embassy or mission personnel who are in the U.S.

on a , temporary basis. The languages most frequently represented are Japanese, Korean, Chinese and some Western European languages.

At least one parent -- most often the father -- is fluent in English.

• Croton-Harmon School District /Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District: Special language programs for both districts are coor-dinated through BOCES. Neither district offers an ESL program; rathgy, each provides individual tutoring.

The non-English speaking population varies from year to year.

Most of the non-English speaking students are children of foreign embassy / mission personnel. In Croton-Harmon this year, there are 2,Finnish students (parents speak English), 2 Chinese students (parents speak English), 3 Cambodian families (speak no English) and 2 Laotian families (speak no English). In Briarcliff this

. year, there are 2 or 3 Spanish-speaking families (no English), 2 German families (parents speak English) and 1 Yugoslavian family (parents not fluent in English).

Chappacua Central Sc'hool District: Chappaqua has 22 non-English speaking children in the district this year. They include: 12 Japanese, 3 Italian, 1 Venezuelan, 3 Dutch and 3 German children.

According to school officials, at least 1 parent in each family is fluent in English. These students are mostly children of employees of major corporations.

Ossinina Union Free Central School District: The h,igh school, middle school and elementary schools offer ESL programs. The high school has 44 students in its ESL program this year. They speak primarily Spanish and Portuguese, with some Italian and Vietnamese.

Among them are the children of five Vietnamese boat families, who are living with American sponsors and who, according to school officials, are very quick to learn English. The Spanish and Portuguese parents do not, as a rule, read English, although they can carry on basic conversations in English.

The middle school has 50 students in its ESL program this year.

The students' native languages are Spanish and Portuguese, followed in lesser number.by Greek and Italian. While the school official contacted could not specify the number of families involved, she did indicate tha* most of.the students' parents do not speak English.

The elementary school ESL serves about 50 students, reflecting the same languages as the middle and high schools. The school official contacted noted that the children's parents rarely speak English.

,. 3-FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS We could identify no Vietnamese or French newspapers with dis- .

tribution in the 10-mile emergency planning zone.

EL TIEMPO and EL DIARIO, both Spanish newspapers, have distribu-tion in southern Westchester, but, according to'their distributor in the area, none within the emergency planning zone.

, CENSUS AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT DATA;

' Currently available census data, which is the source of county planning department studies, indicates ethnic background only,', -

not language. More pertinent census data are expected to be available early in 1983.

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