ML20083N407
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| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 04/16/1984 |
| From: | Bassiouni M, Broome L, Glover R, Lunsford P, Mcswain W, Phillips B, Pugh J, Thomas P ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC., DUKE POWER CO., GASTON COUNTY, NC, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC, NORTH CAROLINA, STATE OF, SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF, YORK COUNTY, SC |
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DUKE POWER COMPANY, et al. ) Docket Nos. 50-413
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Units 1 and 2) )
APPLICANTS' TESTIMONY ON EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 9 Duke Power Cr -'
(R.M. Glover)
M. Reada Ba*' o North Carola. i (J.T. Pugh, III)
South Carolina (P.R. Lunsford, William M. .McSwain)
Gaston County (Bob E. 'Phillips)
Mecklenburg County (Lewis Wayne Broome)
York County (Phillip Steven Thomas)
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1 TESTIMONY OF DUKE POWER COMPANY 2 (R. MICHAEL GLOVER) ON EMERGENCY 3 PLANNING CONTENTION 9 4 Q. IN EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 9 INTERVENORS ALLEGE 5 THAT IF THE SIRENS DO SOUND NOT ALL CITIZENS WHO 6 WOULD BE AFFECTED WOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR A WARNING 7 SIREN AS A RESULT OF HEARING IMPAIRMENTS, WEATHER 8 CONDITIONS, DISTANCE FROM SIRENS, ETC. WHAT 9 ASSURANCE IS THERE THAT THE PROMPT ALERTING SYSTEM 10 FOR CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION WILL BE HEARD BY AREA 11 RESIDENTS?
12 A. The alert and notificati,on system for Catawba Nuclear 13 Station is designed to meet the criteria listed in 14 NUREG-0654, Appendix 3 an' FEMA-43. From discussions
, 15 I have held with FEMA representatives (who are 16 responsible for final review of this system for 17 adequacy), the combination of a well-designed 18 alerting system, an emergency broadcast system that i
19 can operate 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> per day over a wide area, the l 20 fact that a large percentage of people are listening l
21 - to radio or TV normally throughout the day, and .that l
L22 . social networking takes place rapidly in an-23 emergency, gives ' assurance that EPZ residents and 24 transients will.be rapidly notified of an emergency.
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'25 Further assurance is given by the fact that Duke 26 Power Company will install'and maintain tone alert
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27 radios in all schools, hospitals, nursing homes, day 28 care facilities, and -industrial facilities with 20 or 1
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1 more employees. This distribution will be complete 2 in July of this year. The tone alert radio monitors 3 the lead emergency broadcast station in the area and 4 will give listeners first-hand information on the 5 event. Thus, reliance for alert and notification is 6 not based solely upon the sirens and people's radios 7 or TVs in their homes but also upon a warning system 8 for special facilities. -
9 Finally, Acoustic Technology Incorporated (ATI) 10 has evaluated the Catawba System in regards to k-11 meeting all applicable criteria of FEMA-43. They-
! 12 have stated in their report that the system alerts a 13 majority of people in the EPZ.and with consideration 14 of. additional . coverage or other factors in certain 15 areas of the EPZ,'will fully comply with FEMA-43. .A 16 copy of the ATI reportfis found in M. Reada' 17 Bassiouni's testimony.
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-19 (weather conditions and distance from the sirens) are 20 addressed in ATI's report as well'as in FEMA-43 and 21 NUREG-0654..
22 NUREG-0654 allows use of a 10db (decibel) per 23 distance- doubled sound attenuation factor in
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1 0 1 design used this factor in establishing radii of 2 coverage for the Federal Signal Corporation sirens 3 used in the Catawba system. ATI uses a more 4 conservative approach in evaluating siren coverage 5 radii than that in NUREG-0654 but was able to show 6 that there was sufficient overlap of siren coverage 7 in most areas to mee t FEMA criteria.
8 In NUREG-0654 weather conditions are not 9 addressed directly but are a component of the 10db 10 per distance doubled sound attenuation factor. ATI's 11 computer model evaluates the effect of specific 12 weather conditions on the system.
13 Hearing impairments are a concern expressed in 14 this contention. Assurance that such individuals are 15 alerted comes from statement in the brochure, mailed 16 to all EPZ residents, that the hearing impaired 17 should contact their local emergency management 18 agency on receipt of the brochure. In this way, 19 arrangements can be made prior to an event to provide 20 special alerting.
21 Q. YOU MENTION THAT THE ATI REPORT RECOMMENDS 22 CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL COVERAGE OR OTHER FACTORS 23 TO FULLY COMPLY WITH FEMA-43. IN WHAT AREAS DO THEY
f g 1 RECOMMEND THIS CONSIDERATION AND WHAT DO THE 2 APPLICANTS INTEND TO DO TO FULLY SATISFY FEMA-43 IN 3 REGARDS TO THE CATAWBA ALERTING SYSTEM?
4 A. On Map No. 2 in the ATI report, certain " regions" are 5 shown to be below Federal guidelines for sound 6 generated by the sirens being 10db above assumed or 7 measured ambient background sound levels.
8 Applicant intends to do the following in each of 9 these regions:
10 Da te for 11 Region No. Action to be Taken Resolution 12 3 Additional ambient sound levels Evaluation 13 to be taken in the small portion Complete By 14 of this region. Coverage will 5/1/84. Any 15 be extended or additional equip- additional 16 ment added based on evaluation. equipment 17 installed by 18 9/1/84.
19 4 Two additional sirens to be Installed by 20 added. 9/1/84.
21 9 (Riverview Area) One additional Installed by 22 airen to be added. 9/1/84.
23 9, 10, 13, (Edge of EPZ area) Additional Evaluation ,
24 and 16 Sound Level measurements to be Complete By 25 performed and scoping studies 5/1/84. Any 26 to evaluate whether an effec- additional 27 tive increase in capability per equipment 28 unit of cost can be achieved installed by 29 while still meeting basic design 9/1/84.
30 objectives. Coverage will be 31 extended or additional equipment 32 added based on evaluation.
33 Rock Hill One additional siren to be added Evaluation 34 in downtown Rock Hill. The two Complete By 35 other areas will be reevaluated 5/1/84. Any 36 as to population density and additional 37 ambient sound level. Coverage equipment
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4 Fort Mill, The small area identified will Evaluation i 5 Clover be reevaluated as to population Complete By 6 density and ambient sound level. 5/1/84. Any 7 Coverage will be extended or additional 8 additional equipment added based equipment 9 on evaluation. installed by
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1 TESTIMONY OF M. READA BASSIOUNI 2 ON EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 9 3 Background Information 4 Q. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS.
5 A. M. Reada Bassiouni, Acoustic Technology Inc., 22 6 Union Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109.
7 Q. WHAT IS YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND RELEVANT WORK 8 EXPERIENCE?
9 A. Please see my current resume, which is included as 10 Attachment A to this testimony.
11 EPC-9 Testimony 12 Q. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE APPLICANTS' SIREN 13 NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION?
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. HOW DID YOU ACQUIRE THIS FAMILIARITY?
l l 16 A. Duke Power Company contracted with Acoustic 17 Technology Inc. (ATI) to verify and field test the 18 acoustic coverage of the siren notification system 19 _ installed within the plume exposure pathway Emergency 20 Planning Zone (plume EPZ) of the Catawba Nuclear 21 Station. As principal consultant for ATI, I prepared 22 a report which documents the adequacy of the warning 23 system in meeting the guidelines set forth in the 24 Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) 25 regula tions at 44 C.F.R. $350, Planning Standard E,
1 Appendix 3 of NUREG-0654/ FEMA REP-1, and the Standard 2 Guide for the Evaluation of Alert and Notification 3 Systems for Nuclear Power Plants (FEMA-43).
4 Q. PLEASE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE HOW YOU PREPARED YOUR REPORT 5 EVALUATING THE SIREN SYSTEM AT THE CATAWBA NUCLEAR 6 STATION.
7 A. The warning system design includes 66 high-power 8 rotational sirens, rated 125 dBC at 100 feet, and one 9 siren rated 113 dBC a t 100 feet. Verifica tion of the 10 acoustic coverage for the siren warning system was 11 accomplished by using a computer model developed by 12 ATI, and field measurements of sound levels. The 13 actual measured siren output at 100 feet, obtained 14 through field testing for a sample number of sirens, 15 was used to predict'the extent of the 60 and 70 dBC 16 acoustic coverage of the siren system for daytime 17 summer average meteorological conditions. Predicted i
18 siren sound pressure level (SPL) values for each 19 measuring location were obtained from the ATI 20 acoustic computer model. The predicted and measured 21 siren SPL's were in excellent agreement, and the ATI.-
22 computer model calculated slightly bonservative 23 predictions of siren acoustic coverage.-
, 7 24 According to FEMA-43, the' siren alerting'systeu 7"
25 may be designed so that the siren sound level either 26 exceeds 10 dBC above the' average outdoor daytime- ~
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1 ambient sound levels, or provides 60/70 dBC acoustic 2 alert coverage depending upon the population density 3 of the area. An ambient background noise survey was 4 conducted within the 10-mile EPZ to document the 5 average measured outdoor ambient sound level in 6 specific areas located outside 60 dBC siren acoustic 7 contours. Based on the ambient noise survey, the 8 average ambient sound level for each siren outside 60
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10 Q. HAVE YOU COMPLETED THIS REPORT?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. IS THE BASIS FOR YOUR CONCLUSION EXPLAINED IN YOUR 13 REPORT?
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. DO YOU ADOPT THIS REPORT AS YOUR TESTIMONY FOR USE IN 16 THIS PROCEEDING?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. WHAT CONCLUSIONS DID YOU REACH?
19 A. The installed siren system was found to provide the
! 20 required 60 and 70 dBC public alert coverage for most 21 areas. There are areas located outside 60 dBC 22 contours. However, by applying the 10 dB above-the-23 ambient criteria based on an ambient background noise 24 survey, these areas are reduced. The installed siren 25 warning system provides an adequate notification to i
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1 However, since the EPZ has been extended beyond the 2 geometric 10-mile radius, scme areas along the 3 extended plume EPZ are not covered by the existing 4 siren acoustic coverage. Further evaluation of these 5 regions in question will be performed to determine if 6 additional coverage is required in these areas .
7 Thus, subject.to verification through further study 8 of these few identified regions, I conclude that the 9- siren system is adequate to notify the public in the 10 lO-mile plume EPZ. I would like to refer you to the
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1 TESTIMONY OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 2- (J.T. PUGH, III) ON 3 Ef1ERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 9 4 Q. DOES THE STATE PLAN PROVIDE INFORMATION WHICH 5 ADDRESSES THIS CONTENTION?
6 A. Yes, Annexes C, E, and G of the N.C. State Plan.
7 Q. WHAT IF ANY STEPS DOES THE STATE CONTEMPLATE TAKING 8 TO ASSURE THAT HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS WOULD BE 9 ALERTED IN THE EVENT SIRENS ARE SOUNDED IN A 10 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
11 A. No specific plans are in place at the state level to 12 assure hearing impaired persons would be alerted in 13 the event sirens are sounded. However, Duke's 14 Brochure and " crawl messages" on TV should provide 15 assurance that these individuals will be alerted.
l 16 Furthermore, we believe that the volunteer firemen 17 and the county policy responsible for canvassing the 18 area will identify these people, where they live, and 19 will insure notification.
- 20 Q. WHAT, IF ANY, MEASURES DOES THE STATE' CONTEMPLATE i
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25 A. The North Carolina Plan has a system supplemental to -
26- the. sirens.- This system incorporates local' law 27 enforcement and volunteer fire department personnel
i 1 to drive the roads and streets to notify residents of 2 the action to take. There is nothing in the plan to 3 prevent the sounding of the sirens multiple times if 4 it is deemed necessary to insure notification.
5 Q. HOW MANY EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM (EBS) STATIONS 6 COULD BE UTILIZED TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC IN THE EVENT 7 OF A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
8 A. Forty-one EBS stations are available in the Charlotte 9 Operational Area, which provide coverage to all parts 10 of the population in the EPZ.
11 Q. HOW MANY OF THE EBS STATIONS INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE 12 TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION HAVE EMERGENCY BACKUP POWER 13 SUPPLIES?
14 A. Eleven (11).
15 Q.- ARE YOU AWARE OF THE EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANS FOR i
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l 17 A. Yes. We have received and-reviewed the Carowinds 18 plan and procedures. We are currently working with 19 the officials of Carowinds.to improve their plan and 20 procedures.
21 Q. DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FEASIBILITY OF /
22 , EVACUATING CAROWINDS IN SUFFICIENT TIME 7 23 A. Yes. The evacuation time estimates for Carowinds 24 contained in the PRC Voorhees Study show this is 25 feasible ' even when the park is crowded. The 4-
t 1 estimates are based on the maximum reported 2 attendance at the park. We have no basis for 3 questioning the accuracy of the study.
4 Q. HOW WILL THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE AT CAROWINDS BE 5 NOTIFIED IN THE EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
6 A. The Mecklenburg County EOC will notify Carowinds 7 security by commercial telephone. Additionally, the 8 Carowinds security office will be provided with tone 9 alert radio, which will also provide notification of 10 an emergency.
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1 TESTIMONY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2 (P.R. LUNSFORD AND W.M. MCSWAIN) ON 3 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 9 4 Q. DO THE STATE PLANS PROVIDE INFORMATION WHICH 5 ADDRESSES THIS CONTENTION?
6 A. Yes, Part IV.B.1 and Annex A of the S.C. Site-7 Specific Plan and Part IV.C.13 and Annex C of 8 SCORERP.
9 Q. WHAT STEPS DOES THE STATE CONTEMPLATE TAKING TO 10 ASSURE THAT THE HEARING IMPAIRED WOULD BE ALERTED IN 11 THE EVENT SIRENS ARE SOUNDED IN A RADIOLOGICAL 12 EMERGENCY?
13 A. These individuals are being identified at the' county 14 level and special attention will be given to these 15' individuals during the emergency. (PL, WM)
! 16 Q. WOULD:THOSE MEASURES BE WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF THE 17 COUNTY?
18 A. Yes. (PL, WM) l 19 Q. WHAT MEASURE, 'IF . ANY, DOES THE STATE PLAN TO TAKE TO 20 ASSURE THAT PERSONS WHO DID NOT HEAR THE FIXED SIRENS 21 FOR SOME REASON OTHER THAN HEARING IMPAIRMENT ARE 22- ALERTED TO TURN TO AN EMERGENCY-BROADCAST RADIO OR
'23 TELEVISION' STATION?
24 A. In the plans several special facilities have been 25 identified: those who could be impaired in-hearing _
26 the sirens,~such'as people in' factories,1for example.
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1 Individual contact would be made with those special 2 facilities such as by a phone call or a visit. (PL, 3 WM) 4 Q. HAVE THOSE FACILITIES BEEN IDENTIFIED?
5 A. Yes. They include among others, schools and 6 industries. (PL, WM) 7 Q. WHERE WOULD ONE GET A LIST OF THOSE FACILITIES?
8 A. From the county. (PL, WM) 9 Q. HAVE YOU PROVIDED FOR A BACKUP TO THE EMERGENCY
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11 A. That would be a York County responsibility. (PL, WM) 12 Q. HOW MANY EMERGENCY BROADCAST STATIONS ARE THERE IN 13 SOUTH CAROLINA'THAT WOULD ACT IN RESPONSE TO AN 14 EMERGENCY AT THE CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION?
15 A. The emergency broadcast lead station in the Catawba l 16 area is-in' Charlotte. We have the York County area -
17' normally serviced by the Spartanburg operational area 18 and they have several stations in York County to 19 monitor that station out of Spartanburg. We will be 20 able to monitor.the station out-of Charlotte before 21 operation of Catawba. (PL, WM) 22 Q. COULD THESE STATIONS BE UTILIZED TO-NOTIFY THE 23- PUBLIC?
24 A. Yes, they have been. They are listed in the' plan.
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1 Q. .IN A POWER OUTAGE WILL EMERGENCY VEHICLES BE USED TO 2 NOTIFY THE PUBLIC?
3 A. Yes. Those emergency vehicles will be coordinated by 4 York County. (PL, WM) 5 Q. DO YOU KNOW WHETHER CAROWINDS THEME PARK HAS 6 NOTIFICATION PLANS OR PROCEDURES FOR EVACUATION OF 7 VISITORS AND EMPLOYEES?
8 A. Yes they do. (WM) 9 Q. HAVE YOU REVIEWED THOSE PLANS AND PROCEDURES?
10 A. Yes, I have. I have discussed them with officials of 11 Carowinds. (WM) 12 Q. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY ESTIMATES REGARDING THE TIME IT 13 WOULD TAKE TO COMPLETE THE EVACUATION OF-CAROWINDS 14 UNDER A RANGE OF CONDITIONS INCLUDING PEAK CROWDS?
-15 A. Yes I am. (WM) 16 Q. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE APPLICANTS' ASSESSMENTS OF 17 EVACUATION OF CAROWINDS? IX) YOU AGREE WITH THEIR 18 ESTIMATES?
19 A.- Yes. (WM) 20 Q. DO YOU'KNOW'WHETHER HERITAGE USA'HAS NOTIFICATION 21 PLANS OR PROCEDURES FOR EVACUATION OF VISITORS AND 22 EMPLOYEES?
23 A. Yes they do. (PL) 24 Q.- HAVE YOU REVIEWED THOSE PLANS AND PROCEDURES?
12 5 A. Yes. I have ' discussed them with officials of Heritage USA. (PL)
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a 6 1 Q. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY ESTIMATES REGARDING THE TIME IT 2 WOULD TAKE TO COMPLETE THE EVACUATION OF HERITAGE USA 3 UNDER A RANGE OF CONDITIONS INCLUDING PEAK CROWDS?
4 A. I have information from them concerning a specific 5 instance when during the Christmas holidays they had 6 an exhibition of lights where they were running 7 hundreds of automobiles through the area. They gave 8 us a favorable estimate of their abilities. As a 9 matter of fact they stated that their ability to 10 control the traffic was excellent. I believe it is.
11 (PL) 12 Q. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE APPLICANTS' ASSESSMENT OF 13 EVACUATION OF HERITAGE USA?
j 14 A. Yes. (PL) 1
( 15 Q. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT ESTIMATE?
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16 A. I have no reason to disagree with it. (PL) 17 Q. DOES THE STATE HAVE PROCEDURES TO NOTIFY THE 18 CAROWINDS AND HERITAGE USA EMERGENCY STAFF?
19 A. That has been left to the counties. I believe 20 Mecklenburg County _ is responsible for notifying
(- 21 Carowinds and York County is responsible for 22 notifying Heritage USA. (PL, WM)
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l 1 TESTIMONY OF GASTON COUNTY 2 (BOB E. PHILLIPS) ON 3 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 9 4 Q. DOES THE COUNTY PLAN CONTAIN INFORMATION PERTAINING 5 TO THIS CONTENTION?
6 A. Yes, Gaston County information is set forth at 7 Section IV.B and Annexes C, E, and G of the N.C.
8 State Plan.
9 Q. CONTENTION 9 DEALS WITH THE ADEQUACY OF EMERGENCY 10 NOTIFICATION MEASURES, INCLUDING THE SIRENS THAT WILL 11 BE SOUNDED IN THE EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY.
12 HAS GASTON COUNTY PROVIDED FOR A BACK-UP TO THE 13 EMERGENCY WARNING SIRENS?
14 A. Yes. We have back-up sirens on mobile vehicles along 15 with PA systems which will go through all the areas 16 in the EPZ of Gaston County. We automatically use 17 our sirens in addition to the Duke Power sirens.
18 When the fixed sirens go off our volunteer firc 19 people will also go out on these routes with their PA 20 systems and notify the public.
21 Q. ARE THOSE ROUTES ALREADY WORKED OUT?
22 A. Yes.
23 Q. DO THE PEOPLE MANNING THE VEHICLES KNOW EACH PIECE OF 24 EQUIPMENT AND WHAT ROUTE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE?
25 A. Yes.
26 Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG THAT PROCESS WOULD 27 TAKE7 28 A. Anywhere from 14 minutes to 22 minutes.
1 Q. FOURTEEN TO 22 MINUTES FROM THE TIME THEY ROLL OUT OF 2 THE FIRE HOUSE TO THE TIME THEY COMPLETE THEIR 3 ROUTES?
4 A. Right. If we have problems we can always press the 5 coun ty police, the Sheriff's Department, and the 6 rescue squads into service if they would be needed.
7 Q. SO IF FOR ANY REASON ONE OR MORE FIXED SIRENS FAILED 8 TO GO OFF, WOULD YOU STILL HAVE THESE BACK-UP SIRENS 9 GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS NOTIFYING PEOPLE TO 10 TURN ON THEIR RADIOS TO THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST 11 SYSTEM?
12 A. That is correct.
13 Q. WHEN WOULD THESE BACK-UP VEHICLES BE DISPATCHED IN 14 RELATION TO THE TIME THE FIXED SIRENS WERE ACTIVATED?
15 A. We would activate the fixed sirens and then
'. 6 immediately a'fter that we would dispatch the 17 volunteer fire people.
18 Q. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE MOBILE VEHICLES MOUNTED 19 WITH SIRENS OR PA SYSTEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE?
20 A. Yes, there is one unit at the station, one unit at 21 South Point, two units at New Hope, and two units at 22 Union Road.
23 Q. HOW MANY OF THE VEHICLES HAVE PA SYSTEMS?
24 A. All 5.
25 Q. WHAT MESSAGE WOULD BE GIVEN?
s Q 1 A. We would broadcast whatever messages the situation 2 called for. If it was a developing situation, we 3 would tell people to turn on their televisions and to 4 listen for further information.
5 Q. WHAT STEPS DOES GASTON COUNTY CONTEMPLATE TAKING TO 6
ASSURE THAT HEARING-IMPAIRED PERSONS WOULD BE ALERTED 7 IN THE EVENT SIRENS ARE SOUNDED IN A RADIOLOGICAL 8 EMERGENCY?
9 A. During their yearly donation drives, in which they go 10 door-to-door in the_ county, members of the volunteer 11 fire department will ask residents whether there is a 12 hearing-impaired person living at that address. This 13 information will be reported to me and I will advise 14 our law enforcement people, who would make door-to-15 . door contact with hearing-impaired residents during 16 an emergency.
17 Q. WHAT, IF ANY, MEASURES DO GASTON COUNTY PLAN TO TAKE 18- TO ASSURE THAT PERSONS WHO DID NOT HEAR THE FIXED 19 SIRENS FOR SOME REASON OTHER THAN A HEARING 20 IMPAIRMENT ARE ALERTED TO TURN TO AN EMERGENCY 21 BROADCAST RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION?
22 A. Our mobile alerting should cover this.
23 Q. ARE THERE ANY EMERGENCY BROADCAST STATIONS IN GASTON 24 COUNTY?
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1 TESTIMONY OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY 2 (LEWIS WAYNE BROOME) ON 3 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 9 4 Q. EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 9 ARGUES THAT THE 5 EMERGENCY PLANS DO NOT ADEQUATELY PROVIDE FOR EARLi 6 NOTIFICATION AND CLEAR INSTRUCTION TO STATE AND LOCAL 7 RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS. WHERE DOES THE MECKL ENBU RG 8 COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN ADDRESS THE AREAS OF 9 (1) PUBLIC ALERTING, (2) THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST 10 SYSTEM, AND (3) NOTIFICATION OF CAROWINDS?
11 A. Part 3, Section IV.B and Annexes C, E and G of the 12 N.C. State Plan.
13 Q. IN P ARTICU L AR , CONTENTION 9 ASSERTS THAT NOT 14 EVERYBODY WOULD HEAR THE EMERGENCY SIRENS. DO YOU 15 HAVE A BACKUP OR SUPPLEMENTAL ALERTING SYSTEM WHICH 16 WOULD ALERT THOSE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD THE 17 SIRENS?
18 A. Yes. We have a supplemental system which consists of 19 the volunteer fire departments who have made a 20 commitment to zone warning responsibility, by 21 emergency vehicles, as indicated in the Charlotte-22 Mecklenburg plan. Where specific departments have a 23 specific zone responsibility, they would proceed to 24 that area and alert the public by a PA System.
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1 A. The supplemental system would be called upon when the 2 sirens sound. Participation by the volunteer fire 3 department staff will be voluntary.
4 Q. WHO MAKES THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHEN THAT SYSTEM 5 SHOULD BE ACTIVATED AND WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR THAT 6 DETERMINATION?
7 A. The duty dispatcher would have the authority to 8 activate it in the event the EOC was not fully 9 functional; if the EOC was functional or a minimum 10 representative staff was in the EOC, the EOC would 11 make that determination. Also, if prompt 12 notification ability had been compromised for 13 whatever reason, we would utilize this capability.
14 Q. WITH RESPECT TO YOUR SUPPLEMENT ALERTING SYSTEM, DO 15 YOU HAVE PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO SPECIFY THE DUTIES OF 16 THE PERSONS DRIVING THE VEHICLES AS WELL AS THs 17 NUMBER OF VEHICLES, RESPONSE TIME, AND SPECIFIC 18 ROUTES?
19 A. Yes, we do. We have identified the units of the 20 volunteer fire departments. They have committed to 21 certain responsibilities with regard to alert and 22 notification. Routes have been identified and zones 23 and/or sectors have been identified. Radio 24 communications are available in the vehicles, PA 25 systems are available in the vehicles, and a canned 26 taped message in the SOP is available and would be
1 the one that they would broadcast over the vehicle PA 2 system to alert the public with regard to what to do 3 or a course of action they should take.
4 Q. WHAT PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR IDENTIFYING AND 5 NOTIFYING HEARING-IMPAIRED PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT HEAR 6 THE SIRENS?
7 A. The' brochure instructs people who are hearing-8 impaired to contact our office to arrange for special 9 notification, if needed. In addition, provisions are 10 in place for " crawl messages" on TV screens through 11 the EBS. " Crawl messages" are writton emergency 12 messages that can be made to pass along the bottom of 13 a TV screen during program;aing.
14 Q. EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 9 ALSO FOCUSES ON THE 15 IMPACT THAT A POWER FAILURE MIGHT HAVE ON EMERGENCY 16 BROADCAST INFORMATION EITHER PROM THE STANDPOINT OF 17 RADIO OR TELEVISION RECEIVERS IN PEOPLE'S HOMES OR 18 FROM THE STANDOINT OF BACKUP POWER SUPPLY FOR 19 -
EMERGENCY BROADCAST STATIONS. CAN YOU COMMENT ON 20 THIS ISSUE 7 21 A. To my knowledge, the primary EDS station for 22 Charlotte-Mecklenburg has a backup power supply.
23 Q. EPC 9 ALSO DEALS WITH NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 24 CAROWINDS AND HERITAGE USA. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT 25 ON THE ALLEGED LACK OF ADEQUATE NOTIFICATION 26 PROCEDURES FOR EITHER OF THOSE FACILITIES 7
O q 4-1 A. I cannot address Heritage USA as it is in South 2 Carolina. I can address Carowinds. This office has 3 made personal contact and written contact with 1 4 Carowinds management. We have a procedure in place 5 to assist the Carowinds management in the evacuation 6 of the facility by providing pickup and evacuation 7 for unescorted children at Carowinds. Mecklenburg 8 County will notify Carowinds and Carowinds will 9 follow our recommended course of action.
10 Q. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE ASSISTANCE YOU WOULD 11 PROVIDE 7 12 A. Buses for getting the unescorted children out of the 13 park, law enforcement to assist in traf fic control 14 and crowd control.
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o r 1 TESTIMONY OF YORK COUNTY 2 (PHILLIP STEVEN THOMAS) ON 3 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTIOt{_9 4 Q. DOES THE YORK COUNTY PLAN CONTAIN INFORMATION 5 RELATING TO THIS CONTENTION?
6 A. Yes. Annexes C, D, E and Q of the York County 7 Eme rgency Operations Plan. -
8 Q. EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 9 QUESTIONS THE 4 9 ADEQUACY OF ADVANCE NOTIFICATION EFFORTS --
10 SPECIFICALLY, THE EMERGENCY SIRENS. WHAT DOES YORK 11 COUNTY CONTEMPLATE DOING TO INSURE THAT HEARING 12 IMPAIRED PERSONS CAN BE NOTIFIED IN THE EVENT THAT i 13 THE SIRENS ARE SOUNDED?
14 A. I can think of two specific things. First, Duke's 15 brochure directs hearing impaired people to notify 16 local government of their particular hearing 17 impairment. Second, we have been maintaining a' list 18 in the EOC of people who have particular problems due 19 to some kind of physical handicap including hearing 20 impairment. We will continue to maintain this list 21 so that we can address their needs in the event of an 22 emergen cy.
23 Q. HOW WILL YORK COUNTY NOTIFY HEARING-IMPAIRED CITIZENS 24 OF THE NEED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES?
--imu m 1 A. The county has a specialty notification list which 2 should include hearing impaired persons and a 3 designated contact person. We will notify the 4 designated contact person or go to the house of the 5 hearing impaired person if necessary.
6 Q. IF PERSONS LIVING IN A CERTAIN AREA WHO ARE NOT 7 HEARING IMPAIRED FOR SOME REASON DO NOT HEAR THE 8 SIRENS, WHAT CAN THE COUNTY DO TO NOTIFY THEM7 9 A. York County has a backup notification system that we 10 utilize. We have available 15 to 18 vehicles with 11 aucio equipment, but we may also use bu11 horns in 12 non-equipped vehicles. Using these emergency 13 vehicles, we would saturate the area notifying 14 people. In addition, depending upon the area 15 involved, we would have door to door notification 16 using our rural volunteer firemen. Procedures will be 17 in place to specify the exact routes to be followed, 18 the message to be conveyed, and by who and how such 19 message will be conveyed.
20 Q. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THIS PROCESS WOULD TAKE?
21 A. Twenty minutes to a couple of hours (depends on size 22 of the area).
23 Q. DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THERE ARE ANY SPECIAL 24 NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR PLACES WITH POSSIBLE 25 LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF PERSONS, SUCH AS CAROWINDS 26 AND HERITAGE USA?
1 A. Yes, there is the tone alert system provided by Duke.
2 If there is an event, the system will automa tically 3 come on.
4 Q. HOW WOULD THE TONE ALERTS BE ACTIVATED?
5 A. They would be activated by the EBS station. I might 6 add that we also have a specialty notification list 7 that we maintain in the York County EOC. This is 8 made up of entities who have special problems, either 9 in the sense of having large numbers of employees or 10 persons or having age groups which cannot travel 11 rapidly, such as nursing homes, day care centers, 12 large industrial sites, school districts, Carowinds 13 and Heritage USA, etc.
14 Q. WHAT IS DONE WITH T' HAT LIST IN THE EVENT OF AN 15 EMERGENCY?
16 A. Depending on the level of the emergency, we would 17 call by telephone those particular groups.
18 Q. DO YOU KNOW WHETHER CAROWINDS THEME PARK HAS 19 PROCEDURES FOR EVACUATION OF VISITORS AND EMPLOYEES?
20 A. Yes, they do.
21 Q. HAVE SUCH PLANS OR PROCEDURES BEEN REVIEWED BY THE 22 COUNTY?
23 A. Yes.
24 Q. HAS YORK COUNTY DISCUSSED THESE PLANS WITH THE 25 OFFICIALS OF CAROWINDS?
26 A. Yes.
1 Q. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY ESTIMATES OF THE TIME IT WOULD 2 TAKE TO COMPLETE THE EVACUATION OF CAROWINDS UNDER A 3 RANGE OF CONDITIONS INCLUDING PEAK CROWDS?
4 A. Yes, I am generally aware of Applicants' Evacuation 5 Time Study estima tes for Carowinds.
6 Q. IF SO, DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH SUCH ESTIMATES?
7 ON WHAT BASIS?
8 A. The estimates appear to be reasonable.
9 Q. DO YOU KNOW WHETHER HERITAGE USA HAS PROCEDURES FOR 10 EVACUATION OF VISITORS AND EMPLOYEES?
11 A. Yes, they do.
12 Q. HAVE SUCH PLANS OR PROCEDURES BEEN REVIEWED BY THE 13 COUNTY?
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. HAS YORK COUNTY DISCUSSED THESE PLANS WITH OFFICIALS 16 OF HERITAGE USA?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY ESTIMATES OF THE TIME IT WOULD 19 TAKE TO COMPLETE THE EVACUATION OF HERITAGE USA UNDER 20 A RANGE OF CONDITIONS INCLUDING PEAK CROWDS?
21 A. Yes, I am generally aware.of Applicants' Eva cua tion 22 Time Study estimates for Heritage USA.
23 Q. IF SO, DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH SUCH ESTIMATES?
24 ON WHAT BASIS?
25 A. The estimates appear to be reasonable.
a r 1 Q. IS TRAFFIC CONTROL ONE OF YORK COUNTY'S 2 RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL 3 . EMERGENCY?
4 A. Yes it is.
5 Q. WHAT DEPARTMENT HANDLES THAT?
6 A. The sherif f 's depa rtment.
7 Q. HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANYONE AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT 8 ABOUT ANY SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC CONTROL?
9 A. Yes.
10 Q. DO THESE SPECIAL PROBLEMS INCLUDE THE POSSIBLE 11 EVACUATION OF HERITAGE USA OR CAROWINDS?
12 A. Yes.
13 Q. WHAT HAS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOLD YOU ABOUT DEALING 14 WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF AUTOMOBILES COMING FROM EITHER 15 OR BOTH OF THOSE TWO FACILITIES?
16 A. Because of the volume of traffic that could come from 17 Heritage USA and Carowinds, obviously there were some 18 traffic-control considerations that had to be 19 discussed and ironed out. However, evacuation 20 procedures were adequate at both locations, and the 21 Carowinds and Heritage USA representatives that are 22 dealing with our entities are satisfied that their 23 standard operating procedures are adequate.
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Dr. M. Reada Bassiouni Principal Consultant Education Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York -
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Major: Acoustics (1976)
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York -
Selected courses in Business Administration Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -
M.E. in Mechanical Engineering (1972) f Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt -
8.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1969) i
- Technical Societies i
National Forensic Center -
chosen as an expert in acoustics, noise and vibration control
- Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE) - member American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) - member -
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - member Acoustical Society of America ( ASA) - member Detailed Experience Record .
1980- ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Present' BOSTON, RASSACHUSETTS Founded Acoustic Technology, Inc. (ATI)- and is the principal technical consultant in acoustics, vibration, and l
noise control for utilities, manufacturers, and agencies.
His area of specialization has been design and implemen-l tation of prompt notification - warning systems required by l NUREG-0654/ FEMA REP-1, Appendix 3. As an acoustic expert, he has witnessed and conducted various siren performance tests in conjunction with determining the actual siren
- acoustic capabilities for' utilities and siren manufactur-ers. Under his direction ATI developed a computer model .
for. prediction. of siren acoustic . coverage for varying meteorological and ground conditions.
Also, he has had -an active role in field testing installed warning systems including documentation and testifying results for the NRC. Under his technical direction ATI has provided consulting services to the following nuclear utilities:
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- 1. Arizona Public Service Company Palo Verde 1, 2, 3, Nuclear Generating Stations
- 2. Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company Wm. H. Zimmer Nuclear Power Station
- 3. Florida Power & Light Company Turkey Point Power Plant St. Lucie Power Plant
- 4. GPU Nuclear Corporation Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Station
- 5. Jersey Central Power & Light Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station
- 6. Louisiana Power & Light Waterford-3 Nuclear Station
- 7. Mississippi Power & Light Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
- 8. Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Station
- 9. Public Service Electric & Gas Company Salem Nuclear Generating Station
- 10. Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Station
- 11. Sacramento Municipal Utility District Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station
- 12. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company V.C. Summer Nuclear Power Station
- 13. Toledo Edison Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station
- 14. Virginia Electric & Power Company Surry Station North Anna Station
- 15. Gulf States Utilities Co.
River Bend Station
- 16. Public Service Indiana Marble Hill Nuclear Generating Station
- 17. Duquesne Light Company Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station Acoustic TECHNOLOGY INC.
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- 18. Philadelphia Electric Company Limerick Generating Station
- 19. Duke Power Company Catawba Nuclear Station
- 21. Illinois Power Company Clinton Power Station
- 22. Carolina Power & Light Company H. B. Robinson Plant Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Additionally, Dr. Bassiouni has been called upon as an expert witness by many legal firms. He has had extensive experience in analyzing hearing damage claims and OSHA violations which require testing and measurements of high noise levels and determination of their ef fects on humans.
He has also conducted acoustic analyses of tape recordings to identify recorded voices and tape tampering. Dr.
Bassiouni has prepared and reviewed environmental noise =
impact statements. His activities include computer analysis and advanced field measurements. He has performed '
evaluations of airport noise impacts due to changes in air traffic volume.
1976-1980 STONE & WEBSTER ENGINEERING CORPORATION (S&W)
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
- a. Acoustic Specialist for the Prompt Notification System required by NUREG-0654/ FEMA REP-1 Appendix 3.
Responsible for computer modelling and ambient noise surveying and support of siren system design.
- b. Noise control engineering for nuclear and fossil-fueled power projects to meet the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) criteria, property line sound level regulations imposed by local regulatory agencies or individual plant criteria selected to prevent noise complaints from the community.
- c. Acting as a consultant to diagnostic vibrations and noise measurements to evaluate equipment performance deviation for existing plants.
- d. Preparing noise control specifications for new equipment, limiting the noise to' allowable levels such that the resultant sound level in the plant area does not exceed the OSHA regulations.
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- e. Designing and ceveloping noise control devices for dominant noise sources within the plant.
- f. Selecting the acoustical materials to control in plant and exterior sound levels.
- g. Measurements, predictions, and evaluation of noise control data.
Dr. Bassiouni performed work for the following clients:
- 1. Cincinnati Gas & Electric W.H. Zimmer Nuclear Power Station
- 2. Baltimore Gas & Electric Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Station
- 3. Occidental Petroleum Geothermal Power Plant
- 4. Great Northern Paper Company Millinocket, Maine
- 5. Atlantic City Electric Company Deep Water Station - Return to Coal Firing
- 6. Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation Reference Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP)
- 7. Texaco, Inc.
Light Olefins Unit, Port Arthur, Texas
- 8. Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Geothermal Power Plant
- 9. Virginia Electric & Power Company North Anna Unit Nos. 3 and 4
- 10. Duquesne Light Company Beaver Valley Power Station - Unit No. 2
- 11. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile Unit 2
- 12. Power Authority of the State of New York Greene County Projects ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY INC.
l 1975-1976 AVC0 EVERETT RESEARCH LABORATORY, INC.
EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS Senior Acoustic Scientist Duties consisted of the following:
- 1. Experimental acoustic design for laser systems.
Acoustic elements design and material compatibility and acoustic properties testing.
- 2. Design and analysis of special design acoustic mufflers and silencers.
1975 TERRY CORPORATION, a subsidiary of INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT Noise Consultant Duties consisted of the following:
- 1. Developed noise data for use by marketing in presenting and guaranteeing noise levels to customers.
- 2. Developed practical acoustic enclosure systems for use on turbine and gears.
- 3. Analyzed existing products (single and multistage turbines and gear units) to determine compliance with the national noise standards.
4 Ensured that OSHA noise standards were met in the new product design.
- 5. Reviewed new industrial noise standards applied to the company products.
- 6. Determined the impact of existing and proposed noise control legislation and regulations- on corporate activities.
1972-1975 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SYRACUSE, NEW YORK Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Duties consisted of the following:
- 1. Conducted extensive acoustic measurements using various techniques.
- 2. Performed supporting diagnostic techniques for the associated flow field. .
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- 3. Acoustic data reduction methods, data analysis, and results reporting.
- 4. Investigated and evaluated noise reduction methods.
1971 CARLETON UllIVERSITY OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA (AER0 THERMODYNAMICS DIVISION)
Research Assistant - Engineering Department Fields: Fan and compre::sor acoustic design and tested i acoustic liners Instructor of Mechanical Engineering Full and part-time Consulting Engineer in air conditioning and refrigeration systems, Alexandria, Egypt.
Publications Authored:
- 1. " Outdoor Sound Propagation over Ground with Several Impedance Discontinuities"; Acoustical Society of America Paper; presented November 1982; Orlando, Florida Co-authored the following: ,
- 1. " Prompt Siren Notification Oystem Design" POWER ENGINEERING, March 1983
- 2. " Prediction and Experimental verification of Far-field sound propagation over Varying GrounJ Surfaces" Internoise "83" paper.
" Acoustic and Flow Characteristics of Cold High-Speed 3.
Coaxial Jets," AIAA Paper No.78-241, January 1978
- 4. " Supersonic Jet Noise Suppression by Coaxial Cold / Heated Jet Flows," AIAA Paper No.76-507, July 1976
- 5. "Some Recent Developments in Supersonic Jet Noise Reduction," AIAA Paper No.75-503, March 1975
- 6. " Potential of Coaxial Multi-Hozzle Configurations for Reduction of Noise from High Velocity Jets," Second Interagency Symposium of University" Research in Transportation Noise, North Carolina University,1974
- 7. " Reduction of Noise from Supersonic Jets by Coaxial Multi-Nozzle Schemes," Eighth International Congress on Acoustics, London, 1974
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- 8. " Quarterly Progress Reports, Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, submitted to Office of Noise Abatement, Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.
- 9. "A High-Speed High-Temperature Flow Facility" Final report under Grant SSF (70)-25, submitted to New York State Science and Technology Foundation AccusTic TECHNOLOGY INC.
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