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Comments on Oyster Creek & Proposed Addl Nuclear Generating Plant to Be Located Nearby
ML20100G695
Person / Time
Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 07/13/1973
From: Van Riper F
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- Deputy Director for Reactor Products '

Directorate of Licensing '

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission l Washington, D.C., 20545 ,

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Dear Sir:

I wish to comment on the nuclear generating plant i.s innuclear operation at Oyster Creek and the proposed i

' which additional generating plant to be located nearby. .

My first reaction is a negative oneAfter as toconsidering personal safety and environmental damage.the need for electrical power, I had al to going along with the idea.

4 about the legal action against Jersey

After Central Power Light Co. at Oyster Creek, for two reading &

alleged violations " dumping hazardous or poisonous l substances into state waters and failing to notify '

.the state it was going to do so", the thought of these plants being in the ha'nds of apparently  !

irresponsible people is frightening. So, I vote i a big "no" for these plants in an increasingly l l

populated area like ours. I I

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Attorney Cencral of New ' Jersey Attorney for Plaintiff .! ,

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(609) 292-4994 i SUPERIOR COURT OF IEW JERSEY -

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STATE OF FEU ' JERSEY, DEPARTMENT : -

OF ENVIROICiENTAL PROTECTION, Plaintiff, Civil. Action .

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VERIFIED COMPLAINT ,

JERSEY CENTRAL FOUER & LIG!iT '

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The State of Neu Jersey, Department of Environmental Pro-taction, plaintiff, with offices at John Fitch ' Plaza, City of -

Trenton, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, hereinafter designated ac " Department", by way of complaint says:

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l. .The Depart: acne in authori.ced, empowered and obligated ,

by N.J.S.A. 13:1D-1, g neq., to enforce. the provisions of' t N'.J.S.A. 58:10-23.1, e_ti s en ._ , 'and N .J . S . A . 23 : 5- 27, e t. seq . ,

, i and to investigate all. complaints of pollution,- including .  ;

thermal pollution,of this State to prevent. such pollution and i to protect the environment.

2. The defendant, Jersey Central Power and Light Co:npany, , j

- is.a New Jersey corporation, with its N gistered agent _ located !1 ~l i :

at Madison Avenue at Punch Bowl Road, Morristown. -ij;.

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3. The defendant.is a public utility engaged in the j i

. generation of electrical power. .

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4.' The defendant constructed and is operating a nuclear  ; ,

generdting. station known as the "Dyster Creek Nuclear Generating *

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This station is located on State Highway Route 9, Station." .

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in Forked River, Lacey 'fownship, County of Ocean, State of New

}l Jersey.

5. Tde"0ysterCreekNuclearGeneratingStation"is i

located on'a man-made canal which was. constructed by the .

j 5efendant 1 and connects Forhed River and Oyster' Creek.

. ' . . ,6 . The defendant, in the course ~of its normal operations , ,

i draws substantral quantities of water from Forked River and j i

. . . t Oyster Creek through the plant for cooling purposes.

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7. Larac quantitie.1 of han::ed sentr r is di'ncharged by i

. the defendant into the cann1 an.d thenec into Oyster Crcok ' '

I and Barnegat Eny, being waters of the Stata. A chart indi-

,cating the flow characteristics of these operaticas is annexed hereto and mado a part horcof as Exhibit "A".

8. On January 28, 1972, the "0yster Crcok Euclear Geno-rating. Station" experienced a shutdown'of operations. The -

pla'nt did not operate in a normal manner until February 1,  !

-1972.

9.1 The shutdown was unscheduled and caused by an inad- .

vertent, negligent or willful act of the defendant's employees, "

agents or servants. .

10. The defendant continued to operato its by-pass or

. dilution pumps located above the plant during the period when the plant was shut dotm. The operation of these pumps accelera-tod the cooling of the waters below the plant.

11. As a result of the shutdown of the, plant and the continued operation of the aforementioned pumps, the tempera- [

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ture of the waters belou the plant dropped drastically and -

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rapidly causing thermal slioch and death to substantial quan- I titics of fish in said waters, on January 28, 29, 30 and 31, i t

1972, in violation of N.J.S.A. 23:5-28. .

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[h i t defen-t i FH2 NET' ORE, the pinintif f deme,nh jt.d ; ment aga ns following h

dant,_ Jersey Contral Power and I,ight .Ccnpany, for t e relief: rsuant to Jordcring the defendant to pay a penalty pu 'I -

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N.J.S'.A. 23:5-28.o? $6,000~per day for each violation -

found by.this-court. .

SECOND COUNT i- h First 1.jPlaintiffrepeatsalloftheallegationsofte Count and makes them a part horcof.

the defendant dis-28, 29, 30 and 31, 1972, 2.lOnJanuary deleterious,

d charged, drained, washed and emptied hazar ous, large destructivo and poisonous substances in the form of of abnormally low temperature in a manner '

q'uantitics of watet- Creek and Barnegat that they could find their way into Oyster t in viola,- ,.. ". -

Bay and failed to immedintely notify the Departmen tion'of-N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.6. .

demands judgment against the ,

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l defendant, Jersey Central Power and Light Company for t e * \

r following relief: .

Ordering the said defendant to pay a penalty .

58:10-23.5 of $3,dOD p'cr day for

' pursuant to N.J.S.A.

each violation found by this court. .

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1. The plcintif f repeats all of the allegations of the First and Second Co"nts and makes them a part hereof.
2. Oyster Creek and Darnegat Bay are tidal waterways.
3. The waters nnd tidolands of Oyster Crcok and Barnegat for the Bay are public recources and subject to public trust i

bencEit of this and future generations.

4. The fishlife and plantlife in the aforementioned

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for the benefit of this and future generations, -

5. As a result of defendant's actions on January 28, 29, l I

1 30 and 31, 1972, those public resources" were damaged,.  !

The State may bring suit on behalf of its citizens

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to rccover monetary damcges for the impairment of this trust

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l and to protect the object of this trust and the environment. l WIlEREFORE, the plaintiff demands judgment against the fl defendant, Jersey Central Power and Light Company, for the f i.

.i following relief: I Ordering the defendant to make uhole the State I

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. of Ecu Jersey, as trustcc for the public, for damages I

to the aforementioned public resources.

GEORGE F. KUCLER, JR. .

Attorney General of New Jersey l Attorney for Plaintiff  ;

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