ML20086U246
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| Site: | Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 03/02/1984 |
| From: | Clawson C, Cordaro M, Edward Robinson, Weismantle J LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO. |
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LILCO, March 2, 1984 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of
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LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY
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Docket No. 50-322-OL-3
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(Emergency Planning (Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, )
Proceeding)
Unit 1)
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TESTIMONY OF CAROL A. CLAWSON, MATTHEW C.
CORDARO, ELAINE D.
ROBINSON, AND JOHN A.
WEISMANTLE ON BEHALF OF LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY ON PHASE II EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 73.A
' PREREGISTRATION OF THE HANDICAPPED)
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LILCO, March 2, 1984 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of
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LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY
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Docket No. 50-322-OL-3
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(Emergency Planning (Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, )
Proceeding)
Unit 1)
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TESTIMONY OF CAROL A.
CLAWSON, MATTHEW C.
CORDARO, ELAINE D.
ROBINSON, AND JOHN A.
WEISMANTLE ON BEHALF OF LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY ON PHASE II EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 73.A (PREREGISTRATION OF THE HANDICAPPED)
PURPOSE Contention 73.A states that LILCO's preregistration sys-tem will not adequately identify those handicapped individuals who may need special assistance in evacuating during a Shoreham emergency.
This testimony will establish that LILCO has an ad-equate program for identifying handicapped people, which in-cludes (1) a letter asking all those with special needs, or-knowing persons with special needs, to return to LILCO a post-paid registration card, (2) requests in the Public Information Brochure that those with special needs return to LILCO a post-paid registration card, (3) an article in the LILCO newsletter,
_ _ _. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ " Keeping Current," that will explain the assistance available to those with special needs and provide an address where handi-capped people can write for assistance, and (4) an address in the Suffolk County and community telephone directories where those with special needs can write and request assistance in evacuating.
In addition, LILCO is checking the list of custom-ers who have special priority for electric service restoration on the assumption that these customers have one or more family members dependent on an electromechanical life support system.
This testimony also will establish that LILCO will up-date the handicapped listing whenever new information is re-ceived about persons with special needs.
In addition, LILCO will mail postpaid registration cards at least once a year to all residents of the EPZ, asking that those who need special evacuation assistance complete the card and return it to LILCO.
Attachments LILCO letter to residents of the EPZ asking about their special needs Postpaid registration card for those with spe-cial needs Handicapped Interview Guide Results of the telephone survey of persons who identified themselves as handicapped OFIP 3.6.5, Attachments 1 and 4 Public Information Brochure pages asking indi-viduals with special needs to notify LILCO
LILCO March 2, 1984 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of
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LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY
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Docket No. 50-322-OL-3
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(Emergency Planning (Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, )
Proceeding)
Unit 1)
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T.SSTIMONY OF CAROL A.
CLAWSON, MATTHEW C.
CORDARO, ELAINE D.
ROBINEON, AND JOHN A. WEISMANTLE ON BEHALF OF LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY ON PHASE II EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 73.A (PREREGISTRATION OF THE HANDICAPPED) 1.
Q.
Please stato your names and business addresses.
A.
[Clawson]
My name is Carol A.
Clawson.
My address is Long Island Lighting Company, 250 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, 11501.
[Cordaro]
My name is Matthew C.
Cordaro and my business address is Long Island Lighting Company, 175 East Old Country Road, Hicksville, New York, 11801.
[ Robinson]
My name is Elaine D.
Robinson.
My ad-dress is Long Island Lighting Company, 100 East Old Country Road, Hicksville, New York, 11801.
' [Weismantle]
My name is John A. Weismantle.
My address is Long Island Lighting Company, 100 East Old Country Road, Hicksville, New York, 11801.
2.
Q.
Please summarize your professional qualifications and your role in emergency planning for the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station.
A.
[Clawson]
I am employed by LILCO as Associate Di-rector, Public Affairs.
My professional qualifica-tions are being separately offered into evidence as part of the document entitled " Professional Quali-fications of LILCO Witnesses."
As Assistant Direc-tor of Public Affairs for LILCO, I drafted the let-ter asking residents of the EPZ who need assistance in a Shoreham emergency to notify LILCO of their special needs.
I presently am corresponding with handicapped persons to determine their special needs.
A.
[Cordaro]
I am Vice President of Engineering for LILCO and have held this position since the spring of 1978.
My professional qualifications are being separately offered into evidence as part of the document entitled " Professional Qualifications of LILCO Witnesses."
I am sitting on this panel to provide the LILCO management perspective on emer-gency planning and to answer any questions
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ pertinent to management.
My role in emergency planning for Shoreham is to ensure that the needs and requirements of emergency planning are being met and that the technical direction and content of emergency planning are being conveyed to corporate management.
[ Robinson]
I head the External Organizations Divi-sion of LERIO.
My professional qualifications are being offered into evidence as part of the document entitled " Professional Qualifications of LILCO Wit-nesses."
I supervised the group that is responsi-ble for identifying handicapped residents of the EPZ who might require special assistance in a Shoreham emergency.
[Weismantle]
I am employed by LILCO as Manager of the Local Emergency Response Implementing Organiza-tion (LERIO).
My professional qualifications are being separately offered into evidence as part of the document entitled " Professional Qualifications of LILCO Witnesses."
I am responsible for devel-oping and implementing the offsite emergency re-sponse plan for Shoreham and, as such, am familiar with the special efforts being made to identify those individuals in the EPZ who may require
_ assistance in evacuating during a Shoreham emergen-cy.
3.
Q.
What is Contention 73.A?
A.
Contention 73.A reads as follows:
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Contention 73.A.
All handicapped persons in need of special evacuation services will not be known to LILCO and therefore will not be evacuated in the event of an emergency.
The preregistration system proposed by LILCO (Plan, Appendix A, at II-18); see also Infor-mation Brochure), will not result in identifi-cation of a substantial number of persons who may need assistance in order to evacuate be-cause:
1.
Many people who will require assistance will not return the postcards to LILCO be-cause they do not:
(a) perceive them-selves to be handicapped; (b) desire to be identified as handicapped; (c) understand the reason or need to return the cards; (d) remember to return the cards; and/or (e) desire to rely on LILCO assistance in the event of an emergency.
2.
There is no provision for verifying the completeness of the LILCO listing to be compiled from the returned postcards.
3.
There is no provision for regularly updating the listing.
4.
Q.
Does LILCO have a program for identifying handi-capped persons who need special evacuation assis-tance?
A.
Yes.
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- I 5.
Q.
Would you please describe LILCO's program for iden-tifying handicapped persons who need special evacu-ation assistance?
A.
The first stage in LILCO's program for identifying and registering the handicapped consisted of a mailing of over 42,000 letters on August 29, 1983 to all households in the EPZ.
The mailing included a postpaid response card, which the addressee was requested to return to LILCO.
The letter and post-paid response card are appended to this testimony as Attachments 1 and 2 respectively.
Questions 3 and 4 on the card were written in such a way as to identify EPZ residents with special needs, and question 5 asked the respondents to pro-vide the names and addresses of anyone they knew within the EPZ who had special needs.
From the re-sponse to this mailing, LILCO was able to determine che names and addresses of over 600 EPZ residents who might require special assistance.
In order to accurately identify the needs of these people, LILCO called those persons who had provided a telephone number, and were neither hearing-impaired nor Spanish-speaking, and inter-viewed them in accordance with a prepared "Handi-capped Interview Guide."
The " Handicapped
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Interview Guide" is appended to this testimony as.
The results of this survey, as of February 8, 1984, are shown in Attachment 4 to this testimony.
The final results of the telephone sur-vey will be incorporated into the tables of OPIP 3.6.5.
Sample tables for listing the handicapped are in OPIP 3.6.5, Attachments 1 and 4, which are appended to this testimony as Attachment 5.
The rest of the people, who are either hearing-impaired, Spanish-spet. king, or did nct pro-vide a telephone number, are being contacted by letter.
As of February 22, 1984, 34 letters had been sent and 10 responses had been received.
LILCO presently is in the process of sending out the remaining letters, including a letter trans-lated into Spanish for Spanish-speaking persons.
The final results of the letter survey, like the telephone survey, will be incorporated into the ta-bles of OPIP 3.6.5.
The second stage in LILCO's program for registering tl.e handicapped will begin with the annual mailing of the Shoreham public information brochure to the same list of over 42,000 households.
Another post-paid registration card, which is designed to elicit
_ information from handicapped persons regarding the nature of their physical disabilities and the sort of emergency assistance required, is included in the brochure and thereafter will be included in the brochure every year.
Those with special needs are requested, on pages 1, 6,
8, and 17 of the bro-chure, to fill in the postpaid registration card,
'which is inserted at the back of the brochure.
Pages 1, 6,
8, and 17 are appended to this testimo-ny as Attachment 6.
When the response to the information brochure mailing has been tabulated, a list of individuals with special needs identified from the two mailings will be compiled.
EPZ residents whose response to the second card is unclear or incomplete will be contacted individually by letter or telephone.
The list will be updated annually, since the public in-formation brochure will be mailed to EPZ households every year.
LILCO also will publish an article at least once a year in " Keeping Current," a newsletter sent to LILCO customers in the EPZ several times a year, to explain the assistance that is available to those with special needs during a Shoreham emergency.
-_ The article also will provide an address where those with special needs can write to request spe-cial assistance.
Finally, emergency information for Shoreham will be included in both the Suffolk County telephone di-rectory and in community telephone directories.
This emergency information will include an address where those who "may need special assistance in the event of an evacuation" can write to arrange for speciL1 assistance.
Thus, LILCO has at least four separate means by which to identify the handicapped, including (1) the letter of August 29, 1983, with the postpaid registration card, (2) the public information bro-chure with the postpaid registration card, (3) the
" Keeping Current" article, and (4) the Suffolk County and community telephone directories.
LILCO will update the listing of handicapped persons whenever information is received from individuals who may require special assistance in evacuating during an emergency at Shoreham.
In addition, LERO will develop maps identifying the location of the handicapped persons and provide logical groupings for use by ambulance and ambulette drivers.
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6.
Q.
Do you have any back-up means to ensure that all handicapped persons are identified?
A.
The letter with the postpaid registration card sent to over 42,000 residents in the EPZ, the public in-formation brochure with the postpaid registration card, the article in " Keeping Current," and the emergency information in the Suffolk County and community telephone directories will adequately identify handicapped persons.
However, LERO also is obtaining a list of customers who have special priority for electric service restoration, on the assumption that these are households in which a member of the family is dependent on an electromechanical life support system.
This listing will be compared to the list of people who responded to the postcards.
7.
Q.
Contention 73.A states that many handicapped people will not return the postcards to LILCO because they do not (a) perceive themselves to be handicapped, (b) wish to be identified as handicapped, or (c) wish to rely on LILCO assistance in the event of an emergency.
How do you respond to this assertion?
A.
Neither " handicapped" nor " disabled" should be used, as they are in this contention, as pejorative terms.
If a person does not consider himself hand-icapped, then he is not handicapped.
Many individ-uals with physical conditions, whom others might consider to be substantially disabled, provide for
._ ___ ________-___________ - ____ all their own needs.
They live alone, travel alone, and go to work every day.
If such an indi-vidual feels capable of dealing with evacuation, there is no reason why LILCO should force assis-tance on him.
Our purpose is to provide assistance to thote who feel they need it.
Moreover, the mailing did not just request informa-tion about " handicapped" people, but rather was written in broader terms.
The definition of handi-capped, for the purpose of implementing protective actions, is someone who cannot hear the sirens or evacuate without assistance.
The cards mailed to the residents did not ask if the resident was
' handicapped," the cards asked if the resident wvuld be able to accomplish these functions.
- Thus, LILCO was able to determine if an individual had special needs without requiring that the resident characterize himself as " handicapped."
In addition to requesting that the resident himself identify any special needs he might have, the let-ter and registration card mailed to the 42,000 res-idents in the EFZ also requested every resident to identify anyone they knew in the EPZ who might have special needs.
The letter stated that "LILCO must
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-_- know about any special needs you or your neighbors may have," and that "LILCO will not release this information to the public."
This assurance of con-fidentiality should further enc age concerned people to notify LILCO of any nels rs with spe-cial needs.
8.
Q.
Contention 73.A also states that the handicapped will not return the registration cards becauce (a) they do not understand the reason or need to return the cards or (b) they will forget to return them.
How do you respond to this assertion?
A.
The letter and brochure make clear the reasons why those with special needs should return the regis-tration cards.
The letter informs residents that LILCO needs to know of their special needs to im-plement its emergency preparedness plan.
The reg-istration card accompanying the letter asks resi-dents who are hearing impaired whether they will be notified by friends or family if an emergency siren sounds.
All residents are asked whether they have transportation needs if evacuation is recommended.
The brochure contains a more detailed discussion of the emergency plan and protective actions that res-idents of the EPZ may.be required to take in an emergency at Shoreham and asks those persons who may need assistance in responding to the protective action recommendations to fill out the postpaid registration card and return it to LILCO.
. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ For those persons who are so mentally handicapped that they do not understand the need to return the registration card, LILCO has included requests in both the letter and the brochure that residents no-tify LILCO if they know of anyone with special needs.
Moreover, such severely handicapped indi-victuals probably would be in the care of an indi-vidual who could either provide or arrange for as-sistance.
As for the intervenors' assertion that people will forget to return the registration cards, i t is un-likely that people will forget when they will be asked on at least three different occasions, including the letter of August 29, 1983, the public information brochure, and the article in " Keeping Current," to inform LILCO of their special needs.
9.
Q.
How do you plan to update the listing of handi-capped people who need special assistance?
A.
This is answered in the response to Question.5 above.
10.
Q.
Please summarize your testimony for Contention 73.A.
A.
LILCO has an adequate program for registering hand-icapped people, which includes (1) a letter asking all those with special needs, or knowing persons l
, with special needs, to return a postpaid registra-tion card, (2) requests in the Public Information Brochure that those with special needs return a postpaid registration card, (3) an annual article in the LILCO newsletter, " Keeping Current," that will explain the assistance available to those with special needs and provide an address where the handicapped can write for assistance, and (4) an address in the Suffolk County and community tele-phone directories where those with special needs can write for assistance in evacuating.
LILCO also is checking the list of customers who have special priority for electric service restoration on the assumption that one of the family members is depen-dent on an electromechanical life support system.
LILCO will update the handicapped listings on a continual basis as new information is received about persons with special needs.
In addition, LILCO will mail postpaid registration cards to all residents in the EPZ at least once a year.
ATTACHMENT 1
[,fE,{O LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY Shoreham Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 624 Wading River, NY 11792 Darrell M. Lankford Information omcer August 29,1983 DEAR SHOREHAM NEIGHBOR:
In the next several months, the Long Island Lighting Company will be refining some parts of its emergency preparedness planning for people living near the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station.
In the course of this work, we are also completing a brochure for people who live nsar Shoreham detailing the information you would need to have in the event of an accident at the plant.
Much of the information in the brochure will answer questions that many of you have raised about emergency preparedness planning for Shoreham. In the brochure we will include information about:
- 1. suggested traffic routes for leaving the area.
- 2. where people who do not have transportation can get a bus to relocation centers, and
- 3. where relocation centers, with food, beds and showers, are located.
In order to serve you better we must know about any special needs you or your neighbors may have.
Please take a moment to complete the enclosed post card. LILCO will not release this information to the public.
For Spanish Speaking Residents SI Ud. solamente habla espaBol, tenga la bondad de marcar con una cruz la casilla cpropiada en la tarjeta que le incluimos y envibla por correo a nuestras oficinas para que asi podamos mandarle esta informacibn en espaiiol.
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Darrell M. Lankford Information Officer
4 ATTACHMENT 2
l NOPOSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES BUSINESS REPLY CARD
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FIRST CLASS PEAMIT NO.10 MINEOLA. N.Y.
POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADORESSEE Shoreham Nuclear Power Station Community Relations Department P. O. Box 624 Wading River, New York 11792 M
SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS los de hable eo f, sol:rnente ha' h"n'ot, tenga la bonded de mercer con une crus T y escribe su nombre y domicl5o debelo, I n6tnero 7 y,le enviaremos esta informacibn en espeilot.
I DEAF PEOPLE: If you are deaf or hearing impaired. wE a family membw or neighbor notNy you that the omwgency alren has ded? (Please don't answer this question if you can hear.)
YES 90 0 evacu: tion is recommended, can your famp obtain t ar,epodsuc6 (either your own or with a neighbor) er walk a few Nocks to en y
gency bus?
O YES O 90 0 e answered no to either questen 2 or 3 please describe your special needs.
J know of someone IMng within 10 miles of Shoreham who has special emergency needs, and may not have received or responded
' noUco, please write down their name and address.
s i need additional cW of this no6ce and the pub 5c information brochure for members of your famBy or for tenants in your mont or home, please ten us how many i answ: red q'sestions 1,4,5 or 6 abwe, please print your name, address, and telephone number below and mar back this card so say respond.
THANK YOU
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Handicapped Interview Guide Attempt to determine the extent of their handicap by the1following question process.
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Can you drive?
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At least ten miles?
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To the nearest bus route?
(give location)
If the answer to the above is yes, classify as GENERAL PUBLIC.
If the answer to the above is no:
2.
Are you capable of walking around the neighborhood?
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Can you walk as far as the bus route? (give location) []
If the answer to the above is yes, classify also as GENERAL PUBLIC.
If the answer to the above is no:
3.
Can you walk as far as your mailbox, or the curb in front of your house?
If the answer to the above is yes, then classify as CURBSIDE PICKUP.
If the answer to the above is no:
4.
Do you require assistance from your home?
If the answer is yes, then classify as CURBSIDE PICKUP WITH ASSISTANCE (except for wheelchair or ambulance patients).
5.
Are you confined to a wheelchair?[]
If the answer to the above is yes, then classify as WHEELCHAIR PICKUP.
6.
Are you bedridden, or on life support equipment (not dialysis equipment)?
If the answer to the above is yes, then classify as AMBULANCE PICKUP.
Name ZONE Address PHONE Date of Contact
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625 Total Cards Received 422 PEOPLE CONTACTED BY PHONE i
'158 can walk to nearest bus route, general evacuation 102 require pickup at curbside 25 require pickup at curbside with assistance from residence 33 require pickup by wheelchair equipped van 17 require ambulance pickup 31 needed no assistance (misunderstood the questionnaire) 11 were outside the EPZ 10 were disconnected are summer residences) phones (some of these 2
deceased 20 need to be called again (We have been making 3 attempts on 3 different days.)
13 newly received cards (yet to be contacted).
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_PEOFLE TO BE CONTACTED BY LETTER 63 letters have been drafted where no phone number was available 25*
Spanish speaking people 14 Deaf clients - non ambulatory 55 Deaf or Hard of Hearing - ambulatory - need transportation 46 Deaf clients who do not need transportation but cannot hear siren 48 Additional Spanish speaking clients subscribing to Spanish newspapers obtained from subscriber lists in (Medford 26)(Port Jefferson 22) Total 48
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information E Anle with specialtransportation needs if pu need specialhelp,orif you When you hear a siren sounding for knowof someone who does, ~ lease fill p
three to five minutes:
out and return the postcard included in
- 1. Turn on your FM oram radio.
the back of this booklet.
- 2. Tune to yourlocal Emergency Broadcast System station (graphic).
- 3. Listen for details and instructions about the alarm.
- 4. You will knowjust what to doif you listen to yourlocalEmergency Broadcast System station.
If thereis an accident at the Shore-ham Nuclear Power Station,it willbe classified by its degree of seriousness.
The least serious will be called " unusual event." The most serious will be called "generalemergency."
If public protection is required, you may be asked to " shelter." To shelter is to keep the family and petsindoors.
Close off alloutside openings. Shut doors and windows. Turn off air condi-tioning and heating systems which rely on outside ventilation.
If anyIM,ations are to be evacuated,it will b0 done by zone designation. (Your zone designation is on the cover of this booklet.) The ten mile area surrounding Shorehamis dividedinto nineteen zones.If yourzoneis not announced thereis no need toleave your home. If yourzoneis announced,you should leave as soon as possibie. If you are in a zone other than your home zone, fcilow the actions oflocalresidents.
Relocation Centers have been estab-lished foryou to go to,if needed. At these Centers you and your family can be cared for untilyou return home.
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Page 2 of 4 EM These tone-alert radios have been How You placed in schools, hospitals, nursing homes,and other buildings.
l Would Be Told Tne Emergency Broadcast System will provide details about the reason for Eighty-nine sirens have been installed an alarm.Wu willalways be advised in the ten-mile zone around the Shore-what to do.You should stay tuned in to ham Plant. The sirens sound similar to yourlocalEmergency Broadcast Sys-fire sirens but there is a difference. The tem radio station until the emergency Shoreham sirens make a soundlasting is declared over.
from three to five minutes. (Fire alarms make a wailing sound forabout two IF YOU ARE HEARINGIMPAIRED minutes. Their sound pulsates up to ten People who are hearingimpaired times in the two minutes.)If you hear should arrange fora family memberor thelong siren sound:
neighborto notify them if the sirens E Turn on your radio sound.
5 Tune in to yourlocal Emergency if you are hearing impaired and Broadcast System radio station, would need specialassistancein the event that the sirens are sounded it is E You willreceiveinstructions from the LocalEmergency Response imp rtant foryou to registerwith the Director.
Local Emergency Response Organi-zation (LERO).
In addition to the sirens and yourown if the sirens are sounded dueto an radios, there are more than 100 tone-alert radios in the area. These radios emergencyat the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, a LERO worker will automatically turn on when an Emer-gency Broadcast Message comes on come to your house to notifyyou per-the air' sonallyof the emergencycondition.
To registerwith LERO, please com-plete the post cardin the back of the ru as n na toe tos una brochure and mailit to us today.
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E Gathertheitems pu would need IF YOU ARE DISABLED fpr a few days away kom home in-Arrangements have been made for b n ets and sleeping bags for handicapped people who are unable to ewry ne followthe directions givenin this cription medicines,if booklet. People needing special help because of physical disabilities, confine-
-changes of clothing for sewral ment, or old age should fill out the ad-da s vance registration card in the pocket of rsonalitems such as shaving this booklet now and mail it. Th~ se who o
kits, soaps and cosmetics cannot mailthe card forthemselves should have someone doit for them.
-formulas and other needs ofin-fants and children The cards will be used to compile a list
-checkbooks, credit cards and of area residents who need special as-important papers s! stance due to blindness, hearing loss,
-a portable radio with fresh bat-wheelchair confinement, or inability to teries move because of age.The disabled
-this booklet who need help willbe properlycared for. Persons who mail the card will hear E Place a damp common cotton from us soon after we receive the card.
handkerchief or bathroom towel overyour nose and mouth when you leave your house.
E Leave by the specific route for yourlocation shown on page 10A of this booklet.
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E Follow the blue and white path-findersigns. They are located on everymajorroadwayin the 10 mile emergency zone.The signs willdi-rect you along predesignated routes out of the zone.
5 Follow the directions of the traffic guides.They are there to help speed evacuation.
E If you do not'have a ride, walk to the nearest point on the emer.
gency bus route map which islocated on page 10B of this brochure. Buses willpick pu up along this route and take you to a relocation center outside the zone.
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Page 4 Of 4 Be Prepared To b4 sure that your family is prepared for any emergency, you should:
E Have your family read this booklet.
5 Talk about it with the family.
Be sure that earyone knows what to do.
5 Find your emergency Relocation N
Center on the map (page 10).
Note how you would get from your house to the Relocation Center.
E If the Loca1 Emergency Response Organization Director recom-mends that peoplein yourzone should leave home, go quickly.
Plan now where you will go.Will Wu go to your Relocation Center?
Or willyou go to a friend's or rela-tive's house outside the 10-mile emergency area?
E Each familyshould decidenow how they will get together.
E Do you think you will need special help? If you do, mail the enclosed card to us. We willwrite back tell-ing how we will help. Do you know of someone else who needs help?
If you do, tell us that too.
E Itis a goodidea to keep a portable radio and extra batteries on hand.
A flashlight and a first aid kit are good to have with you too.
5 Keep this booklet. Putitin a place that you will not forget.
E Anyquestions? Please feelfree to write to:
Local Emergency Response Organization P.O. Box 624 Wading River, NY 11742
'Ve want to help.
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