ML20073S427

Responds to Request for Clarification of Issue on Whether State Emergency Plan Can Substitute for County Which Does Not Have Emergency Plan.State Can Substitute Plan But NUREG-0654 Places Heavy Resource Burden on State

ML20073S427
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	04/15/1983
From:	Giuffrida L Federal Emergency Management Agency
To:	Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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ML20073S244	List: ML20073S242 ML20073S427
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NUDOCS 8305060629
Download: ML20073S427 (2)

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Honorable Nun:io J . P'alladino

• Chair:an U.S. Nuclear iletulatory Cometission was.h i n gt on , D . C . 20555

Dear Mr. Chaiman:

This letter is in response to your recent le t tur r. q uc-s ting clarific ct ion of .an issue rel:. .:2 to the Federal Emerr,cucy linnagement Agency's (Fel:A) review of of f site energency planning around the Indi an Point f acility in New York. Specifically, you r.equested clarification cf enether or not, i n principle, a St.2te can substitute for a c. unty that does not have its own emergency pinn.

A State can choos e to of fset er substituto compens atory planning me asures in lieu of a local level emergency plan provided that they are developud for a specific local jurisdiction and are not t;eneric i n nature. iioweve r ,

without prejudgi ng any specific situation, it een be said that the planning 1,"

and preparedness standards conta.ined in "NURCG-06 54-F :MA-iGP-1,' Rev.

voeld place a ve ry heavy resource burden on any State choo:.,i ng to :xe t .

.oficite safety requirements in this way. of the 169 cvnluat ion cri t.eri a ap plic ab le t o S t a t e and lo c al g o ve r nce n t s d e f i n ed i n " t:'JK CC 'Jb 5 4 -F ' 1A-P.1;?-1, Rev.1," 9 6 rel ate to local gove r ntne nt s. Fu r the rmo r e , a State co=pensato ry plan contradicts the i nt e rdependent f r amewo rk be twee n -

Ftate and local a,ovtzrnments upon which these joint FDIA/ Nuclear Ro.pilatory

_ Coc:ission criteria arc based. FD:A vi cvs this interdependence as c.ritieni -

to establishing atlequate of f site eme ry,ency. planning and prt paredness

~ capability. Ik .e ra :telas s, FDIA vill 2 valuate State compen.s ato r. c.eas ures . _

on thei r me ri t.s, bu t they vill not be encoure;ed as an alternative to tne 7.lann.ng approach embodied in "NiilEC-0654-FDM-RCP-1, Rev . 1.~ ,

Please feel free to contact ice should you visi' to pursue this matt r further.

Sincerely, j .

- . p /y 4 I.ouis O. Giuff t 01 rector 8305060625; 830504 PDR ADOCK 05000247 G PDR

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State Agency personnel cha: vill bethe assicned Countyecdoes P.cckland County EOC not implement, or all to i=plemen :he County Plan if ,

part of, it on its own, .

Office c' Disaster Preparedness:

(0) 914-454-0430 (H)

-+ Joseph Paolcme (H)

Barbara Porter (0) 914-4.54-0430 .

Denartment of Sealth -

Con:ro_l

~ *}iaalth and General Sanitation /Direrzic . & -

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(0) 914-794-3045 (H)

Gerald Liebler (0) 607-432-3911 (H)

Alternate: S. ~m rence Saldwin (H)

John Cunnan (O) 518-832-1414 -

(C) 515-457-7150 (H)

. Jame s Decker .

_ %_rcency Medica.1 Services (0) 513-457-7150 (H)

John Claire (c) 518-457-7150 (H)

Alcernate: Charles Decker (0) 515-474-3171 (H) -

George Johnson -

Kevin Kraus (O) 515-474-3171 (H )-

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R2dicionical Assessment (0) 515-474-7150 (H)

Robert Middlet=n (0) 51S-473-3613 (H) -

A1:ernater Gecrge Herr .

Depart =ent of Transportation: -

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(O) 914-634-4661 (H). -

A. Cer:c' T. Malone (0) 914-634-4661 (H)

Office ef Fire Prevention e.nd Control:

(c) 515-474-6746- (H) -

Will .am Leavy -

lO) 515-474-6746 (H)

Philip 3. Lcmax (H)

Edward Nicolls IO) 518-474-6746 Division of S:a:e*?clice

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T/Sct. J. 5. Hunt, Jr. (c) 914-253-1100 (H) -

7/Sct. W. u. Bover (Oi 914-353-110c (H) -

Departmen: cf scrial Services:

Ca r; .e n Alu s t :. :r. C) 31.! -613 - c ./ 0 3 (ni (Cl 911-633-0 60 (H) -

John McK cn

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