ML20094A582

Testimony of Rc Furrer Re Limerick Ecology Action Offsite Emergency Planning Contention LEA-22 Concerning Pennsylvania Dept of Agriculture Data on Farmers within Plume of Emergency Planning Zone.Related Correspondence

ML20094A582
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Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	11/01/1984
From:	Furrer R PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF
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LUNITE'DII STATES;OF. AMERICA NUCLEAR R5GULATORr"' COMMISSION N[-lj{ET

.Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

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TESTIMONY OF ROBERT C. FURRER FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

-REGARDING LIMERICK ECOLOGY ACTION OFFSITE EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION LEA-22 0.1. What is your name and position?

A.l. My name-is Robert C. Furrer. I am a Management Analyst with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. I serve as Emergency Management Coordinator for the Department. A statement of my professional qualifications is attached to this testimony.

Q.2. What is the purpose of your testimony?

A.2. The purpose of my testimony is 69 respond to Limerick Ecology Action (LEA) Contention LEA-22.

0.3. What does LEA-22 state?

A.3. LEA-22 states:

The State, County, and Municipal RERP's are inadequate because farmers who may be designated as emergency workers in order to tend to livestock in the event of a radiological emergency have not been provided adequate training and dosimetry.

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-l Q.4.: -What7 1s your response to LEA-22?

A' .' 4 . The Pennsylvania Department of' Agriculture does not-i have on . hand data regarding actual numbers of farmers in' l l

the Limerick' plume'EPZ =who may' require dosimetry and KI.- l Such information is- developed at the county level. The i state emergency plan's use of .the terms " livestock" and I

" farmer" is - no more restrictive than the commonly accepted: l dictionary definitions. Webster's Seventh New Collegiate .

Dictionary defines " livestock" as " animals kept or . raised for use or pleasure; esp: farm animals kept for.use and profit." " Farmer" means "a person who cultivates land or

- crops or raises livestock." The Department has no data as to the question of whether so-called "USDA" lists would be used to limit registration of farmers. ,

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0.5. What about information and training for farmers?

A.5. A farmer information brochure was developed and. ,

distributed by the licensee to farmers in the vicinity of Three Mile Island. The Department of Agriculture support,s the use of a brochure, i Training is best handled by a particular licensee and local government with the assistance of the USDA Ccunty 4

Extension Service. The Department supports such training, and suggests any training offered pre-emergency be repeated 4

before any individual is permitted to re-enter the plume EPZ.

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PROFESSIONAL' QUALIFICATIONS Robert C. Furrer As a Management Analyst.and the Emergency Management Coordinator'for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, I have been responsible for emergency response. planning in the Department since 1976. Within this responsibility, I am involved in the revision of Annex E, Fixed Nuclear Facility Incidents of the. commonwealth Disaster.. Operations Plan in Agriculture Department areas of interest.

I am a graduate of the University of Maryland and have a Masters in Personnel Administration from George Washington.

' University.

From 1974 until now, I'have w6rked as a Management Analyst for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Prior to 1974, I was a professional soldier for 30 years.

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