ML20092E204
| ML20092E204 | |
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| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 05/03/1984 |
| From: | Birch M, Broome L, Carter P, Duckworth S, Finklea S, Glover R, Lunsford P, Mcswain W, Phillips B, Pugh J, Thomas P DUKE POWER CO., GASTON COUNTY, NC, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC, NORTH CAROLINA, STATE OF, SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF, YORK COUNTY, SC |
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| A-EP-007, A-EP-7, OL, NUDOCS 8406220327 | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA i
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BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD 4
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APPLICANTS' TESTIMONY ON EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 1 AND 7 Duke Power Company (R.M. Glover, P.F. Carter, M.L.
- Birch, S.V. Duckworth)
North Carolina (J.T. Pugh, III)
South Carolina (P.R. Lunsford, W.M. McSwain, S.L.
Finklea III)
Gaston County (Bob E.
Phillips)
Mecklenburg County (Lewis Wayne Broome)
York County (Phillip Steven Thomas) a i
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1 TESTIMONY OF DUKd POWER COMANY 2
(R M. GLOVER, P.F.
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M.L. BIRCH, AND S.V. DUCKWORTH) ON 4
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTIONS 1 AND 7 5
Background Information 6
Q.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND 7
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, AND SUMMARIZE YOUR 8
OCCUPATIONAL DUTIES.
9 A.
R.M. Glover, Duke Power Company.
See.my attached 10 resume.
11 P.F. Carter, Duke Power Company.
See my attached 12 resume.
13 M.L.
Birch. Duke Power Company.
See my attached 14 resume.
15 S.V.
Duckworth, Winthrop College.
See my attached 16 resume.
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TESTIMONY 7 18 A.
The purpose of my testimony is to address CESG and PA l
19 Contentions 1 and 7 as they relate to Duke's 20 Emergency Plan brochure. (RMG, PFC, MLB, SVD) i 21 EPC 1 and 7 Testimony 22 Q.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH DUKE'S EMERGENCY PLAN BROCHURE?
23 A.
Yes. (RMG, MLB, PFC, SVD) 24 0
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR ROLE IN THE PREPARATION OF THE 25 BROCHURE.
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1.
I had the overall responsibility for researching 2
information for inclusion in the brochure, 3
drafting copy, developing design and format, 4
gathering approvals, and distributing the 5
brochure. (PFC) 6 2.
As Emergency Response. Coordinator for Duke, I 7
had the responsibility for providing technical 8
input concerning NRC regulations and what 9
information had to be included in the brochure 10 to meet this criteria. (RMG) 11 3.
I provided information with regard to radiation 12 dosage and related health effects. (MLB) 13 4.
I was asked by Duke to review the 1984 Edition 14 of the Emergency Plan brochure to assess the 15 applicable reading levels.
I also reviewed an l
16 earlier draft and suggested modifications to 17 lower the reading level. (SVD) 18 Q.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BROCHURE 7 19 A.
The purpose of the brochure is to provide residents 20 within the EPZ with information on what to do in l
21 response to an emergency at the Catwba Nuclear 22 Station. (RMG, PFC) 23 Q.
PLEASE DESCRIBE WHAT STEPS WERE TAKEN IN PREPARING 24 THE BROCHURE.
25 A.
1.
All pertinent government documents were reviewed 26 to determine required information.
1 2.
Other emergency brochures from around the i
2 country were reviewed.
3 3.
Duke Power emergency planning officials were 4
consulted on content.
5 4.
An outline of information to be included was 6
prepared.
7 5.
The outline was reviewed by Duke Power emergency 8
planning officials.
9 6.
A draft copy of the brochure was prepared.
10 7.
The draft copy was sent to Duke Power emergency 11 officials for distribution to state and local 12 officials for review.
13 8.
A copy was sent to a reading specialist for 14 determination of reading level.
15 9.
A revised draft was prepared based on input from 16 emergency planning officials and the reading 17 specialist.
18 10.
A preliminary version of the brochure was 19 produced.
20 11.
Copies were distributed to federal, state and 21 local emergency planning offices.
The brochure 22 was also distributed at public meetings held 23 within the EPZ.
Copies were provided to 24 intervenors and other interested parties.
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Comments and sugge.stions to improve the brochure 1
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were received from all parties, the general i
3 public, intervenors, governmental officials and 4
committees.
5 13.
All comments and suggestions were reviewed and a 6
number of changes in content were made.
7 14.
The final brochure was produced and distributed.
8 (PFC) 9 Q.
WAS THERE A PROCEDURE FOR REVIEW OF THE BROCHURE AND 10 ITS CONTENTS?
11 A.
Yes.
The brochure was reviewed by the NRC, FEMA, 12 N.C.
emergency planning officials, S.C.
emergency 13 planning officials, Palmetto Alliance /CESG, the 14 Mecklenburg County Emergency Planning Review 15 Committee, and was issued to approximately 3,000 16 members of the general public who attended a number 17 of emergency planning meetings.
Input from all of 18 these groups was used in the final version of the 19 brochure. (PFC) 20 Q.
WHAT CRITERIA MUST BE MET IN ORDER FOR THE EMERGENCY 21 PLAN BROCHURE TO COMPLY WITH NRC REGUIATIONS?
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The brochure must contain information required by 10 i
l 23 CFR $50.47(b)(7) and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Part 24 D.2 and NUREG-0654, Rev. 1 Part G.I.
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DOES DUKE'S REVISED BROCHURE TITLED " CATAWBA NUCLEAR 2
STATION EMERGENCY PLAN - 1984 EDITION" MEET THESE 3
CRITERIA?
4 A.
Yes.
The brochure addresses all of the areas called 5
for in 10 CFR $50.47(b)(7) and 10 CFR Part 50, 6
Appendix E, Part D.2 and NUREG-0654, Rev. 1 Part G.l.
7 (RMG) 8 Q.
WHAT DETERMINED THE ORDER IN WHICH THE INFORMATION IN 9
THE BROCHURE APPEARS?
FOR EXAMPLE, WHY ARE THE 10 EVACUATION INFORMATION AND SHELTERING LOCATIONS 11 ASSIGNED TO THE BT.CK OF THE BROCHURE INSTE..J OF THE 12 FRONT?
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Preliminary information on the operation of a nuclear 14 station, facts about radiation, and definitions of 15 nuclear terms were placed in the front of the 16 brochu e to aid the reader in understanding the 17 importance of emergency planning and protective 18 actions.
In addition, the brochure was intentionally 19 designed to make it easy for the reader to turn 20 quickly to any area of the brochure by the use of 21 descriptive tabs with labels such as, " Emergency and 22 You," " Evacuation Procedures," and " Protective Action 23 zones and Maps." (PFC) 24 O.
DOES THE BROCHURE CONTAIN INFORMATION IN ADDITION TO l
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Yes.
It contains information included as a result of f
2 comments by state and county agencies and by 3
intervenors CESG and Palmetto Alliance to improve the 4
brochure as an informational tool.
Each year, the l
5 brochure will be revised to include new information, 4
6 to improve it based on comments from various groups 7
involved in emergency planning, and to correct the i
8 brochure based on any changes in the concept or 9
extent of planning.
An updated version of the 10 brochure is planned for September 30, 1984.
The new 11 brochure will then'be mailed to all EPZ residents.
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WHAT ADDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY CONTEMPLATED FOR THE 14 REVISION OF THE BROCHURE 7 15 A.
Additional information related to shelters 16 established for York and Gaston County residents will 17 be included.
One shelter, Mount Holly Jr. High, is 18 to be added to the list for Gaston County residents.
19 In York County, Bethany ARP Church, Bethany 20 Elementary School, Sharon Elementary School, and 21 Hickory Grove School have been evaluated by state l
22 planners and found to be inadequate as long-term 23' shelters, as no showers were available.
They are to 24 be replaced by other facilities outside. York County 25 as shelters for zone A-0.
These changes, along with 26 improvements to the map and tabular listing of zones, 4
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2 comments will be incorporated into an updated version 3
of the brochure and distributed as described l
4 previously. (RMG) 5 O.
ARE THEEE REVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH NRC
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No.
They are being added simply to improve the 8
brochure as an informational tool and to revise j
9 shelter listings as previously noted.
The curren-i 10
, brochure complies with the regulations. (RMG) 11 Q.
INTERVENORS STATE THAT "A SIGNIFICANT BODY OF 12 SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT INDICATES HEALTH EFFECTS AT 13 VERY LOW LOW LEVELS OF RADIATION IS NOT CITED. "
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14 THIS STATEMENT ACCURATE?
15 A.
No.
There is not a significant body of such 16 evidence. (MLB)
In addition, even if such 1
17 information.did exist, NRC regulations do not require 18 the inclusion of such information in the brochure.
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INTERVENORS STATE THAT " PEOPLE WITH COMPELLING j -
21 REASONS TO STAY (SUCH AS FARMERS TENDING TO 22 LIVESTOCK) MAY NOT TAKE THE THREAT SERIOUSLY, 23 ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING REPEATEDLY TOLD IN THE PAST 24 THAT RADIATION IS NOT PARTICULARLY HARMFUL, AND THAT 25 A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY."
Do YOU 26 AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT 7
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No.
The brochure clearly states that radiation is 2
harmful and then gives instruction as to what to do 3
in the event of an emergency.
Nor does the brochure 4
hide the possibility of an emergency at Catawba.
On 5
page 4 of the brochure it states:
"If there were a 6
major emergency at Catawba, people in areas near the 7
plant could be exposed to high levels of radiation.
8 Exposure to high levels of radiation causes health 9
effects."
Instructions are then given on page 4 as 10 to what steps to take if r:diation were released.
11 Additional information is given on page 9 of the 12 brochure. (PFC) i 13 Q.
INTERVENORS STATE THAT THE BROCHURE "DOES NOT 14 INDICATE THAT THERE IS A DANGER IN ACCUMULATED i
15 RADIATION DOSAGE."
IS THIS ACCURATE?
16 A.
No.
The brochure addresses this issue by advising 17 the public on pages 4, 9,
10 and 11 to take shelter 18 or evacuate.
When taking shelter, the public is 19 further advised as to what additional steps to take 20 for protection. (PFC, MLB) l 21 Q.
INTERVENORS STATE THAT THE BROCHURE "DOES NOT GIVE 22 ADEQUATE INFORHATION ON PROTECTION FROM BETA AND' 23 GAMMA RAYS."
IS THIS CORRECT 7 24 A.
No, the brochure adequately addresses these incues.
25 To reduce radiation doses resulting from external 26 exposures to noble gases, you can decrease the time
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thicknesses of material.
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It also suggests m,oving to the basement, if 15 possible, to increase your distance from the source.
16 The brochure addresses increasing attenuation by 17 recommending you remain indoors and move to the 18 basement, if possible. (MLB)
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INTERVENORS STATE THAT THE BROCHURE "DOES NOT SPECITY 20 HOW YOUNG VERY YOUNG IS."
IS THIS CORRECT?
21 A.
No.
Page 4 of the brochure has been revised to read 22
"(u)nborn babies and children up to six years old are f
23 more likely to be harmed by radiation." (PFC) 24 0
INTERVENORS STATE THAT THE BRCCHURE DOES NOT CONTAIN 25 A " CHART TO INDICATE OVEREXPOSURE DURING NON-ROUTINE 26 RELEASES OR ACCIDENTS TO PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE THE
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EVACUATION."
WHY DOES THE BROCHURE NOT CONTAIN SUCH 3
A CHART?
4 A.
First, the NRC regulations do not require such a 5*
chart. (RMG)
Second, the composition of such a chart 6
would be voluminous due to the number of scenarios 7
that would need to be covered. (MLB)
Finally, the 8
brochure contains adequate information concerning 9
radiation levels on page 2.
(PFC) 10 Q.
INTERVENORS STATE THAT THE BROCHURE "DOES NOT SPECIFY
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1 12 IS "HIS ACCURATE 7 13 A.
No.
Page 9 of the revised brochure states that
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The emergency broadcast 1
16 stations will notify the public of any actions to be 17 taken in regard to food and water." (PFC) l
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INTERVENORS STATE THAT THE BROCHURE "DOES NOT SPECIFY 19 THE IMPOP.TANCE OF GETTING TO RECEPTION AREAS FOR 20 REGISTRATION FOR PURPOSES OF NOTIFICATION FOR
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' EV A CU E ES ' RE-ENTRY TO THEIR HOMES, NOR OF EMERGENCY 22 NOTIFICATION FOR EVACUEES, ACCOUNTING FOR FISCAL l
23 ASPECTS OF EVACUATION AND FOR THE BASIS OF 24' ESTABLISHING LEGAL CLAIMS WHICH MIGHT RESULT FROM THE
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IS THIS STATEMENT l
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4 A.
No.
The revised brochure does contain such 5
information.
On page 10 of the brochure, the public 6
is advised to "(d) rive to your shelter and register."
7 The public is further advised on page 10 that 8
'"(r)egistering at the shelter will enable officials 9
to contact you to tell you when you can go back home" 10 and that they "can also get information there while 11 away from home."
With regard to fiscal aspects and 12 legal claims, the public is advised on page 10 that 13
"(r)epresentatives of organizations including Red 14 Cross, Salvation Army and insurance companies" would 15 be at shelters to provide services needed by the 16 public. (PFC)
This information was added from an 17 earlier version to address concerns raised by the 18 intervenors even though NRC regulations do not 19 require it.
NRC and FEMA-guidelines focus on the 20 area of safety and not on subsequent legal aspects 21 following a possible event. (RMG) 22 Q.
INTERVENORS STATE THAT CITIZENS ARE TOLD IN THE 23.
BROCHURE THAT "THEY MAY 'GO DIRECTLY TO ' STAY WITH 24 FRIENDS OR RELATIVES LIVING AT LEAST 15 MILES FROM 25 THE PLANT.'"
IS THIS AN ACOURATE STATEMENT 7 l
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1 A.
No.
Page 10 of the brochure states " Drive to your 2
shelter and register.
You may stay at the shelter.
3 Or after you register at the shelter, you may choose 4
to stay with friends or relatives living at least 15 5
miles from the plant."
This language clearly 6
indicates that af fected persor.s should go to the 7
shelter first. (PFC) 8 Q.
INTERVENORS STATE THAT THE BROCHURE DOES NOT SAY THAT 9
"THE RECEPTION AREAS EXIST TO PROVIDE DECONTAMINATION 10 OF PEOPLE AND VEHICLES."
IS THIS CORRECT 7 11 A.
No.
There are no longer any reception areas
- rather, 12 evacuees will be instructed to go directly to 13 designated shelters. (RMG)
Further, on page 9 of the 14 brochure it states: " Shelters would have facilities 15 fer decontan.ination of evacuees and their vehicles 16 and their personal items."
It is there that such 17 decontamination activities take place.
This language 18 was added to the current version of the brochure.
19 (PFC) 20 Q.
INTERVENORS ASSERT THAT THE BROCHURE STATES THAT "IN 21 AN EMERGENCY AT CATAWBA, CITIZENS ' WOULD BE GIVEN 4
22 PLENTT OF TIME TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION.'"
23 INTERVENORS. STATE FURTHER THAT THE BROCHURE " FALSELY 24 REASSURES" RESIDENTS BY INCLUDING THIS ' STATEMENT.
25 DOES THE BROCHURE INCLUDE THIS STATEMENT?
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No.
This statement was deleted from an earlier draf t 2
and is not contained in the current brochure.
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no effort is made to " falsely reassure" residents.
4 Information in the brochure is directed at advising 5
the public to take necessary action in an emergency.
6 (PFC) 7 Q.
INTERVENORS STATE THAT THE BROCHURE " ASSUMES ALL 8
RECIPIENTS CAN READ, AND AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF 9
COMPREHENSION."
INTERVENORS STATE FURTHER THAT "AS A 10 PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT 11 ALL HAVE ACCESS TO AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE EMERGENCY 12 PROCEDURES TO BE TAKEN."
PLEASE COMMENT ON THESE 13 STATEMENTS.
14 A.
First, the brochure was designed and written so that 15 the general public could understand the emergency 16 procedures to be taken.
Second, every effort was 17 made to ensure that the brochure was written in a 18 form and at a reading level that could be understood 19 by a broad segment of the public for whom it is 20 intended. (PFC) f 21 Q.
WHAT STEPS WERE TAKEN TO ENSURE READABILITY OF THE 22 BROCHURE BY THE PUBLIC?
23 A.
The initial draft was submitted-to a :-ading 24 specialist at Winthrop College for_an assessment of 25 the reading level.
The initial draft was determined 26 to be at approximately a college level.
Based on the l
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copy was changed in an effort to lower the reading 3
level. (PFC, SVD) 4 Q.
PLEASE DESCRIBE MORE FULLY WHAT CHANGES WERE 5
INCORPORATED IN THE FINAL VERSION OF.THE 1984 EDITION 6
OF THE BROCHURE TO ENSURE ITS READABILITY BY THE 7
PUBLIC.
8 A.
Duke was advised by the reading specialist that parts 9
of the rapy were verbose and too complex.
10 The material was rewritten to be approximately 11 4-6 sentences in length per one hundred words and to 12 have an average of 140-160 syllables per one hundred 13 words.
14 Technical information in areas such as "How a 15 nuclear plant works," and "About Radiation," was 16 rewritten to make the information more 17 understandable. (PFC) 18 Q.
FOR WHAT LEVEL OF READER IS THE 1984 EDITION OF THE 19 BROCHURE SUITABLE?
20 A.
The 1984 edition of the brochure is suitable for 21 readers of many levels.
By applying the Fry 22 Readability Formula to assess the brochure, variable 23 reading levels are obtained.
Specifically, narrative 1
24 portions (i.e., those outlining plant operation and 25 giving information concerning radiation en pages 2 26 and 4) are written on an eleventh grade level.
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', 1 Instructional sequences (i.e., ste p-by-s te p 2
evacuation procedures on pages 9, 10 and 11) are 3
written on a seventh grade reading level and are most 4
appropriate for the average reader. (SVD) 5 Q.
WHAT OTHER STEPS ARE SUGGESTED FOR COMMUNICATING 6
INFORMATION IN THE BROCHURE TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA 7
WHO CANNOT READ OR MAY NOT HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO A 8
BROCHURE?
9 A.
Page 1 of the brochure states:
"If you know someone 10 who is blind or who does not read well, read this 11 information to them.
Talk to them about what to do 12 in an emergency." (PFC)
In addition, state and local 13 officials have been asked to include the six steps 14 shown on page 9 in their EBS broadcast. (RMG) 15 Q.
INTERVENORS STAIE THAT "(T)HERE IS NO INFORMATION 16 CONCERNING THE EXTSTENCE OF A ' PLUME EXPOSURE 17 PATHWAY' WHICH WOULD INFLUENCE A CITIZEN'S CHOICE OF 18 ESCAPE ROUTE" AND THAT "IT IS IMPORTANT FOR CITIZENS 19 TO BE AWARE OF THIS PHENOMENON EEFORERAND."
WHY IS 20 THIS INFORMATION NOT INCLUDED IN THE BROCHURE 7 21 A.
First, the NRC regulations do not require that such 22 information be included in the brochure.
- Second, 23 there is concern that public confusion may arise if 24 an attempt is made to provide general information 25 concerning plume pathways, and that.the public may i
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messages which are based on the specific conditions 3
at the time of the emergency. (RMG) 4 Q.
WHAT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THE BROCHURE WITH 5
REGARD TO SHELTERING?
6 A.
Two types of information are included in the brochure 7
with regard to sheltering.
First, on page 9 of the B
brochure, the readers are directed to take the 9
following six steps if they are told to stay indoors 10 during an emergency:
11 "1.
Stay indoors until you are told it is safe to go 12 out.
13 2.
Close all windows and doors.
Turn off fans, air 14 conditioners and forced-air heating units.
15 3.
Move to a basement if possible.
16 4.
Place a damp cloth over your nose and mouth.
17 5.
Listen to your local radio or television station 18 for more instructions.
19 6.
Water, milk. and food supplies will be monitored 20 for potential contamination.
The emergency 21 broadcast stations will notify the public of any 22 actions to be taken in regard to food and 23 water."
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8 1 Second, if ordered to evacuate, readers are told on 2
page 10 as follows:
"Get into your car or other 3
vehicle.
Close all windows and vents.
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4 shelter and register." (PFC) 5 Q.
WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR INCLUDING THESE 6 STEPS IN THE 6
BROCHURE?
7 A.
EPA-520/1-75-001, Manual of Protective Action Guides 8
and Protective Actions for Nuclear Incidents,"
9 Environmental Protection Agency,1975 (a4d subsequent 10 revisions and editions) recommends actions such as 11 staying in the basement, closing windows and doors, 12 turning off ventilation systems which draw in inside 13 air, and breathing through a damp cloth.
The other 14 points are practical comments believed by Duke Power 15 Company to provide more effective sheltering. (RMG) 16 Q.
WHAT OTHER STEPS HAS DUKE TAKEN TO ENSURE PUBLICATION 17 OF SHELTERING INFORMATION?
j 18 A.
In a letter dated January 23, 1984, to each State 19 Director, Duke has requested that the six items on 20 page 9 of the brochure be made a part of their pre-21 established message format for sheltering.
It is my 22 understanding that each state will include this 23 information in pre-established messages. (RMG) 24 Q.
DOES THE SHELTERING INFORMATION MEET NRC CRITERIA?
25 A.
Yes. (RMG)
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ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT THE REVISED BROCHURE FOR 2
DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC ADEQUATELY ADDRESSES THE 3
MATTERS OF PREPARATIONS TO BE TAKEN BY THE PUBLIC "TO 4
ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE SHELTERING" AND "THE ACTIONS THAT 5
PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE WHEN ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER 7" 6
A.
Yes, the instructions provided in the brochure are 7
adequate for the public to achieve effective 8
sheltering. (MLB) 9 Q.
BRIEFLY EXPLAIN YOUR RESPONSE.
10 A.
There are two factors which are important when using 11 sheltering as a protective measure to reduce 12 potential doses.
First, the shelter should provid.e 13 some attenuation of radiation emitted from 14 contamination outside the shelter.
This attenuation 15 effect is called shielding.
The second factor would 16 be the need to minimize the amount of contamination 17 leaking into the shelter.
This is minimization of 18 infiltration.
The brochure adequately addresses botn 19 factors.
With regard to shielding, the brochure 20 states on page 9: " Stay indoors until you are told it 21 is safe to go outside."
It further states:
" Move to 22 a basement if possible."
These instructions describe 23 the methods that should be used to achieve shielding l
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As a method to reduce infiltration, the brochure 2
advises on page 9 as follows:
"Close all windows and 3
doors.
Turn off fans, air conditioners and forced-
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These instructions are measures 5
that would effectively reduce infiltration of 6
contaminated air.
7 The measures listed on page 9 of the brochure 8
are general practices that would be effective for any 9
situation where sheltering is nece'ssary.
The 10 brochure also states on page 9: " Listen to your local 11 radio or television station for more instructions."
12 This addresses the need for additional instruction 13 which would not be appropriate in all cases.
14 In addition to the general practices of 15 shielding, reduction of infiltration and listening 16 for additional information, instructions 4 and 6 on 17 page 9 are measures that would be recommended if 18 particulates are released.
These instructions would 19 be useful in reducing inhalation and ingestion of 20 contaminates if they are present. (MLB) 21 0
WHAT READING LEVEL IS THE INFORMATION ON SHELTERING?
22 A.
The instructional information on pages 9 and 10 is on 23 the 7th grade level. (SVD) l l
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1 TESTIMONY OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 2
(J.T. PUGH, III) ON 3
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTIONS 1 AND 7 4
Background Information 5
Q.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS.
6 A.
J.T.
Pugh, North Carolina Division of Emergency 7
Management, Administration Building,116 West Jones 8
Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611.
9 Q.
PLEASE 50MMARIZE YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND 10 RELEVANT EMPLOYMEl:T HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE.
11 A.
I have attached a Statement of Qualifications to this 12 testimony.
It is marked as Attachment A. (JTP) 13 Q.
WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE BACKGROUND?
14 A.
I have been in the emergency response business for 15 six years.
I was Area Coordinator for one year, t
16 Assistant Director in Raleigh for one year, Deputy 17 Director for two years and Director for two years.
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HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY EMERGENCY RESPONSE 20 ACTIVITIES DURING THOSE YEARS?
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Yes.
I have been involved in numerous response 22 activities including:
flooding in Surry County:
23 tornadoes in 14 counties; a chemical fire in 24 Hazelwood, N.C.; a chemical explosion in Rowan 25 County; and PCB cleanup.
My office handles 26 approximately 400 instances a year. (JTP) i 27
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HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN EVACUATIONS?
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Y6s. (JTP) 2 Q.
SHELTERING?
3 A.
Yes. (JTP) 4 Q.
ASSURING PROVISION OF CLOTHING AND BEDDING 7 5
A.
Yes. (JTP) 6 Q.
DECOP AMINATION 7
-7 A.
We hese been trained in this area. (JTP) 8 Q.
HAVE YOU REVIEWED NUCLEAR EMERGENCY BROCHURES?
9 A.
Yes. (JTP) 10 Q.
HAVE YOU SEEN BROOHURES ON OTHER TYPES OF 11 EMERGENCIES, i.e.,
TORNADOES?
12 A.
We have seen them and helped to develop them. (JTP) 13 Q.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH BROCHURES DEALING WITH NUCLEAR 14 ATTACK 7 15 A.
We have seen the brochures prepared by the federal 16 government. (JTP) 17 Q.
PLEASE SUMMARIZE YOUR OCCUPATIONAL DUTIES.
18 A.
I am responsible for emergency response and 19 preparednass for the State of North Carolina.
My l
l 20 responsibility is to determine if the counties can l
21 handle the emergency, and to get the State to the 22 scene if necessary.
The Division of Emergency 23 Management has 50 employees.
The emergency response 24 team that I handle is composed of all available 25 resources of the State government. (JTP) l
-3.
1 O.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE OVERALL 2
OBLIGATION OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AS IT 3
RELATES TO EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR A POSSIBLE 4
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY AT THE CATAWBA NUCLEAR 5
STATION.
6 A.
The three components of the North Carolina obligation 7
to reFyond to a possible radiological emergency at 8
Catawba ares (1) planning, (2) preparedness, and (3) 9 recovery and response.
The State obligation to 10 assure the adequacy of these components is for the 11 protection of life and property for the citizens of 12 North Carolina. (JTP) 13 O.
HAS THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEVELOPED A PLAN TO 14 COPE WITH A NUCLEAR-RELATE 5 EMERGENCY AT CATAWBA 7 15 A.
Yes, the North Carolina Emergency Response Plan.
16 (JTP) 17 O.
ARE YOU THE NORTH CAROLINA OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR 18 THE PLAN 7 19 A.
Yes. (JTP) 20 O.
WOULD YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE PLAN?
21 A.
The plan is a three-part document which consists of 22 State procedures, Mecklenburg County procedures, and 23 Gaston County procedures.
The plan provides the 24 overall framework for State and local response to a 25 possible radiological emergency at Catawba.
The 26 counties are the initial responders until such time
1 as the governor declares a state of emergency or 2
disaster.
Direction and control of recovery and 3
response are in the hands of the State once the State 4
has set up its SERT with support thereafter provided 5
by the counties involved. (JTP) 6 Q.
DESCRIBE BRIEFLY YOUR ROLE IN OVERSEEI"G THE 7
READINESS OF THE VARIOUS STATE AND COUI.~.'Y DEPARTMENTS 8
AND AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN R.TDIOLOGICAL 9
EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
10 A.
The North Carolina Emergency Management Division is 11 involved in assuring the readiness of State and local 12 response to a radiological emergency in a number of 13 ways.
We have been actively involved in developing 14 the plans for responding to a possible radiological 15 emergency and have subjected the plans to an actual 16 test through an emergency drill.
These drills are 17 expected to be repeated on a ' regular basis.
In 18 ad di tior., we have provided training on request for 19 State agencies as well as County personnel ir.volved.
20 (JTP) 21 0
IN YOUR OPINION DOES THE PLAN PROVIDE REASONABLE-l 22 ASSURANCE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE 23 ADEQUATELY PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL 24 EMERGENCY AT THE CATAWBA PLANT?
i 25 A.
Yes. (JTP) l
)
1 Q.
HAVE YOU READ THE CESG/ PALMETTO ALLIANCE EMERGENCY 2
PLANNING CONTENTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN ADMITTED AS 3
ISSUES BY THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD?
4 A.
Yes.
I am testifying on behalf of the State of North 5
Carolina to address the issues raised by these 6
contentions of which I have knowledge. (JTP) 7 EPC 1 and 7 Testi.nony 8
Q.
DOES THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE PLAN PROVIDE 9
INFORMATION RELATED TO CONTENTION l?
10 A.
Yes.
Part 1, Sections IV.D and IV.E of the N.C.
11 State Plan and Annex D to that plan.
12 Q.
IS IT A GOAL OF STATE AND LOCAL PLANNING FOR 13 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES INVOLVING NUCLEAR POWER 14 PLANTS THAT ADVANCE INFORMATION BE PROVIDED TO 15 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE 16 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT?
17 A.
Yes. (JTP) 18 Q.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUCH INFORMATION?
19 A.
To provide the public with information on the basic 20 dangers of radiation, to provide adequate information 21 on how to implement protective actions for individual 22 protection in case of a nuclear accident, and/or to j
23 evacuate safely the threatened area. (JTP) 24 Q.
WHAT GROUPS SHOULD RECEIVE SUCH INFORMATION?
25 A.
All individuals living within the Emergency Planning 26 Zone (EPZ) of a nuclear power plant. (JTP) 27 Q.
WHAT INFORMATION HAS THE STATE ITSELF DISTRIBUTED?
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A.
The state plan provides for information of an 2
educational nature; however, this agency has not been 3
able fully to implement this program.
We are 4
currently in the process of hiring a full-time public 5
information officer.
Once this individual is on 1
6 board there should be a greater flow of information.
7 The state presently publishes a Disaster Brochure on 8
common threats, i.e., hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, 9
nuclear power plant accidents, etc. (JTP) 10 Q.
IN YOUR JUDGMENT, IS THAT INFORMATION ADEQUATE 7 11 A.
Yes, considering the limited public demand for this 12 type of information and our limited time available to 13 produce or provide any larger contribution.
- However, 14 with the addition of the public information officer, 15 we hope to make more information available to the 16 public by all means of communications. (JTP) 17 O.
INTERVENORS STATE THAT "ALTHOUGH THE NORTH CAROLINA 18 STATE PLAN CALLS FOR EMERGENCY INFORMATION TO BE 19 DISTRIBUTED AS DETAILED IN PART 1, SECTION IV, 2,
3, 20 and 4, NO SUCH MATERIAL OTHER THAN APPLICANTS' 21 BROCHURE HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE."
DO YOU AGREE WITH 22 THIS STATEMENT 7 23 A.
Yes, insofar as it goes.
However, one of the options 24 of the North Carolina emergency plan is that the l
25 State may opt to rely on Duke's Emergency Plan
=
. 1 brochure rather than to distribute one of its own.
2 The State of North Ca.rolina has elected to adopt that 3
option. (JTP) 4 Q.
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR ROLE IN THE PREPARATION OF 5
DUKE'S EMERGENCY PLAN BROCHURE.
6 A.
I reviewed early drafts of the brochure and suggested 7
changes to be incorporated in the current 1984 8
edition.
I then reviewed the current 1984 edition.
9 (JTP) 10 Q.
DO YOU FIND THE REVISED BROCHURE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE 11 PURPOSE OF ADVISING THE PUBLIC OF AN EMERGENCY AT 12 CAT 1.WBA7 13 A.
Yes. (JTP) 14 O.
HAVE YOU ANY ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD 15 INCORPORATE IN THE NEXT VERSION OF THE BROCHURE 7 16 A.
Yes.
The necessity for going directly to shelters is 17 not adequately stressed under paragraph number 5 18 entitied, "If you are ordered to evacuate."
- Also, 19 the availability of radiological monitoring and 20 decontamination is not covered in this important 21 paragraph.
The addition of this information in l
22 paragraph 5 would strengthen the need for going l
23 directly to a shelter. (JTP) 24 It is recognized that the brochure does state l
l 25 that facilities for decontamination of evacuees are 26 available.
This information, however, is located
- 1 later on in the brochure and not at the critical 2
place ac mentioned above.
The public must be 3
convinced that they should report to the shelters to 4
be registered and monitored for radiological 5
contamination and their emergency address recorded 6
for regrouping families.
The possibility of a 7
contaminated individual exposing other family members 8
should be stressed.
We believe these changes should 9
be included in the next edition of the emergency plan 10 brochure. (JTP) 11 Q..
DO YOU FEEL THAT THE FAILURE TO INCLUDE THIS 12 INFORMATION IN THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE BROCHURE 13 AFFECTS THE ADEQUACY OF THE CURRENT BROCHURE?
14 A.
No.
The State of North Carolina is satisfied that 15 the 1984 edition of the brochure in its current form 16 is adequate to advise the public. (JTP) 17 Q.
ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT DUKE'S REVISED BROCHURE FOR 18 DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC ADEQUATELY ADDRESSES THE 19 MATTERS OF PREPARATION TO BE TAKEN BY THE PUBLIC "TO 20 ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE SHELTERING" AND "THE ACTIONS THAT 21 PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE WHEN ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER"?
22 A.
Yes.
The six sheltering steps described in the Duke 23 Power Brochure are similar to those advanced by 24 knowledgeable Emergency Management of ficials.
State 25 emergency planning officials have been so trained.-
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. 1 Sheltering in this case refers to people staying
't inside their own homes rather than going to a 3
" shelter" outside the EPZ. (JTP) 4 O.
DUKE HAS STATED IN ITS TESTIMONY THAT IT HAS 5
REQUESTED THAT THE STATE INCLUDE AS PART OF ITS EBS 6
PROGRAM THE SIX ITEMS LISTED ON RAGE 9 OF THE 7
BROCHURE.
WILL THE STATE INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION7 8
A.
Yes. (JTP) l l
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1 TESTIMONY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN A 2
(P.R. LUNSFORD, W.M. MCSWAIN, AND S.L.
FINKLEA, III) 3 ON EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTIONS 1 AND 7 4
Background Information on Messrs. Lunsford and McSwain 5
Q.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND EUSINESS ADDRESS.
6 A.
Paul Lunsford, 1429 Senate Street, Columbia, S.C.
7 29201.
8 Bill Mc Swain, 1429 Senate Street, Columbia, S.C.
9 29201.
10 Q.
PLEASE STATE YOUR PRESENT JOB TITLE AND DESCRIBE THE 11 NATURE OF YOUR JOB, MR. LUNS FORD.
12 A.
I am a Chief Area Coordinator of the Emergency 13 Preparedness Division for the State of South 14 Carolina.
I have jurisdiction over twenty-three of 15 the State's forty-six counties for emergency response 16 planning.
These counties include those containing 17 and adjoining the Catawba Nuclear Station.
I am 18 responsible for initiation, distribution, and 19 maintenance of state plans that pertain to that area, 20 and for furnishing support and development of county 21 emergency response plans as a liaison for county 22 emergency preparedness directors in those areas. (PL) 23 Q.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THAT POSITION, MR.
24 LUNSFORD?
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A.
There was a title change about one year ago.
Prior 2
to that I was Chief of the Plans Section in the 3
Emergency Preparedness Division.
Prior to that, 4
three and one-half years ago, I joined the Emergency 5
Preparedness Division and worked with the 6
coordinator.
I had that position for a couple of 7
years.
Then I moved in as the Chief of Plans 8
Section.
My resume is attached to this testimony.
9 (PL) 10 Q.
DOES THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE A SPECIFIC l
11 EMERGENCY PLAN TO COPE WITH A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY 12 AT CATAWBA?
l 13 A.
Yes.
It is the Catawba Site Specific Plan. (PL) 14 Q.
WOULD YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE CONTENT OF THE SITE 15 SPECIFIC PLAN AND HOW IT OPERATES?
16 A.
The Emergency Plans in South Carolina for Catawba 17 include SCORERP (South Carolina Operational 18 Radiological Emergency Response Plan), STRERP (State 19 of South Carolina Technical Radiological Emergency 20 Response Plan), Part IV of SCORERP (Catawba Site 21 Specific Plan), and the York County Emergency 22 Operations Plan.
SCORERP and STRERP are generic to 23 the State. (WM) 24 SCORERP was developed by the South Carolina 25 Emergency Preparedness Division in cooperation with 26 other State agencies to provide for the guidance,
., 1 coordination, and utilization of State and other j
2 resources in support of affected local governments' 3
of f-site operations during an emergency resulting 4
from a radiological incident e t a fixed nuclear 5
facility in the State of South Carolina or contiguous 6
states. (WM) 7 STRERP was developed by the Bureau of 8
Radiological Health in the South Carolina Department 9
of Health and Environmental Control to provide for i-10 the guidance, coordination, and utilization of the 11 technical radiological emergency response and 12 assistance from the State of South Carolina to l
13 affected local governments during an emergency 14 resulting from a radiological emergency in South 15 carolina or contiguous states.
This plan is in-16 accordance with SCORERP and is a supporting document.
17 (WM) 18 I and others in this office were involved in 19 developing the Site-Specific Plan and assisted in 20 developing the York County Plan.
To develop the i
21 Catawba Site-Specific Plan, we used the other site i
22 specifics as a guide and took site specific l
23 information for catawba such as differences in alert 24 and notification and sheltering.
The other plans 25 upon which catawba's were developed were different
. 1 with respect to the aspect of using shelters instead 2
of a reception center concept.
We took the site-3 specific information and went from there. (WM) 4 The Site - Specific Plan is broken down into a 5
general purpose statement,.goes into local situations 6
and assumptions, and then goes into the concept of 7
operations, which is broken down then into emergency 8
response as far as alert and notification, activation 9
of the SEOC and FEOC, radiological monitoring, 10 evacuation, transportation, communication, and 11 training.
Emergency response as to direction and 12 control is then bescribed (relating to FEOC 13 operations), and last are the figures, including maps i
14 and organizational charts. (WM) 15 Q.
IS THERE A PLANNING BASIS FOR THIS DOCUMENT?
16 A.
Yes there is.
It is MUREG-0654, Rev. 1.
(PL) 17 Q.
IN YOUR OPINION DOES THE PLAN PROVIDE REASONABLE 18 ASSURANCE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE 19 ADEQUATELY PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL 20 EMERGENCY AT CATAWBA?
21 A.
Yes it does. (PL) 22 O.
IN GENERAL TERMS, HOW DOES THE PLAN WORK IN AN 23 EMERGENCY SITUATION?
24 A.
Once we receive the notification of the emergency, 25 the South Carolina radiological emergency response 26 plan is put into effect.
The State government goes
, 1 on alert, the county government goes on alert and of 2
course, the plan is then implemented.
There are 3
certain actions that have to be taken by the 4
facility, by the State, and by the local government.
5 These actions are spelled out in the emergency action 6
levels that are contained in the county plan and the 7
State plan.
See York County Plan Annex Q and Table 8
IV of SCORERP.
The particular emergency action level 9
that we are in determines whether it re, quires the 10 deployment of State and local forces. (PL) 11 The emergency response will be as set forth in 12 the South Carolina plan and the county plans.
The 13 agencies and individuals that are listed in those 14 plans have been made aware that they are part of the 15 plan.
Certain state agencies have certain 16 responsibilities in the plan, as do the county 17 organizations and government agencies.
The level of 18 emergency dictates the necessary actions to be taken.
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20 Q.
DOES THIS SITE-SPECIFIC PLAN DEAL WITH THE ACTIVITIES 21 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATION 22 RATHER THAN DEALING WITH THE RESPONSE OF YORK COUNTY?
23 A.
Yes. (PL) 24 Q.
MR. LUNSFORD, WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE i
25 STATE EMERGENCY PLAN FOR CATAWBA, WOU LD. YOU EXPLAIN 26 YOUR ROLE IN THIS EFFORT?
. 1 A.
I reviewed all of the concepts and furnished some of 2
them.
I reviewed the plans that were being 3
developed, managed the ef fort and assigned additional 4
people to the task.
I read the plans in their draft 5
stages, and met with planners on almost a daily 6
basis.
If I had comments, I would share those with 7
the planners and they would be factored into the 8
plan.
Most of my comments were made in writing on 9
the draft plan itself. (PL) 10 Q.
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR EMERGENCY PLANNING BACKGROUND, 11 MR. LUNSFORD.
12 A.
I have a former career in the United States Army a's 13 an officer in the Infantry, as is described on my 14 attached resume.
I have been with the South Carolina 15 Emergency Preparedness Division for three and one-16 half years.
During those three and one-half years 17 here, I have been directly involved with emergency 18 planning. (PL) 19 Q.
HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY EMERGENCIES WHERE 20 NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC?
l 21 A.
Yes, during the recent tornados.
I have also been 22 involved in nuclear power plant emergency exercises.
23 (PL) l 24 Q.
HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY EVACUATIONS?
25 A.
Yes, at the same time. (PL) 26 Q.
HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY SHELTERING ACTIVITY?
I
. i 1
Yes. (PL) 2 Q.
HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY DECONTAMINATION 3
ACTIVITY?
4 A.
Not recently.
I had biological and radiological 5
decontamination training as part of routine training 6
in the Army. (PL) 7 Q.
HAVE YOU SEEN DOCUMENTS WHICH GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO 8
THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO REACT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS?
9 A.
Yes.
I have seen numerous documents in the routine 10 reading and studies that we do here.
I have seen 11 brochures for each one of the nuclear power 12 generation stations here in the State of South 13 Carolina.
They all fall in my sphere of supervision.
14 (PL) 15 Q.
HAVE YOU RECEIVED TRAINING WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TO 16 BE TAKEN IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR ATTACK?
17 A.
Yes.
I was qualified as a Nuclear Weapons Employment 18 Officer in the Army and I subsequently had three 19 refresher courses, so I am still somewhat familiar 20 with that. (PL) 21 Q.
HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED WITH EMERGENCY PLANS FOR OTHER 22 NUCLEAR PLANTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA?
23 A.
Yes.
All of them.
There are four nuclear facilities l
24 in South Carolina and this is the fourth set of plans 25 that we have developed. (PL) 26 Q.
MR. MCSWAIN, PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR CURRENT POSITION.
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. 1 A.
I am now the Exercise Training Officer for the State j
2 of South Carolina.
Prior to that I was the Area Two 3
Coordinator, which included five counties in South 4
Carolina, of which York County was one.
I, along 5
with other staf f members of the Development committee 6
for the York County plan, developed the Site Specific 7
Plan for Catawba.
I have had approximately seven 8
years of emergency planning experience.
My resume is 9
attached. (WM) 10 Q.
HOW MUCH TIME WAS DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 11 CATAWBA PLAN, MR. MCSWAIN?
12 A.
Approximately one and one-half years of my own time.
13 (WM) 14 Q.
TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT WITH RESPECT TO THAT PLAN?
15 A.
Initially to Mr. Tom Beckham, who was Chief of Plans.
16 After the reorganization, I reported to Mr. Lunsford.
17 (WM) 18 Q.
MR. MCSWAIN, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN 19 EMERGENCY PLANNING?
20 A.
Approximately seven years.
I have been involved in 21 emergencies where public notification was given.
I 22 have also been involved in evacuation exercises. (WM) 23 Q.
HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY S!!ELTERING ACTIVITIES?
24 A.
Yes.
Many. (WM) 25 Q.
HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY DECONTAMINATION 26 ACTIVITIES?
s 1
A.
Yes.
I am a Disaster Preparedness Specialist with 2
the South Carolina Air National Guard and we go 3
through training annually at an Air Guard Training i
4 Site.
On a monthly basis I am involved in training 5
Air Guard Staff in disaster preparedness activities.
6 That training includes decontamination response.
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have seen or reviewed documents concerning the 8
response that members of the public should take in an 9
emergency.
Additionally, I have received training in 3
10 actions to be taken in response to a nu. clear attack.
11 (WM) 12 Q.
WERE YOU RESPONSIBLE AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR 13 DEVELOPING THE CATAWBA EMERGENCY PLAN?
14 A.
Yes.
15 Q.
HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED WITH EMERGENCY PLANS FOR THESE 16 OTHER NUCLEAR PLANTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA?
17 A.
Yes.
All of them.
There are four nuclear facilities 18 in South Carolina and this is the fourth set of plans 19 that we have developed. (WM) 20 Q.
Q.
WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE ROLE OF THE EMERGENCY 21 PREPAREDMESS DIVISION TO BE ONE OF ENSURING THAT THE -
22 STATE AGENCIES ARE AWARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN 23 AN EMERGENCY?
24 A.
Yes I would.
We are a coordinating agency for all 25 State resources in an cmergency. (PL, WM)
I 26 Q.
DO YOU PROVIDE TRAINING FOR THOSE AGENCIES?
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Yes we do. (PL, WM) 2 O.
DO YOU MAKE CONTACT WITH THOSE AGENCIES TO ENSURE 3
THAT ADEQUATE RESOURCES ARE PROVIDED FOR THEIR NEEDS?
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4 A.
Yes we have. (PL, WM) 5 Q.
HAVE YOU BEEN CONTACTED BY ANY AGENCIES WITH REGARD 6
TO CATAWBA INDICATING THEY HAVE NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL 7
RESOURCES TO PERFORM THEIR ROLE?
8 A.
Not to my knowledge. (PL, WM) 9 Q.
HAVE YOU ASSURED YOURSELF THAT THESE RESPONSE 10 AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE AWARE OF THEIR 11 OBLIGATIONS AND REPONSIBILITIES?
12 A.
Yes.
The agencies that have a role to perform in the 13 plan were brought in on the process of drafting the 14 plan.
They were given a copy in draf t form as we
'i 15 were developing it and were asked to comment, or make 16 additions or deletions and change their roles if they 17 weren't appropriate.
The plan reflects a 18 responsibility that is satisfactor* to each one of 19 the responding agencies or organizations.
When we 20 revise the plan periodically we submit copies to each 21 state agency that performs a role and they are asked 22 to review it before it's published. (PL, WM) 23 Q.
HAVE THE INDIVIDUALS IN EACH STATE AGENCY OR 24 ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE CALLED UPON BEEN 25 INSTRUCTED IN THEIR RESPONSE ACTIONS?
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To the best of my knowledge, they have.
We've 2
performed exercises with members of those agencies 3
and in each case, we have had no major discrepancies 4
found in any exercise that I am aware of. (PL, WM) 5 Q.
'HOW MANY NUCLEAR-RELATED EXERCISES HAS THE STATE OF 6
SOUTH CAROLINA BEEN INVOLVED IN?
7 A.
The State has probably been involved in six or eight 8
such exercises.
We have gone through each one of the 9
nuclear stations at least once and in the case of the 10 H.B. Robinson plant, twice.
These were major
^
11 exercises, with full participation by all agencies 12 including the counties and the State.
These 13 exercises indicate that the response agencies and 14 organizations in South Carolina have indeed performed 15 their function. (PL, WM) 16 Q.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CONTENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 17 FILED IN THIS PROCEEDING BY PALMETTO ALLIANCE AND THE 18 CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY GE)UP?
19 A.
Yes. (PL, WM) 20 Q:
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TESTIMONY?
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21 A.
The purpose of our testimony is to address these 22 contentions that have been put forth by Palmetto i
23 Alliance and the Carolina Environmental Study Group.-
24 (PL, WM) l
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'. 1 Testimony of Lunsford and McSwain on EPC 1 2
Q.
THE INTERVENORS ALLEGE THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION 3
PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANTS AND THE STATE AND LOCAL 4
OFFICIALS IS NOT ADEQUATE TO ASSURE APPROPRIATE 5
RESPONSES TO NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.
DO YOU AGREE 6
WITH THAT STATEMENT?
l 7
A.
No.
I believe the brochure generally is a good l
8 brochure and has considerable factual information, j
9 We have notified Duke Power of a few changes that 10 need to be made.
But generally the brochure is an 11 adequate document. (PL, WM) 12 Q.
WHERE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA PLAN IS PUBLIC 13 INFORMATION ADDRESSED?
14 A.
Annex C of SCORERP and Annex D of the York County 15 Emergency Operations Plan. (WM) 16 Q.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE OF BROCHURE?
17 A.
Yes. (PL, WM) 18 Q.
HAVE YOU REVIEWED THE BROCHURE TO ASSURE YOURSELF 19 THAT IT IS AN ADEQUATE NOTIFICATION TOOL?
20 A.
Yes I have. (PL, WM) 21 Q.
HAVE YOU REVIEWED THE REVISED BROCHURE?
22 A.
Yes I have.
It is my view that the brochure is 23 satisfactory.
I agree that changes do have to made 24 and they will have to be made from time to time in 25 the future because the plan itself changes from time 26 to time. (PL, WM)
. 1 There are some things that we have addressed to 2
Duke Power which we would like to see changed and 3
they have agreed to do so.
Based on that agreement, 4
I am satisified that this brochure is an adequate 5
tool. (PL, WM) 6 Q.
WHAT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO THE REVISED 1984 7
EDITION OF THE CATAWBA BROCHURE?
8 A.
As far as the map is concerned, on the large scale 9
map where the primary shelters are designated, each 10 host county's boundary should be shown (Chester, 11 Cherokee, Union, Lancaster, and Fairfield).
As far 12 as the verbage between the two maps, the communities 13 within each zone should be listed and the " county"
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14 designation removed. (WM) 15 Q.
WHAT ABOUT THE SHELTERS FOR YORK COUNTY RESIDENTS OF 16 ZONE A-O?
17 A.
Those are going to have to be changed to go into the 18 Blacksburg area of Cherokee County. (WM) 19 Q.
ARE'ANY OTHER CHANGES NECESSARY?
20 A.
Personally, I would like to see in the next revision 21 to the brochure a card inserted asking certain 22 information about whether the recipient was blind, 23 hearing impaired, or transportation dependent.
That l
24 way we as planners have some type of grasp on how 25 many people are in each category.
That list would bi 26 updated annually with the brochure revision. (WM)
, 1 Q.
ARE THERE nNY OTHER AREAS
" ';3E BROCHURE THAT YOU 2
WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED?
3 A.
In the rumor control portion of the brochure the 4
numbers listed there now are for the station itself.
5 Additional numbers could be put in there from the 6
media center to handle a large influx of calls for 7
rumor control. (WM) a 8
Q.
HAS DUKE MADE IT UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WOULD 9
INCORPORATE CHANGES OF THAT SORT IN THE NEXT 10 BROCHURE?
11 A.
Yes they have. (WM) 12 Q.
PO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN THE NEXT BROCHURE MAY BE 13 COMING OUT?
14 A.
In September of this year to the best of my 15 knowledge. (WM) 16 Q.
IS IT A GOAL OF STATE PLANNING FOR RADIOLOGICAL 17 EMERGENCIES INVOLVING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS THAT 18 ADVANCE INFORMATION BE PROVIDED TO MEMBERS OF THE 19 PUBLIC IN THAT AREA SURROUNDING THE NUCLEAR POWER 20 PLANT?
21 A.
Yes. (PL, WM) 22 Q.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE IN PROVIDING SUCH INFORMATION?
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The purpose is to protect the public and the public's 2
property and to provide information as to what the 3
public should do to protect itself concerning actions 4
to be taken in case there is an incident at the 5
nuclear station. (PL, WM) 6 Q.
WHO SHOULD RECEIVE SUCH INFORMATION7 7
A.
Everyone residing within the ten-mile emergency 8
planning zone plus information should be made 9
available to transients. (PL, WM) 10 Q.
WHAT INFORMATION HAS THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 11 ITSELF DISTRIBUTED?
12 A.
The State has put out a brochure of its own 13 containing information on actions that should be-14 taken in the fifty-mile ingestion pathway.
That was 15 developed by the Clemson University Coooperative and 16 Extension Service and the State Emergency 17 Preparedness Division. (PL, WM) 18 Q.
HOW IS THAT INFORMATION DISSEMINATED?
19 A.
We did a census on the number of farmers in the state 20 and issued an appropriate number of brochures to each 21 county extension agent for further delivery to 22 farmers in each county. (PL, WM) 23 Q.
NOW, WITH RESPECT TO PEOPLE INSIDE THE TEN-MILE EPZ, 24 ASIDE FROM THE BROCHURE, HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS BEEN l
25 GIVEN ANY INFORMATION OR FURNISHED ANY INFORMATION BY l
26 THE STATE?
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Yes.
Members of the staff of this effice plus other 2
state agencies have appeared at public meetings.
3 During the course of exercises that were to be held 4
and were being held, members of this agency and other 5
agencies, such as public information agencies in 6
State government, put out information about the 7
exercise - that it would occur and the purpose of it.
8 (PL, WM) 9 Q.
WAS THAT INFORMATION CARRIED BY THE LOCAL MEDIA?
10 A.
Yes.
Both on television and in the newspapers. (PL, 11 WM) 12 Q.
DO YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE YOUR AWARENESS EFFORTS WITH 13 RESPECT TO EDUCATING THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE 14 TEN-MILE EPZ AROUND CATAWBA?
15 A.
Yes. (PL, WM) 16 Q.
WOULD THAT BE SIMILAR TO THE ACTIVITIES YOU 17 PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED?
18 A.
Yes.
I would hope there would also be more 19 continuing education of the public, for in my view l
20 that is one of the most important things that must be 21 done. (PL, WM) 22 Q.
ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY EFFORT TO ASSURE THAT THE BLIND l
l 23 AND ILLITERATE WILL BE MADE AWARE OF THE BROCHURE OR 24 OF ANY DOCUMENTS THAT THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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25 MIGHT ISSUE CONCERNING EMERGENCY RESPONSE 7 l
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The Emergency Preparedness Director and other staf f 2
members in each county are generally aware of who 3
those people are.
In all of our preparations and 4
planning and during exercises, one of the facets that 5
we cover is notifying people who are not readily 6
accessible to routine notification.
That would fall 7
within the county level jurisdiction or even in other 8
entities or echelons in these communities. (PL, WM) 9 Q.
HOW WILL THE STATE DISSEMINATE INFORMATION IN THE l
10 EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
11 A.
By the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) and the South 12 Carolina Educational Television Network. (PL, WM) 13 Q.
WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION WILL BE CONVEYED TO THE 14 PUBLIC THROUGH THE EBS MESSAGES?
15 A.
They will provide information about the plant 16 conditions, what is happening, and what the public 17 should be doing. (PL, WM) 18 Q.
HAVE YOU UTILIZED THE EBS SYSTEM IN OTHER 19 EMERGENCIES?
20 A.
Yes.
I have initiated it myself. (PL, WM) f 21 Q.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE ANY PROBLEM IN 22 COMMUNICATING THE EBS MESSAGES WITH RESPECT TO THE 23 CATAWBA EMERGENCY PLAN?
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Not in a real emergency.
We have evidence that there 2
will not be because we, during the recent exercise, 3
initiated that system twice and it operated 4
perfe ctly. (PL, WM) 5 Q.
WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN 6
DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC, BOTH THE DUKE BROCHURE AND 7
THE A';TIVITIES THAT THE STATE BAS TAKEN AND WILL 8
TAKE, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE COMBINATION OF THOSE 9
ACTIVITIES PROVIDES ADEQUATE INFORMATION TO THE 10 PUBLIC ON WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY?
11 A.
I believe it does.
But, I also believe it takes 12 constant attention to keep the public educated, to 13 assure that the public has access to that 14 information. (PL, WM) 15 Q.
ARE YOU AWARE THAT DUKE POWER IS GOING TO DISTRIBUTE 16 THE BROCHURE AiiNUALLY?
17 A.
Yes.
I feel that that is a step in the right 18 direction in terms of continuing to educate the l
19 public.
The state will continue to educate the i
l 20 public through meetings, broadcasts, newspaper 21 coverage, and the like. (PL, WM) 22 Q.
DO YOU FEEL THAT THOSE CONTINUING EFFORTS WOULD MEET 23 THE NEED OF CONTINUING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC?
24 A.
I believe so. (PL, WM)
8 1
Q.
CESG AND PALMETTO IN CONTENTION 1 MAKE NUMEROUS 2
CRITICISMS OF THE DUKE BROCHURE.
PALMETTO AND CESG 3
ALLEGE THAT BECAUSE OF STATEMENTS IN THE BROCHURE 4
PEOPLE WILL NOT TAKE NOTICE OF AN EMERGENCY 5
SERIOUSLY.
DO YOU AGREE?
6 A.
No.
I think they will take notice of an emergency.
7 I think they will respond to not only the sirens, but I,
also to what is given to them over the emergency 9
broadcast system, such as instructions and additional 10 educational information.
I think thef will respond 11 because we had evidence of that just recently in 12 connection with the tornado. (WM) 13 In the recent tornado, I was in Marlboro County 14 which was the county that was hardest hit insofar ar 15 fatalities.
I assure you that people paid very close 16 attention to the local radio station to get their 17 instructions in Marlboro County.
They have excellent 18 coverage and an excellent response. (PL) 19 Q.
IT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT IN AN EMERGENCY PEOPLE 20 WILL FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS?
21 A.
Yes.
In the type of emergencies I have been exposed 22 to lately (the tornado), there was excellent l
l 23 response. (PL, WM) 24 Q.
DO YOU FEEL THAT IF ONE WERE TO READ THE BROCHURE AND 25 THEN HEARD A SIREN, HE WOULD ACT RESPONSIBLY AND TAKE l
26 THE MATTCR SERIOUSLY?
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Yes. (PL, WM) 2 A.
I believe so.
It states very clearly what one is 3
supposed to do when the sirens sounds.(PL) 4 Q.
DO YOU FEEL THAT THE BROCHURE GIVES ADEQUATE 4
5 INFORMATION CONCERNING PROTECTIVE ACTIONS THAT SHOULD 6
BE TAKEN?
7 A.
I do. (PL. WM) 8 Q.
CONTENTION 1 ALLEGES THAT THE BROCNURE DOES NOT 4
9 STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING TO A SHELTER.
DO 10 YOU AGREE?
11 A.
No, I think it stresses it sufficiently. (PL, WM) 12 Backgreund Information on S.L.
Finklea 13 Q.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS, MR.
14 FINKLEA.
15 A.
My name is Samuel L. Finklea, III.
I am employed by 16,
the Bureau of Radiological Health, South Carolina 17 Department of Health and Environmental Control, 2600 18 Bull Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201.-(SF) 19 Q.
WHAT IS YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND?
20 A.
My educational background is:
21 B.S.
in Physics, Dukt University,1967:
M.S.
in 22 Physics, University-of Souti. Carolina, 1969: Th.D. in 23 Physics, University of South Carolina, 1975:
J.D.,
i 24 University of South Carolina, 1984. (SF) 25 Q.
WHAT IS YOUR JOB EXPERIENCE AS IT RELATES TO 26 EMERGENCY RESPONSE?
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1 A.
I have been employed by the Bureau of Radiological 2
Health since 1977.
During the course of my 3
employment I have:
4
- participated in emergency response 5
exercises in supportoof the South Carolina 6
Operational Radiological Emergency Response 7
Plan (SCORERP):
8
- reviewed the State Technical R&diological 9
Emergency Response Plan (STRERP), which 10 describes the Bureau's responsibilities in 11 support of SCORERP; 12
- prepared and published revisions of 13 STRERP to comply with requirements 14 established by State and Federal i
15 r.*gula tions ;
16
- written computer codes to estimate 17 cadiation exposure doses which weild result 18 from airborne releases of radioactive 19 noterials:
20
- participated in workshops and training 21 courses dealing with emergency response 22 activities.
This includea the Radiological 23 Emergency Response Optrations training 24 course, Las Vegas / Nevada Test Site, Nevada, 25 1978: workshop on recovery and reentry 26 planning sponsored by the Federal EmergenJy
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. 1 Management Agency Region IV Regional 2
Assistance Committee, Atlanta, Georgia, i
3 1983; and 4
- coordinated Bureau activities during four 5
State emergency response exercises 6
conducted and evaluated according to 4
7 NUREG-0654 criteria. (SF) 8 Q.
HAVE YOU READ CESG/ PALMETTO ALLIANCE EMERGENCY 9
PLANNING CONTENTION 77 10 A.
Yes. (SF) 11 Q.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TESTIMONY?
12 A.
The purpose of my testimony is to address 13 Emergency Planning Contention 7 insofar as it 14 contests the adequacy of state plans to provide 15 information en actions which members of the 16 public should take if and when they are advised l'
17 to take shelter. (SF)
I 18 Testimony on EPC 7 l
19 Q.
YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY ASKED SOME QUESTIONS AS TO i
20 THE BROCHURE'S TREATMENT OF SHELTERING l
l 21 INFORMATION, MESSRS. LUNSFORD AND MCSWAIN.
HAVE 22 YOU HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN SHELTERING?
23 A.
Yes. (WM) 24 Q.
WHERE IN THE STATE PLAN IS IN-PLACE SHELTERING 25 ADDRESSED?
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Figure 12 cf the Catawba Site Specific Plan is 2
the Catawba emergency information brochure.
3 Fart of that brochure discusses actions the 4
public should take if directed to take in-place 5
shelter.
In addition, Annex C of SCORERP 6
addresses actions that individuals should take 7
if directed to take in-place shelter.
Annexes D 8
and Q of the York County Emergency Operations 9
Plan address in-place sheltering. (PL, WM) 10 O.
WERE YOU GIVEN TRAINING IN WHAT PROTECTIVE 11 ACTION ONE SHOULD TAKE IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR 12 ATTACK 7 13 A.
Yes. (WM) 14 Q.
DO THOSE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS PARALLEL WITH WHAT 15 IS CONTAINED IN THE CATAWBA BROCHURE, TO THE 16 BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?
17 A.
To the best of my knowledge they do. (WM) 18 Q.
IN AN ACCIDENT, WILL INFORMATION CONCERNING j
i 19 SHELTERING BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC7 1
20 A.
Yes.
That will be through the EBS system. (PL, 21 WM) 22 Q.
WILL THE EBS MESSAGE PARALLEL THE BROCHURE 23 INSTRUCTION CONCERNING SHELTERING 7 l
24 A.
Yes it will. (WM) l l
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DOES THE STATE PLAN PROVIDE ADEQUATE INFORMATION ON 2
ACTIONS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE IF AND WHEN 3
THEY ARE ADVISED TO TAKE SHELTER?
4 A.
Yes. (SF) 5 Q.
PLEASE EXPLAIN.
6 A.
State plans are measured against the requirements of 7
" Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of 8
Radiological Emergency Response Plans and 9
Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants."
10 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fedtral Emergency 11 Management Agency; NUREG-0654, Rev. 1, 1980.
12 Planning Evaluation criteria J.9 addresses evacuation l
13 and sheltering as protective actions:
14 Each State.
shall establish a capacity for l
15 implementing protective measures based upon 16 protective action guides and other criteria.
17 This shall be consistent with the 18 recommendations of EPA regarding exposure from 19 passage of radioactive airborne plumes, (EPA-20 520/1-75-001)
. [' Manual of Protective 21 Action Guides and Protective Actions for Nuclear 22 Incidents,' Environmental Protection Agency, 23 1975 (and subsequent revisions and additions))
l 24 The South Carolina emergency response plans were 25 developed according to the guidance provided in this
. atta r document.
Appendix B,
" Planner's Evaluation 26 27 Guide for Evacuation and Shelter," addresses the 28 likely hazards which would be experienced during an 29 airborne release of radioactive material from a fixed L
30 nuclear facility.
It summarizes the various pa'thways l
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by which the public could be exposed and evaluates 1
2 the available protective actions which could be used 3
to mitigate t'he consequences.
The Appendix 4
recognizes that evacuation before exposure is the 5
recommendation of choice (B-4, B-20) but that this 6
may not always be possible.
Furthermore, untimely 7
evacuation may in some instances result in greater 8
exposure than one would receive while remaining in I
9 available shelter until conditions were more 10 favorable. (B-4) (SF) 11 The appendix summarizes the factors which 12 determine the amount of protection afforded by 13 various types of typical structures.
It points out 14 that sheltering effectiveness is usually increased by f
15 turning off ventilation systems to reduce l
16 infiltration of outside air, by closing cracks and 17 penetrations, and by simple filtration of inhaled 18 air. B-21.
It also points out that, all else being 19 equal, larger buildings, buildings with more massive 20 construction, and buildings with basements provide l
21 more protection than smaller, lighter buildings
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22 without basements. B-22.
On the other hand, it 23 advises against planning to use existing civil 24 Defense shelters or centrally located structures i
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., I where to do so wou]d require members of the public to 2
leave whatever structure they were in at the time to 3
seek dif ferent shelter. B-7 (SF) 4 The Appendix provides criteria for determining 5
when sheltering followed by evacuation is the most 6
ef fective means of reducing exposure. B-16 et sec.
7 (SF) 8 The State plans call for evacuation as a 9
precaution to avoid any exposure whenever possible.
10 However, in those situations where evacuation cannot 11 be completed before exposure begins, the plans 12 provide for a recommendation of sheltering in place 13 to be made.
Sample press releases included
.n 14 SCORERP include instructions about remaining indoors,'
15 closing doors and windows, and turning off 16 ventilation systems which draw in outside air.
These 17 are the measures recommended in the EPA Manual.
18 Likewise, the public information brochure (1984 l
19 revision, page 9) contains similar information.
20 These recommendations would be reiterated by public 21 announcement whenever sheltering in place is 22 recommended; additional information about the time 23 sheltering should begin and end would be provided as 24 necessary.
Whenever possible, populations at risk 25 would be evacuated before exposure begins. (SF)
1 TESTIMONY OF GASTON COUNTY 2
(BOB E.
PHILLIPS) ON 3
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTIONS 1 AND 7 4
Background Information 5
Q.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS.
6 A.
My name is Bob E. Phillips.
My business address is j
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P.O.
Box 1578, Gastonia, North Carolina 28052.
8 Q.
PLEASE STATE YOUR PRESENT JOB TITLE AND DESCRIBE THE 9
NATURE OF YOUR JOB.
10 A.
I am Director of the Gaston County Emergency 11 Management Agency.
My responsibilities include 12 updating all emergency management plans.
I am in 13 charge of the county communications center, medical 14 transport service, county fire marshal, and my office 15 responds to all hazardous materials incidents within 16 the county.
I prepared the disaster relief and 17 assistance plans and have prepared the plans in case 18 of a nuclear war.
In addition, I have prepared the 19 county emergency response plans for both the Catawba 20 and McGuire nuclear stations.
21 Q.
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL AND 22 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE.
l, 23 A.
See my resume, which is included as Attachment A to 24 my testimony.
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HAVE YOU HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE EVACUATION OF 26 CITIZENS DURING A DISASTER OR EMERGECY SITUATION?
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Yes.
There have been several tanker incidents in 2
Gaston County involving gasoline, methanol and l
3 kerosene in which we had to evacuate and house j
4 citizens.
Two years ago, we had to evacuate a two-5 block section of Mount Holly and 250 people were 6
sheltered in churches where they remained for two to 7
three hours.
Last week, I traveled to Gates County, 8
North Carolina, to help the county manager there with 9
tornado disaster work.
This week, I went to 10 Marshville, North Carolina, to take cots and blankets 11 to be used in sheltering activities because of the 12 train derailment and fire.
13 Q.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUES IN THIS PROCEEDING 14 RELATING TO EMERGENCY PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE 15 CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION?
16 A.
Yes, I have read the CESG/ Pal ietto Alliance emergency 17 planning contentions.
18 Q.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TESTIMONY?
19 A.
The purpose of my testimony is to address those of 20 the emergency planning contentions which involve 21 Gaston County.
22 Q.
DOES THE GASTON COUNTY PLAN PROVIDE INFORMATION 23 RELATED TO THESE CONTENTIONS?
l 24 A.
Yes, Part 2, Sections IV.D and IV.E of the N.C.
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l 25 Plan and Annex D to that Plan.
26 Q.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE OVERALL 27 ORGANIZATION OF THE GASTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
1 A.
Gaston County operates on the County Commission 2
system.
We have seven Commissioners and a County 3
Manager, which runs the function of the government.
4 We have 31 departments in the County government of 5
which Emergency Management is one.
6 Q.
WHAT DOES THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT DO?
7 A.
We run the county communications center.
We dispatch all fire, police and ambulance calls from the central 8
9 dispatch Which is in the Emergency Operations Center 10 (EOC).
The Fire Marshal's office is here and also 11 the medical transport service.
12 Q.
ARE ALL THESE UNITS IN THE EMERGENCY PLANNING 13 DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE 14 EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
15 A.
This is correct.
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16 Q.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH GASTON COUNTY'S EMERGENCY 17 PLANNING EFFORTS FOR CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION?
18 A.
Yes.
19 Q.
HOW DID YOU BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THOSE EFFORTS?
20 A.
I had previous?.y worked on our eme:gency planning 21 efforts for the McGuire Nuclear Station and I 22 prepared, with assistance from state planners, Part 2 23 of the North Carolina Emergency Response Plan in 24 support of the Catawba Nuclear Station, Which 25 describes Gaston County procedures.
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DOES GASTON COUNTY HAVE A SPECIFIC EMERGENCY PLAN TO 2
COPE WITH A CATAWBA-RELATED NUCLEAR EMERGENCY?
3 A.
Yes, the Caston County Radiological Emergency 4
Response Plan.
5 O.
DID YOU PREPARE THIS PLAN 7 6
A.
Yes, I developed the plan for Gaston County.
7 O.
ARE YOU THE GASTON COUNTY OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR 8
THE PLAN 7 9
A.
Yes.
10 O.
WOULD YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE PLAN?
11 A.
O.K.
We've got of course our Emergency 12 Classification System: our Warning Notification 13 Methods and Procedures, where we notify the general 14 publict we have the siren system as the primary means 15 of notification and our secondary means is having 16 fire departments to go out on predetermined routes 17 using PA systems and public education information.
18 We try to keep the media informed about our p'.ans and 19 what to tell tha people to do.
In addition, we have 20 decontamination points set up which are manned by the i
21 volunteer fire department personnel and highway 22 patrol officers.
These are set up outside the 10-23 mile EPZ.
There are also designated traffic and 24 control points set up on all roads which are manned 25 by the county police, the highway patrol, sheriff's 26 department and municipalities' personnel.
There are 4
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2 School and at Ashley Junior High which are manned by 3
the Red Cross.
Personnel monitoring at the two 4
shelters is performed by the volunteer fire 5
department.
Communications at the schools is i
6 provided by the sheriff's department.
7 O.
IN THAT CONNECTION HAVE YOU BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ANY 8
LOCAL NEWSPAPERS?
9 A.
Yes, our Gastonia Gazette.
I keep them informed on 10 every plan that we put together and what the people 11 are to do.
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DID THE GASTONIA GAZETTE COVER THE RECENT EMERGENCY 13 PLANNING EXERCISE?
14 A.
Yes, they did.
15 O.
DID THEY CARRY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU EXPECT I
16 PEOPLE TO DO WHEN THEY HEAR THE SIRENS?
17 A.
Right.
We told them to have the people turn their 18 radios and TVs on for public information if the 19 sirens go off.
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WHAT ELSE DOES THE PLAN COVER?
21 A.
Ec.orgency communications.
We have communications 22 with all of our county departments and also the city 23 departments, and this communications is manned 24 l
24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> a day, seven days a week from here in the EOC, 25 and we also conduct exercises on the the Emergency 26 Plan which we just finished in February.
. 1 Q.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE COVERAGE OF THE PLAN
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A.
Well we do have the City of Gastonia police, fire, and 31 4
public works and administrative departments, 5
county departments that would run the operation from 6
the EOC.
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DESCRIBE BRIEFLY YOUR ROLE IN OVERSEEING THE B
READINESS OF THE VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND 9
AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY 10 RESPONSE IN GASTON COUNTY.
11 A.
I coordinate, brief and train all of the separate l
12 Gaston County entities that are involved in the 13 emergency response.
1 14 O.
IN YOUR OPINION, DOES THE PLAN PROVIDE REASONABLE 15 ASSURANCE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE 16 ADEQUATELY PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A CATAWBA-l 17 RELATED NUCLEAR EMERGENCY?
18 A.
Yes.
19 Q.
WHERE IS YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN 20 RELATIONSHIP TO THE APPROXIMATELY 10-MILE EPZ?
21 A.
It is approximately 16 miles from the plant, which is 22 6 miles outside the plume EPZ.
23 EPC 1 Testimony 24 O.
TURNING TO THE CONTENTIONS IN THIS CASE, INTERVENORS 25 ASSERT IN EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 1 THAT THE 26 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY APPL'ICANTS AND BY
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STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS IS NOT ADEQUATE TO ASSURE 2
APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION 3
PROCEDURES.
HOW WILL GASTON COUNTY ATTEMPT TO 4
PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH ADVANCE 5
INFORMATION IN A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
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A.
I have mentioned that all Gaston County activities 7
involving the emergency planning ef fort for Catawba 8
Nuclear Station have been communicated to the 9
Gastonia Gazette, which in turn has carried 10 information about What the public should expect and 11 what they would be expected to do if they hear the 12 sirens.
Our goal is to make the public aware of our 13 planning objectives in the event of an accident at 14 Catawba.
15 Q.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION AT THE COUNTY 16 LEVEL TO THE NEWSPAPERS, RADIO, TELEVISION OR TO 17 CITIZENS' ORGANIZATIONS?
18 A.
Yes, for example, I have talked to senior citizenr' 19 groups about it.
I have also talked to the Garton 20 College radio station on our role should an emergency l
21 occur at Catawba.
I also gave a brief synopsis at 22 Gaston College on what we did during the emergency 23 drill and why.
I 24 Q.
WHAT GROUPS SHOULD RECEIVE SUCH ADVANCE INFORMATION?
25 A.
All residents Oithin the EPZ.
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IN YOUR JUDGMENT, IS THE INIORMATION THAT HAS BEEN 2
DISTRIBUTED ADEQUATE?
3 A.
Yes.
4 Q.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE DUKE POWER BROCHURE FOR EPZ 5
RESIDENTS?
I 6
A.
Yes.
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0 Do YOU HAVE ANY VIEW AS TO WHETHER THE CURRENT 8
VERSION OF THE DUKE POWER BROCHURE FOR EPZ RESIDENTS 9
(WHICH HAS BEEN REVISED SINCE INTERVENORS FILED THEIR 10 CONTENTION) IS SATISFACTORY FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE?
11 A.
As far as I know, yes sir.
The revised brochure is 12 easier to understand, for one thing, and updates some i
13 of the information.
14 EPC 7 Testimony 15 O.
WITH REGARD TO EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 7, ARE 16 YOU SATISFIED THAT GASTON COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS 17 AND/OR THE APPLICANTS' REVISED BROCHURE FOR 18 DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC IN THE EPZ ADEQUATELY 1
l 19 ADDRESS THE PREPARATIONS TO BE TAKEN BY THE PUBLIC TO 20 ACHIEVE " EFFECTIVE SHELTERING" AND THE ACTIONS THAT 21 PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE WHEN ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER?
22 A.
I am satisifed.
I 23 Q.
PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR RESPONSE.-
24 A.
The steps identified are consistent with those which 25 we have been instructed in with respect to civil 26 defense preparedness.
In addition, Gaston County's
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Applicants' instructions.
Also the EBS will provide 3
similar information.
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1 TESTIMONY OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY l
2 (LEWIS WAYNE BROOME) ON 3
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTIONS 1 AND 7 4
Background Information 5
Q.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, JOB TITLE, AND BUSINESS 6
ADDRESS.
7 A.
My name is Lewis Wayne Broome.
I ar Administrative 8
Officer for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency i
9 Management Office.
My business address is 951 South 10 Independence Boulevard, Room 655, Charlotte, North 11 Carolina 28202.
12 Q.
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL AND 13 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE.
14 A.
I have a BA Degree in Sociology from Belmont Abbey 15 College and an Associate degree in Business 16 Administration / Management from Central Piedmont 17 Community College.
I have about four years and eight 18 months experience on the job I am in now, associated 19 with planning and responses to major emergencies.
My 20 resume is attached.
21 Q.
HAVE YOU READ THE INTERVENORS' EMERGENCY PLANNING 22 CONTENTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AS ISSUES IN 23 THIS PROCEEDING?
24 A.
Yes.
25 Q.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TESTIMONY?
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The purpose of my testimony is to address those 2
contentions or parts of contentions that deal with 3
Charlotte-Mecklenburg's emergency response ef forts, 4
and those which I otherwise have some basis to 5
comment on.
6 Q.
DJ YOU HAVE PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH EVACUATION, 7
SHELTERING, AND PROVIDING FOOD ped CLOTHING TO f
8 EVACUEES?
9 A.
During the 1982 chemical fire on North Tryon Street, 1
10 I participated in the actual evacuation process by 11 providing transportation to evacuees and insuring 12 that the people were fed.
I also assisted in 13 providing shelter for the dislocated.
i 14 Providing clothing was not an issue at that 3
15 particular situation, but the procidure is in place 16 for doing so and it is being addressed by local and 17 state officials.
18 Q.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, WOULD *100 DESCRIBE THE COUNTY
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19 AND CITY GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION YOU ARE PART OF?
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The City of Charlotte has a council manager form of 21 government.
Mecklenburg County consists of a 22 commissioners-manager form of government.
The i
23 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Office is 24 a joint city-county department.
25 Q.
IS COORDINATION OF ALL SORTS OF EMERGENCIES THE l
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All major disaster planning for major situations 2
ranging from flooding, man-made disasters and natural 3
disasters up to and including nuclear war, initiates 4
from this office.
5 Q.
DO YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE 6
IN THE EVENT OF RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY AT CATAWBA?
7 A.
Yes.
This office is charged with planning support 8
documents for the city and county's response to a 9
radiological emergency involving the Catawba Nuclear 10 Station and coordinates the efforts of the various 11 city and county departments that would respond.
12 Q.
DOES MECKLENBURG COUNTY HAVE A SPECIFIC EMERGENCY 13 PLAN TO COPE WITH A CATAWBA-RELATED NUCLEAR 14 EMERGENCY?
15 A.
Yes.
We do have a basic planning document provided 16 by the State, the North Carolina Emergency Response 17 Plan.
The operational procedures that may relate to 18 Mecklenburg County for elements of that basic 19 planning document are being developed at this time.
20 Q.
DID YOU PREPARE THIS PLAN?
21 A.
I assisted in preparation of the Mecklenburg County 22 Plan, which is Part III of the N.C. State Plan.
23 Q.
ARE YOU THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE l
24 FOR THE PLAN?
25 A.
Yes.
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IN YOUR OPINION DOES THE PLAN PROVIDE REASONABLE 2
ASSURANCE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE 3
ADEQUATELY PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A CATAWBA-4 RELATED NUCLEAR EMERGENCY?
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Yes.
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PLEASE DESCRIBE BRIEFLY THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN i
7 FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
8 A.
The basic plan identifies several primary departments 9
that will take part in any exercise.
It explains their role and responsibility with regard to 10 11 activation of the plan.
Procedures relating to l
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13 addressed.
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PLEASE DESCRIBE BRIEFLY YOUR ROLE IN OVERSEEING 15 THE READINESS OF THE VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND 16 AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY I
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18 A.
First of all, readiness involves Mecklenburg County 19 and the City of Charlotte.
My office utilizes the 20 resources of all the departments of city and county 21 government.
It is the responsibility of emergency 22 management to coordinate those activities among all 23 those departments.
My office's role in overseeing
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AND YOU DO THAT?
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would coordinate those activities to insure that in 4
an EOC environment, everybody works from the same 5
plans; that roles and responsibilities are 6
identified, that resources are identified and that 7
problems are mitigated with the best available 8
resource whether it be fire, police, medical or some l
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other organization.
We coordinate, we get input from 10 these departments to insure that they are-capable of I
11 doing What it is that they have agreed to do in the i
12 planning documents so that there are no surprises at 13 the time that the request is made up enough to carry 14 on a specific function.
15 O.
WOULD YOU ELABORATE ON THE RESOURCES THAT ARE 16 AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE-17 MECKLENBURG PLAN?
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The planning document - the basic planning document -
19 Which is Part III of the North Carolina Emergency l
Response Plan specifically states in those nine l
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22 Mecklenburg County.
I think it should be brought out 23 that the resources of the City of Charlotte which 24 includer emergency response organizations and support 25 organizations are also available to us, us being
1 Mecklenburg County and the overall operation so that 2
we can respond with total resource commitment from 3
both city and county and not just from one.
4 Q.
DOES THAT REPRESENT A SUBSTANTIAL AUGMENTATION OF THE 5
RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IF WE WERE SPEAKING 6
STRICTLY OF MECKLENBURG AS A COUNTY?
7 A.
Yes.
An example would be there are approximately 120 8
law enforcement people.in county government, while 9
there are probably about five to six hundred city l
10 policemen.
The paid fire department of the county 11 represents about five people, while the paid city 12 fire department represents about six hundred.
So es 13 you can see by those numbers we are looking at a 14 substantial amount of resources that would be 15 available to us.
16 EFC 1 Testimony 17 Q.
DOES YOUR EMEREGENCY PLAN PROVIDE INFORMATION WHICS 18 ADDRESSES THIS CONTENTION?
19 A.
Yes. Part 3,Section IV.D. and IV.E to the N.C. State 20 Plan, and Annex D to that Plan, 21 Q.
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 1 ALLEGES THAT THE 22 PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE IN 23 THE CATAWBA EPZ IS NOT ADEQUATE.
HAS CHARLOTTE-24 MECKLENBURG DISSEMINATED ANY PUBL70 INFORMATION ON 25 RESPONDING TO A RADIOLOGICAL EME2GENCY?
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We have rade available the Duke brochure on a request 2
basis.
We have not published anything such as a 3
brochure but we have responded when requests for 4
information have been made.
Q.
COULL 'JOU GIVE US EXAMPLES OF THE KINDS OF REQUESTS 5
6 YOU Hi T RECEIVED?
7 A.
The 3 inquiries most often received by this office 8
are (1) What zone do I live in? (2) What do the 9
sirens mean? (3) Whcre would I go?
10 Q.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CALLED UPON TO SPEAK BEFORE ANY 11 ORGANIZATIONS OR GROUPS IN THE COUNTY TO EXPLAIN THE 12 CITY / COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS?
13 A.
Yes, I have been called upon several times by various 14 organizations, from day-care centers to girl scout 15 organizations to rotary clubs or what have you, to 16 speak about the function of this office, and how we 17 respond and what plans do we have in place to.espond 18 not only to a fixed nuclear facility accident, bu e, to f
19 other manmade cud natural disasters.
f 20 Q.
WHAT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES LO YOU CONDUCT TO EDUCATE 1
21 THE PUBLIC WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TO TAKE IN THE l
22 EVENT OF A NUCLER EMERGENCY AT CATAWBA?
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Mecklenburg County and local amargency management 24 personnel will attend all public meetings following 25 exercises of the plan to pr ovide the public with the 26 results of the exercise critiques.
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telephone requests from the public.
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different occasions, we inform the public of exercise 5
dates and we provide the information with regard to 6
that.
We speak to grot;;s upon request with regard to 7
the planning acivities and what we are doing to j
8 protect the citizens of the community in the event of 9
an emergency situation at Catawba.
10 Q.,
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH DUKE POWER'S BROCHURE (AND l
11 REVISED BROCHURE) FOR EPZ RESIDENTS?
12 A.
Yes.
13 O.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE REVISED BROCHURE PREPARED BY 14 DUKE POWER COMPANY ON WHAT TO DO IN A RADIOLOGICAL f
15 EMERGENCY IS ADEQUATE FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE?
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Yes.
I believe the Duke brochure is adequate for its 17 intended purpose.
18 Q.
DO YOU HAVE PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH READING AND 19 REVIEWING EMERGENCY PLAN BROCHURE 3?
20 A.
Yes, I have read and evaluated the brochure for the 21 McGuire Nuclear Station and have had input into that 22 through Duke Pdwer Company.
I also had input in the 23 Catawba brochure and in the school brochure which is 24 being distributed for the school children within and 25 near for the Catawba EPZ.
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WHEN YOU REVIEWED THE BROCHURES FOR BOTH THE MCGUIRE 2
AND CATAWBA STATIONS, WHAT PRECISELY WERE YOU LOOKING 3
FOR IN THIS REVIEW OR WHAT STANDARDS DID YOU REVIEW 4
THESE BROCHURES AGAINST?
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The basic standard was to insure that the information 6
contained in the brochure was not in co.?lict with 7
State and County emergency plans.
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ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT THE CATAWBA EMERGENCY PLAN 9
REVISED BROCHURE FULLY ADDRESSES THE OBJECTIVES WHICH I
10 YOU, AS THE ADMINIfiTRATIVE OFFICER OF EMERGENCY i
11 PLANNING FOR MECKIENBURG COUNTY, WANT IT TO ADDRESS 7 i
12 A.
Yes.
The informa: ion in it'is not in conflict with 13 basic planning documents and procedures.
14 Q.
IN foUR OPINION, DOES THE PLAN PROVIDE REASONABLE i
15 ASSURANCE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD BE l
16 ADEQUATELY PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A CATAWBA-17 RELATED NUCLEAR EMERGENCY 7 18 A.
Based on the planning document and as I see the 19 planning document being implemented, if people will 20 observe the instructions that local government 21 provides to them via the emergency broadcasting 22 system, I think that the plan can be implemented with 23 little or no confusion and with little or no panic.
24 I think that if they listen to local government, then 25 that function can be carried out.
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Q.
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 7 ARGUES THAT THE 3
EXISTING EMERGENCY PLANS OF RELEVANT STATE AND LOCAL 4
AUTHORITIES DO NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE 5
PREPARATIONS THAT SHOULD BE MADE TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE 6
SHELTERING OR THE ACTIONS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE 7
WHEN ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY 8
COMMENT ON THAT ARGUMENT?
9 A.
I think there are enough channels of information for 10 the public through the Duke Power Company brochure, 4
11 through the plan, through the activities and 12 procedures that are developed internally with the EOO l
13 and through the Emergency Broadcast System.
I don't I
14 think our instructions would be a surprise to the 15 public and I don't think that panic would result 16 because we are not going to surprise them with 17 something that they should not be well aware of 18 beforehand.
In this regard, the sheltering steps set 19 forth in Duke Power's brochure appear to be 20 consistent with measures I am familiar with.
21 Q.
WHERE IS SHELTERING ADDRESSED IN THE MECKLENBURG 22 COUNTY EMERGNECY RESPONSE PLAN?
23 A.
Section 3 of the plan.
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1 TESTIMONY OF YORK COUNTY 2
(PHILLIP STEVEN THOMAS) ON 3
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTIONS 1 AND 7 4
Background Information 5
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PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS:
6 A.
My name is Phillip Steven Thomas.
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Box 66, York, South Carolina 29745.
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PLEASE STATE YOUR JOB TITLE.
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I am Director of General Services for York County.
10 Q.
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL AND 11 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND PRD EXPERIENCE.
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See my resume which is attached.
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HAVE YOU ANY PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN THE AREA OF 14 EMERGENCY PLANNING?
I 15 A.
Yes.
From 1977 until I became Acting Director of 16 Emergency Preparedness in 1983, I served as Public 17 Information Officer for York County.
In that 4
18 capacity, I participated in emergency mock exercises a
19 and table top exercises.
Also, I distributed 20 brochures from the State and Federal offices and was 21 the contact person with the media for the status of 22 emergencies.
23 Q.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TESTIMONY?
j 24 A.
The purpose of my testimony is to address the 25 emergency planning contentions as they relate to York 26 County's emergency planning efforts.
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HAVE YOU READ THE CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY 2
GROUP / PALMETTO ALLIANCE CONTENTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN 3
ACCEPTED AS ISSUES IN THIS PROCEEDING?
4 A.
Yes.
5 O.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE OVERALL 6
FORM OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF YORK COUNTY?
7 A.
York County has a county manager form of government.
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government.
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WHAT DEPARTMENT ARE YOU IN?
11 A.
General Services.
12 O.
WHAT DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT OR GROUP HAVE TO DO WITH 13 EMERGENCY PLANNING 7 i
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The Municipal County Emergency Preparedness Agency is l
a division of the Department of General Services.
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17 A.
No, it is not. However, the Directc; of Emergency 18 Preparedness reports to me so I am generally familiar 19 with York County's emergency planning efforts.
Late 20 last year the director of the Municipal County l
21 Emergency Preparedness Agency became seriously ill.
l Due to that illness, he became incapacitated and was 22 unable to fulfill his normal responsibilities and 23 duties, which include a detailed knowledge of York 24
1 County. emergency planning efforts.
One of my 2
responsibilities was to step in and fulfill the 3
director's duties.
4 Q.
DOES YORK COUNTY HAVE A SPECIFIC RADIOLOGICAL 5
EMERGENCY PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY AT 6
CATAWBA?
7 A.
Yes.
Annex Q in the York County Emergency Operations 8
Plan would be used to respond to a radiological 9
emergency at Catawba.
10 Q.
DID YOU PREPARE THIS PLAN?
11 A.
No, it was developed by the Director of Emergency 12 Preparedness.
13 Q.
DID YOU SUPERVISE THIS INDIVIDUAL IN THE PREPARATION 14 OF THE PLAN?
15 A.
Yes.
I supervise the Department of General Services 16 of which the division of Emergency Preparedness is a 17 part.
18 Q.
SINCE THE PREPARATION O' THE PLAN HAVE YOU BECOME 19 FAMILIAR WITH IT?
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Yes, as I noted, since the illness of the Director of I
21 Emergency Preparedness, I have assumed his duties.
22 This has required me to obtain a first-hand knowledge 23 of the plan.
24 Q.
HOW DID YOU OBTAIN SUCH KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLAN 7 i
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I read the plan and met with all relevant individuals 2
and service entities to assure that I fully 3
understood t'neir role and how I was to coordinate 4
their efforts.
5 O.
ARE YOU THE YORK COUNTY OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 6
PLAN?
7 A.
At present, yes.
8 O.
PLEASE DESCRIBE GENERALLY YOUR ROLE IN OVERSEEING THE 9
READINESS OF THE VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND 10 AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY i
11 RESPONSE IN YORK COUNTY.
12 A.
I see my role as coordinating all of the separate 13 entities that are involved locally through the 14 different service agencies.
15 O.
WOULD YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE PLAN?
16 A.
Annex 0, as our overall plan does, addresses all the 17 different components that would have to be addressed l
18 in any type of emergency - natural or manmade.
It 19 addresses all the different components of a nuclear l
20 incident at Catawba and it breaks them down into such f
21 areas as communications, security, transportation, 22 emergency medical services, and emergency welfare I
23 services.
A11'of the different components that you 24 lind outside the nuclear situation are all brought 25 together in Annex 0 in a nuclear situation.
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IS THERE ANYTHING IN ANNEX 0 WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO 2
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND THEREFORE IS NOT 3
FOUND GENERALLY IN OTHER KINDS OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE 7 4
A.
There are numerous items that are unique to Annex 0, 5
such as monitoring, decontamination and sheltering 6
(identified in specific shelter sites).
Evacuation 7
routes, maps, charts, and graphs that relate to a 8
specific nuclear incident would also be unique to 9
Annex 0 and not the other parts the of overall EOP.
10 O.
IN YOUR OPINION, DOES THE YORK COUNTY PLAN PROVIDE 11 REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL 12 BE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A CATAWBA-4 13 RELATED NUCLEAR EMERGENCY 7 la A.
Yes.
15 O.
IS THERE A SECTION OF THE YORK COUNTY PLAN THAT 16 COVERS THE ISSUES RAISED BY EMERGENCY PLANNING 17 CONTENTIONS 1 AND 7, WHICH DEAL WITH THE ADEQUACY OF 18 THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDED 19 BY APPLICANTS AND BY COUNTY GOVERNMENTS?
20 A.
Yes.
Annex D (York EOP), Annex 0, Appendix 2.
21 EPC 1 Testimony s.
22 O.
WITH REGARD TO EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 1, WHAT 23 STEPS HAS YORK COUNTY TAKEN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC SO 24 AS TO ASSURE AFPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO NOTIFICATION l
25 PROCEDURES?
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Beyond normal media coverage of a county official 2
and/or department being involved in anything, which 3
would be in the local newspaper, there was quite a' 4
bit of education at the school age level by our 5
former director prior to his becoming ill.
Other 6
public education efforts that the county has been 7
involved in would be through the advisory board.
8 This is made up of several different community 9
leaders from around different parts of the county who 10 attempt to educate other groups, spread the word, so 11 to speak, at far as What's taking place with the 12 emergency planning and the Catawba plant iteelf.
I 13 see this as a general kind of educational process.
14 In addition to those items, officials of the York 1
15 county government and I have participated in a public 16 hearing following the emergency planning exercise, 17 and an open house at the Catawba plant Where the 18 public has been invited in to become aware of what's 19 taking place there.
York County was represented at 20 this open house.
Prior to the exercise, there were 1
21 thirteen different meetings held for the public to 22 come and familiarize themselves and ask questions j
23 about What was taking place.
The county was 24 represented at those meetings.
25 Q.
WILL THE COUNTY CONTINUE SUCH EDUCATION EFFORTS 7 26 A.
Yes.
1 Q.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH APPLICANTS' BROCHURE?
2 A.
Yes.
3 Q.
DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION AS TO ITS ADEQUACY IN ASSURING
,4 APPROPRIATE REPONSES?
5 A.
In my opinion it seems to be adequate.
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Q.
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 7 ALLEGES THAT EXISTING 8
EMERGENCY PLANS DO NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE 9
PREPARATIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN "TO ACHIEVE 10 EFFECTIVE SHELTERING," NOR THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT 11 PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE WHEN ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER.
DO 12 YOU AGREZ WITH THIS ARGUMENT?
13 A.
No.
It would appear to me that people have been I
14 adequately advised on these matters through the Duke 15 Power brochure end through the county's ef forts, 16 which include participation in public information 17 meetings and open houses at the Catawba plant.
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19 EBS system would be used to reemphasize recommended 1
20 action for the public.
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l BACKGROUND INFORMATION R. M. GLOVER
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Educational Backaround B. S. Nuclear Engineering - University of Virginia - 1975 Company Experience Joined Company June 9, 1975 - Nuclear Fuels Services Jr. Engineer June 1975
- December 1976 Assistant Engineer January 1977 - June 1979 t
Associate Engineer June 1979
- October 1980 l
Emergency Response Coordinator October 1980 - Present In Nuclear Fuels
- Service, Glover was involved in spent fuel transportation and
- storage, contracting with agencias for fabrication services and enrichment, special nuclear material accountability, in computer analysis of fuel cycle design, and in following heat load on spent fuel pools versus cooling capabilities.
Glover was the lead individual on the Company's long-term spent fuel storage task force, Planning, Glover has coordinated the development of f
In Emergency's the Company Response Program at all three stations and has ensured compliance with developing regulations in this area.
He directed the development and perfermance of four drills and seven exercises since 1980 and has maintained the corporate plans as the organization and facilities have evolved.
He has coordinated the installation of three siren systems (with periodic maintenance), upgraded meteoro)ogy systems and developed plant specific transport and diffusion computer models, contracted for i
and provided input into each station's evacuation time study, coordinated the development of and revisions to each station s annual public information brochure, and,has worked closely with Federal, State, and Local Officials responsible for the off-site l
j planning effort.
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EPC 1 cnd 7 Cirtor Attachment PHILLIP F. CARTER 2300 Vineyard Lane Charlotte, NC 28210 Home: (704) 553-1280 Business: (704) 373-2849 EXPERIENCE Ten years public relations experience with large and medium size corporations.
Direct responsibilities included all phases of media and community relations, the supervision of internal and external publications, planning and coordination of special events such as stockholders' meetings, management conferences and press confer-ences. Excellent communications skills and experience in writing news, features, speeches and scripts, and working with suppliers and agencies.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT Director, Community Relations 1983-PRESENT Duke Power Company Responsible for the planning and managing of communications programs for plant communities, regulatory and financial groups, educational audiences and general customer groups; and for moni-toring and evaluating communications efforts to ensure consistent and accurr.te information exchange with these groups.
1980-1983 Manager. Public Relations Monsanto industrial Chemicals ComDany Was charged with public relations responsibilities for this $1.6 billion operating unit of Monsanto Company. Primary duties included handling the unit's responses to major public issues, coordinating media relations and advising manage nent on issues and trends relating to Monsanto and the chemical u dustry.
Additional duties included P. R. response to emergencies in the areas of pollution, plant and worker safety, hazardous waste and transportation acci-dents, plus development of product publicity for the unit's Elec-tronics Division.
Other responsibilities involved the production of podtion and background documents on issues which have potential negative impact on the organization, and the implementation of strategy to effectively communicate the company's position on j
issues to the media and public.
l 1979-1980 Public Relations Representative Monsanto Corporate Public Relations Department Produced news and feature stories relating to the company's chemi-cal awareness program.
Handled press inquiries and planned and coordinated special events including management conferences and l
l seminars. Other duties included assisting in production of corporate annual report and the production of major video and slide programs.
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- 1974-1979 Public Relations Officer Citizens & Southern National Bank of 5.C.
Directed total public relations activities for statewide banking organization.
Duties involved the coordination of a!! media rela-tions, external and internal publications including company employee newspaper and customer newsletter, and audio visual production.
Other duties induded planning special events, such as stockholders meeting, financial analyst meetings and opening of new branch offices.
EDUCATION University of South Carolina.
B.A. Journalism (advertising /public relations) - 1974 Midlands College,
54 hours6.25e-4 days <br />0.015 hours <br />8.928571e-5 weeks <br />2.0547e-5 months <br /> in Business Administration Numerous management and professional courses by Monsanto and PRSA/NYU.
PERSONAL Born: April 28,1948 Married, one child, age 4.
Served in the U.S. Army, 1969-1971, Honorable Discharge. Hobbies and interests include photography and scuba (certified diver).
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,EPC 1 Cnd 7 Birch Attcchm2nt MARY L. BIRCH ADDRESS BUSINESS TELEPIC E:
(704) 373-4504 Nuclear Production Department Duke Power C apany Post Office Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 PRESENT POSITICE The SYSTIN ENGINEER plans, schedules, and directs the activities of the Rad-waste Engineering Section in defining, developing, implementing, and evaluating the effectiveness of radioactive waste management programs at all nuclear j
stations.
l WORK EXPERIENCE 1976-1982 Health Physicist, Radioactive Waste Management Function, l
Duke Power C apany 1974-1976 Health Physicist, Programs and Procedures Function, Duke Power Compam,'
1972-1974 Assistant Health Physicist, Duke Power Company 1968-1972 Che:r.ist, State of Wisconsin Radiation Protection Section l
Certified by the American Board of Health Physics l
Registered Professional Engineer EDUCATION MS 1974 University of Wisconsin (Radiological Sciences)
BS 1968 University of Wisconsin (Chemistry)
PROFESSIOXAL AND TECHN'ICAL SOCIElY MDEERSHIP l
Health Physics Society North Carolina Health Physics Society Piedmont Carolinas Section of ANS i
W men Executives Society of W men Engineers Nuclear Energy Women l
Charlotte Business and Professional Women's Club I
CURRENT (DMITTEE ACTIVITIES AIF Subec e ittee on Radiation Education AIF Subcomittee on Low Level Waste Solidification Utility Nuclear Waste Management Group (INNG) Low Level Waste Workin2 Group National Low-Level Waste Program Review Ccunittee TEONICAL PAPERS AND REPORTS Post '5!I Enviromental Monitoring Requirements, AIF Confersnce on Environ-mental Regulation of the Nuclear Industry: A New Decade, May 1980.
Nuclear Station Post-Accident Sampling Systems, NC Health Physics Society, May 1981.
I Emphasis on the Management in Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management, ANS Tenth Biennial Conference on Reactor Operating Experience, August 1981.
NSAC 23, Nuclear Station Post-Accident Liquid Sampling Systems, developed by Duke Power C a pany, January 1981, Nuclear Safety Analysis Center, Electric Power Research Institute.
Nuclear Power Facility Implementation of 10CFR61, LIS 1983 Fall Conference October 27, 1983.
EPC 1 cnd 7 PERSONAL DATA SHEET Duckworth Attachment SUSANNA V. DUCKWORTH 131 Withers Winthrop College Telephone (803) 323-2151 Ext. 31 Rock Hill, S. C. 29733 Birthdate: July 16, 1944 Birthplace: Waco, Texas Decrees B. A.
1966 Baylor University, Waco, Texas M.Ed.
1969 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Major: Special Education Minor: Psychology 1971 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph. D.
Major: Special Education Minor: Psychology Trainino Exoerience Speech and Hearine Therapy, 1964-66 Clinicel practice with speech handicapped youngsters Public school practice teaching with speech handicapped Clinical practice with speech handicapped adults Pre-school articulation testing with Head Start project Mental Retardation, 1968-71 Master's practicum with Intermediate EMH Class Doctoral Internship teaching Education 65 (undergraduate methods class in Special Education) at UNC-CH Remedial clinic for Intermediate EMR Classes at UNC-CH Public School Teachino Experience Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board oI Education, Charlotte, N.C.
l Semi-professional Team Aide, High School EMH Class,1966 Professional Speech and Hearing Therapist, 1967-68 Past Administrative, Supervisory, and other Related Experiences at
~ University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Lecturer, 1971-72 Supervisor, Special Education Clinic, 1971 Cumberland County Schools. Fayetteville, N. C.,1969 Consultant to Head Start Project, Deep Creek Center l
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2-Workshops: Cumberland Ccunty Sch:ols Title III Learning Disabilities Project, i
Focus on Phonetics" - Spring,1972 Liason Coordinator, Bimodal Instructional Program Durham and Orange County Schools Consultant, Guilford County Schools, Title III Project on Values, 1971-72 Coordinator, Master's Practicum and undergraduate student teaching, Special c
l Education Department, 1971-72 Presenter, North Carolina Council for Exceptional Children Bimodal Instructional Project, etc., Spring, 1972 l
l WINTHROP COLLEGE EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Temporary, 1972-74 Probationary, 1974-78 Tenured 1978 l
Associate Professor, Promoted, 1981 Professional Activities College l,
Member, School Psychology Comittee, 1972-74, 1981-l Member, Comittee for Inauguration of President Vail,1974 Member, Knowledge Estimation Panel,1975, National Teacher's Examination i
l S. C. NTE Validation, Columbia, S. C.
i Member, Honors Council, appointed 1978-81 Chairperson, Academic Conduct, appointed 1979-Member, Coordinating Comittee for the Teacher Education Program (CCTEP),
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,i elected 1980-83 Coordinator, Presentation of Special Education Honors Program to Board of Visitors, Fall, 1979 and 1980 Member, Task Force on General Education, 1981-83 School of Education 1980-81 Chairperson, School of Education Graduate Elections Comittee, 1977-79 Member, School of Education Student Advisory Committee, Member, Graduate Executive Comittee, 1977-78 1978-80 Member, Undergraduate Executive Committee, Secretary, School of Education Faculty Assembly and Graduate Committee 1974-78 Visitation Comittee, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Site Visit Student Teaching Panel Spring, 1976 Visitation Committee, Gaston County Board of Education, Site Visit Student Teaching Panel, Fall, 1976 and Spring, 1980 Coordinator, Byrnes Auditorium Activities, Inservice,1979 Member, Dean's Advisory Committee on Student Teaching,1982 Chairperson / Vice Chairperson, Task Force II (Professional),1982-Member, Undergraduate Council of Coordinators,1982-Special Education Faculty Advisor, SED Undergraduate and Graduate students,1974-Faculty Advisor, Winthrop College Student Chapter 595 of CEC,1974-78 Student CEC Executive Comittee, 1974-78 1976-78 l
Member, Special Education Graduate Curriculum Committee, Author, Special Education section of School of Education Publicity Pamphlet, 1974
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I Co-Author Special Education Honors Program and Special Education 45D Honors Seminar l
1973-78 Coordinator, MR Student Teaching, Coordinator, Graduate Field-Based Program - Metro Center, Charlotte, j
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i Coordinator, Graduate Practicum,1974-Coordinator, Graduate MR (EMH, TMH) Program,1975-i Coordinator, Graduate Curriculum Committee and Program Development,1978-
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Coordinator, Search Comittee,)Special Education,1978-(for three faculty positions Visitation Comittee - Sacred Heart Special Education Program, Spring,1976 Visitation Comittee - Charlotte Rehabilitation Hospital, Spring,1975 Visitation - Charlotte Area Consortium,1978-Participant. Workshop on Evaluation Dr. Joseph Renzulli, Coordinator, l
Spring, 1976 Participant. Development of written and visual modules on " Critique Writing" l
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Acting Chairperson, Spring Semester, 1981 Coordinator, Under raduate Special Education Program Comittee, Two Year Appointment, 198 -84 l
Orcanizations Member, Council for Exceptional Children Member, South Carolina Association for College Teacher Educators i
Past member, American Association of Mental Deficiency Member, Sigma Alph Eta - National Speech and Hearing Honorary Society Member, Kappa Kappa Gama Sorority l
Member, Phi Delta uppa Member, Kappa Delta Pi Member, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Member, South Carolina Association of Teacher Educators Member, Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Fraternity i
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Publications Calhoun, M. L., Duckworth, S.V.
Panyan, M., & Smith, R.
Implementing l
IEPs in regular and resource classrooms:
Inservice training manual.
j University Affiliated Facilities Publication, September,1979.
Duckworth, S.V., The effects of selected visual discrimination conditions on young impulsive retardates. Unpublished doctoral dissertation.
l University of North Carolina, 1971.
Duckworth, S.V., Hall, L.E., & Sadler, J.C.
Identification of pre-t Winthrop vocational competencies of the educable mentally handicapped.
College Competency Testino Project Monograph, 1980.
Duckworth, S.V., Ragland, G.G., Somerfeld, R.E. & Wyne, M.D.
American Modification of conceptual impulsivity(in retarded children.
Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974, 79 1), 59-63.
Mitchell, M.M., & Duckworth, S.V., Bimodal instructional program:
educational evaluation pamphlet, October, 1972.
A process for teacher education program review rationale--
Duckworth, S.V.
The Journal South Carolina Association Colleges for a call for reform.
Teacher Education, 1982-83, 7. 19-20.
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Presenter, North Carolina Council for Exceptional Children Convention at Chapel Hill, N. C.
April, 1972.
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Guest Lecturer EDU 381, M.T. Littlejohn, Professor, Fall,1972 Topic: " Mental Retardation" Presenter, Carolina Consnunity Services. Headstart Workshop, March,1974 Topic:
" Language Arts for the Mentally Handicapped" Presenter, Headstart Workshop Fall,1976, Columbia, 5. C.
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Content on Trainable Mentally Handicapped i
l Guest Lecturer Center for Human Development, Charlotte, N.C., Fall,1976 Topic:
"P. L.94-142" l
Presenter, Winthrop College, Special Education Week-End Workshop,
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Guest Lecturer, SED 556, M. F. Hawisher, Professor, Spring,1977, Fall, 1978, Spring, 1979 l
Guest Lecturer, Kappa Delta Pi, Spring,1979 Topic:
" Exceptional Children" f
i Guest Lecturer, SED Methods, Spring, 1979 j
Topic:
"!EP Development (video tape)"
l Speaker, South Carolina Council for W.eptional Children Conference, Greenville, 5.
C., March, 1977 l
Topic:
" Graduate Program for the Teachers of Trainable Mentally l
Retarded and Multihandicapped" Presenter and program coordinator, Council for Exceptional Children, 1
Kansas City, Mo., Spring, 1978 j
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" Instructional Programing for the Severely Multihandicapped" Presenter, Southeastern American Association on Mental Deficiency (SEAAMD),
i November,1978 Presenter, IEP Figid Testing Workshop, May, 1979 Winthrop College Presenter, IEP Implementation Workshops, September 4-6, 11-12, 1979, Joynes Center, Winthrop College Presenter, Council for Exceptional Children, Philadelphia, Pa., Spring,1980 Topic:
" Determining Pre-vocational Competencies of the Educable Mentally Handicapped" Presenter, Individually Guided Education Conference, Columbia, 5. C.
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"!cplementing Individual Education Plans for Exceptional Children in tne Regular Classroom" Presenter, IEP Implementing Workshop, Gaffney, 5. C., January,1980 i
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Topic:
" Mental Retardation" Presenter, Council for Exceptional Children. Houston, Texas, Spring,1982 Topic:
" Reducing Anxiety in Student Teachers" Consultation Consultant Language Arts Teacher Corps., Region V., Lancaster, 5. C.,
1972-73 Consultant, Language Arts Headstart, Rock Hill, 5. C.,1974 Consultant, Progcan Evaluator EMH Resource and TMH self-contained classes.
York School District fl. May, 1975 Consultant, Language Arts, Fairfield County, 1975-76 l
Consultant, Orthopedically Handicapped, York School District #1,1976 Consultant, Program Development Metro Center, Charlotte, N. C.,1975-Consultant, Department of Mental Retardation,(Needs Assessment, Sp 1977. Greenwood, 5. C. and Columbia, S. C.
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Consultant, Program Development, Union County. Developmental Disabilities Center, 1977-78 Consultant, South Carolina UAF IEP project,1978-Consultant, Winthrop College Comoetency Testing Project - Module Development, May,1979 Consultrnt. The Cxceptional Child in the Regular Class, Elloree, 5. C.,
October, 1981 Consultant, Duke Power Company, February,198)
Workshops and Conferences Attended Vocational Rehabilitation Workshop - Visually Handicapped, Spring,1973 South Carolina Educational TV Conference Workshop. Fall,1975 Renzulli Workshop, Evaluation, Spring, 1976 Queen's College Workshop, Values. Fall, 1975 Central Piedmont Comunity College, Perceptual Motor Workshop - Fall,1975 Scuth Carolina Council for Exceptional Children, Charlotte, N. C. -
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Fall, 1976, 1977, 1980 Winthrop College, Week-End Workshops, Fall, 1975-77 Civic Member / participant of the Myers Park Traditional School Parent / Teacher's Association, 1972-78 Member / participant, Kappa Kappa Gamma Philanthropic Activities,1978 Member, United Cerebral Palsy Parents Courcil, Charlotte, N. C.,1981-Chairperson, Progessional Services Sub-Committee of United Cerebral Palsy Parents Counct), 1981-Grants Author, U. 5. Office of Education proposal. Metro Center, Charlotte, N.C.,
Fall, 1977 Honors The World Who's Who of Women in Education Kappa Delta Pi Appreciation Certificate for financial and continued support.
May, 1983.
June, 1983
EPC 1 Cnd 7 Pugh AttOchment A JESSE THOMAS PUGN, III 713A Grove Avenue Raleigh, North Carolina 27606 l
Nome (919) 851-3467 office (919) 733-3867 j
a PERSONAL Date of Birth: November 19, 1947 Place of Birth:
Asheboro, North Carolina Age:
36 Beight:
5'5" Weight: 150 lbs.
Nealth:
Excellent Married:
September 1, 1973, to Sandra strader of Caswell County, North Carolina EDUCATION 1961-1965 ASMEBORO MIGH SCN00L Asheboro, North Carolina Degree:
College Prop.
Clubs and Organisations
-Business Manager for Annual, 1965
-Treasurer for Future. Teachers, 1965
-Drama Club, Journalism Club
-Quill and Scroll Club, Wrestling Team 1/81-Present NonTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Raleigh, North Carolina l
Enrolled in Masters of Public Administration Program, School of Political Science and Public Administration Spring 1982 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Raleigh, No:th Carolina computer Applications certificate Program MPA, School of Political Science 7/65-5/69 35 in Textile Technology NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Raleigh, North Carolina Clubs and Organisations sigma Nu Fraternity (Nouse Manager 1966-67)
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Dean's List Student last three semesters Fall 1980 GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE INSTITt,"TE University of North Carolina Chapel Mill, North Carolina August 1967 NORTM CAROLINA QUTWARD BOUND SCHOCL Morganton, North Carolina MILITARY 6/49-4/72 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS Bonorably Discharged Nighest Ranks First Lt.
Docupations: Supply Officer --responsible for ordering, oontrolling, stocking, and warehousing all supplies for l
a Battalions Fiscal Office -- responsible for budgeting and mooounting for all Battalion funds.
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5/82-present Division Director, North Carolina Department of j
Crime Control and Public Safety, Division of i
amargency Management, Raleigh, North Carolina Responsible for the stata of North Carolina emergency l-response and planning.
This includes the coordination of all emergency response activities of the 17 State j
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Serve as State Coordinating Officer and i
Governor's Authorised Representative in all disaster e
related matters.
In addition to these duties, when I was promoted to Director the Deputy Director position was abolished, and I retained all the duties l
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Responsibile for daily j
operacions of the Division.
Supervise 53 employees, administer budget of approximately $2 million, j
l managed grant program to local governments, represent i
the State in business transactions and in meetings with local and federal government.
j 7/70-5/79 Area Coordinator for same division, then called Divisie i j
of Civil Preparedness.
Office located in Asheboro, North Carolina.
l Responsible for a 15-county area, workin with local j
ooordinators and governmental officials n preparing i
plans to prevent and/or respond to disasters, both i
natural and man-made.
Also responsible for arrangin?
specialised training or local volunteers and
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1/73-7/78 Funeral Director /Hanager of Pugh Funeral Home, I
Inc., Asheboro, North Carolina l
i Responsible for counseling with families, arrangement of details of Funeral Services, assisting in filing j
of benefits with Social Securit, veterans Adminis-1 tration, and other agencies.
A so responsible for normal office routine, upkeep of' building and grounds,
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I 10/72-12/72 Shift Supervisor, Textured Fibres, Inc., Liberty, North Carolina Responsible for scheduling job assignments, maintain-J ing production records, achieving consistent j
aseeptable production levels, and maintaining morale.
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PAU1 R. LU!!SFT.D, Sr Chief Area Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness Division, Office of the Adjutant General, State of South Carolira Bachelor of Science, Clemson College, 1950 Easter of Science, Shippensburg State College, PA,1972 US Army: Advanced Infantry Officers Course,1957
' Cormand and General Staff College,1962 War College, 1972 Italian Arny War College,1966 Regular Arg Officer (Infantry) 1950-1980 Lieutenant 1950-5h Captain 195h-61 Majer 1961-65 lieutenant Colonel 1965-70 I
Col:nel 1970-80 In'an: y F12:::n leader, Kona 1950-51 1.fantry ::n arc-Oc :.ander, Europe & USA 195h-56 i
Staff :e ?;:ulty. infantry School, 1958-60 l
iteff "fideer, US Military Mission, Saudi Arabia 1962-63 Exe:n.i.e Officer, Air Assault Battalion, USA 1963-6h 5tuden, ifense Language Institute 1965 Staff Officer, lisadquarters, Allied Land For:es Southe n Eur:ps, Italy 19"-65 Para:'=te 3cttalien Connander, Viet Nan 1969 Training 3rigade Cen.ander, USA 1970-71 5:aff & Faculty, US Arv 'ur College 1972-83 (Ohief of Staff 1979-60) 1.ergen:y F ecaredness Occrdinater I & II, SOIFI 1980 *2 Chief, Plans Section, SOIE 1952-E3.,
Chief Area 0:crdinater, SOID 1963-?ferent Employment Adtess: Energen:y iteparednses Division, CA3 1h29 Senate Street Oolumbia, E.C. 29201 y
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Address 28 D Terhark Drive, Colunbia, S. C. 29210 Phone Office: 803-758-2826 Home: 803-772-3003 Personal Data f
Age: 32 DOB: tbvenber 21, 1951 Marital Status: }krried Height: 215 Health: Excellent 4
M wmtion 1967-70 A. C. Flora High School, Columbia, S. C.
1970-72 Midlands Technical College, Columbia, S. C.
1972 University of South Carolina Career Mention Courses 1975 Civil Defense L9.
1976 Civil Defense 1kragement 1977 Nuclear Civil Protection Planning 1981 Civil Defense Director / Coordinator 1981 Introduction to Radiological tbnitoring 1982 Radiological Defense Officer 1982 Radiological Bnergency Plaming 1983 Career Development Phase I 1984 Exercise Design Course Military Experience 1970-78 Operations NC) in the US Army Reserve (360th CA Srigade) Columbia, S. C.
1982-present Disaster Preparedness Specialist - SC Air National Guard Colunbia, S. C.
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Ecoloymmt Record
- 1981-present S.C. Er-secy Preparedness Division (Exercise / Training Officer since March 1984) i Previously Area Coordinator responsible for development of plans and procedtres for York Comty, Catasta Nuclear i
Station /S.C. Site Specific Plan coordinated with Federal, State, local Gow.--it, Utilities and adjoining States in the preparation of the Catasta Plans.
1980-81
'Impe & Imbel Engir**ving - St. Petersburg, Florida Traveled South Carolina and Georgia representing this firm.
1980 Sixteen-Ten Corporation, mitrabia, S. C.
Managed a restaurant in Cblunbin, S. C.
1978-80 MDC, Inc., Coltrabia, S. C.
Co/ Owner and General Manager of three furnittee stores.
1974-78 S.C. Disaster Preparedness Agency Developed plans and procedures for State and local Governnent for use in emergency situations. Coordinated with Federal, State and local govemmnts in developnent of preparedness programs.
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EPC 1 cnd 7 Phillips Attachment RESUME OF BOB E.
PHILLIPS I am a lifelong resident of Gaston County.
I completed my GED (General Equivalency Degree 7) in 1967.
In 1972, I received an Associate of Arts Degree from Gaston College.
In 1975, I received the advanced Law Enforcement Certificate from the Criminal Justice Training and Standards Council.
I am also a certified instructor through the criminal Justice Training and Standards Council.
Relevant courses taken include:
Credit Hours February 1966 Introduction to Police Science 160 hrs.
February 1968 First Aid 12 hrs.
March 1969 Riot Control 116 hrs.
February 1970 Supervision of Law Enforcement Personnel 120 hrs.
I February 1970 Radiological Monitoring 16 hrs.
April 1970 Ambulance Attendant 28 hrs.
January 1971 Disaster Aid 8 hrs.
January 1971 Defensive Driving 8 hrs.
June 1972 Police Traffic Supervision 105 hrs.
October 1972 Radar Speed Operation 8 hrs.
November 1970 Supervision of Police Personnel 80 hrs.
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April 1974 Instructor Training 40 hrs.
July 1974 Firearms Instructor Training 48 hrs.
March 1975 Defensive Driving 8 hrs.
June 1975 First Aid MM 8 hrs.
February 1976 Public Development Seminar 40 hrs.
July 1976 S & W Armorers' School
- 80. hrs.
March 1977 Defensive Driving 8 hrs.
July 1977 Firearms Instructor Training 48 hrs.
September 1977 Hostage Situations 4 hrs.
July 1978 Hazardous Devices School 120 hrs.
October 1978 Hazardous Materials Seminar 8 bra.
September 1978 Traffic Records 6 hrc.
April 1979. Law Enforcement & The Fuel Shortage 11 hrs.
May 1979 Protection for VIPS 16 hrs.
September 1979 Police Traffic Records 6 hrs.
March 1980 Plans & Operations Course 40 hrs.
l May 1980 Emergency Vehicle Operations 24 hrs.
libruary 1981' Civil Defense USA April 1981 Radiological Emergency Response 80 hrs.
June 1981 Plans & Operation 140 hrs.
August 1981 FEMA Phase 1A 40 hrs.
August 1982 FEMA Phase 1B 1983 Numerous Emergency Management Courses
EPC 1 Cnd 7 Broome Attachm:nt A RESUME PERSONAL DATA:
Lewis Wayne Broome Age:
39 Date of Birth:
July 16, 1944 7209 Twillingate Drive Charlotte, North Carolina 28215 Telephone:
(704) 568-2171 (Home) 374-2412 (business)
Marital Status:
Divorced - Ms. Pamela H. Broome One Child:
Pamela Kay Broome Age:
7 Health:
Good EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
High School:
Graduated from Central Davidson High School Lexington, North Carolina - 1963 College:
Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina Associate Degree Business Management - 1971 Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina B. A. Degree Sociology - 1977 WORK EXPERIENCE:
7/79-Current: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Office 951 South Independence Boulevard, Room 655 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Title:
Administrative Officer I/ Operations Officer Duties:
Inspect shelters that are part of National Shelter System; administer surplus property _ program; coordinate multi-agency emergency response; develop
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Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services 1
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Title:
AFDC Applications Caseworker Duties:
Interviewed and investigated clients for public assistance programs.
Process involved numerous contacts with elements of the public and private sector.
x 1975-1977:
Full-time student at Belmont Abbey College 8/72-8/75:
Pound and Moore Company 1447 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina
Title:
Salesman / Stock Room Supervisor Duties:
General sales of office supplies and furniture; supervised stock room staff and procedures for filling orders 10/67-7/.72:
Celanese Corporation Barclay Down Drive i
Charlotte, North Carolina
Title:
Stationery Clerk Duties:
Responsible for filling orders of basic stationery items; worked in area of forms control; assisted in budget process; responsible for ordering basic stationery items.
MILITt.RY STATUS:
1963-1967:
Served in the U.S. Navy - Honorable discharge in 196 2urrently serving in U.S. Navy Reserve.
Obligation-consists of two weeks each year of active duty and one weekend each month.
Active duty is normally in the months of either June, July, or August.
SPECIAL TRAINING:
See attached sheet titled, " Business, Trade, or Military Training". -
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To develop and maintain the necessary skills and training to ensure that the plans and procedures for proper response to major disasters are in place, and that the various departments, agencies, and per-sonnel are in unison for response to major disasters.
To seek fulfillment of my personal goals through a good employment environ-ment that combines good pay and job challenge.
REFERENCES :
Kenneth D. Williams (Retired; former Emergency Management Director) 215 Circle Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28207 Telephone:
374-0819 Edwin H.
- Capin, Director Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services 301 Billingsley Road, Charlotte, NC 28211 Telephone:
374-3020 Ben Judkins, Chairman Department of Sociology Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC 28012 Telephone:
825-3711
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Andy Clark, Manager FCX Farm and Garden Supplies i
6915 Lawyers Road, Charlotte, NC 28212 1
Walker Busby (Self-employed accountant) 1005 Norwich Road, Charlotte, NC 28212 i
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BUSINESS, TRADE, OR MILITARY TRAINING No. of Date Title of Course / Sponsor Hours 09/79 Radiological Monitoring Instructor's Course - Staff College 24 09/79 Civi-1 Defense U.S.A. - Staff College 10 10/79 Introduction to Radiological Monitoring - Staff College 15 03/80 Civil Defense Director / Coordinator - Staff College 15 04/80 Municipal Supervisory Certification Program - City of Charlotte 26.5 03/80 Plans and Operations Workshop - N.C.
State Government 12 06/80 Career Development Course, Phase I - Federal Government 37.5 06/81 Plans and Operations Workshop - N.C.
State Government 12 09/81 Career Development Course, Phase II - Federal Government 66 10/81 Coordinated Response to Radiation Emergencies UNCC -
Member of Presentation Panel - Federal Government 08 01/82 Radiological Monitoring Instructor's Course Update - N.C.; State j
Government 16 07/82 Radiological Emergency Training - U.S.
Department of Energy, Nevada Proving Grounds 75 03/83 Career Development Course, Phase III - Federal Government 66 06/83 Safety Systems Hazardous Material Incident Prevention & Control Seminar / Workshop - Charlotte Fire Department 16 09/83 Southern Railway Hazardous Materini Response Seminar - N.C.
Emergency Management Association 08 Sub-total 407 U.' S. Military Training - Classroom 40
- On the Job Training as Reservist 500 plu TOTAL 947 i
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1977-1979 York County Building and Codes Department. York, South Carolina. Building Official: Responsible for the overall conduct of the program of reviewing and appreting building plans and specifications and of inspecting buildings and facilities to ensure compliance with various building construction and fire safety codes and regulations, managing operations of the department.
1974-1977 Lexington County Planning Department, Lexineton, South Carolina.
Building Inspector:
Conducted inspections of building-construction to assure compliance with all codes as required by building construction codes and regulations.
1973-1974 Geneva Construction Company, Columbia, South Carolina.
Proj ect Coordinator for Raintree Project, duties included labor materials management, e
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MEMBERSHIPS i
City / County Managers Association Personnel Association of South Carolina Counties International Personnel Management Association (IPMA)
Building Officials Association of South Carolina State Association of Plumbing, Cas, Mechanical Inspection International Association of Electrical Inspectors National Academy of Code Administration Energy Futures Task Force - currently serving as county representative State Budget and Control Board Technical Conunittee for Local Government Training - statewide county representative AMI Business Coalition for Health Care Catawba E:nployers Health Council Catawba Center for Health Promotion - serving as Secretary Planning Committee Member of Three Rivers Health Service Agency l
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telephone (804) 257-1600 - business (803) 747-6285 - home Melvin McKeown, Attorney at Law York, South Carolina telephone (803) 684-4851 i
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