ML20106A368
| ML20106A368 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 06/05/1984 |
| From: | Broome L, Coleman S, Harris E, 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-21, OL, OL-A-EP-21, NUDOCS 8408170206 | |
| Download: ML20106A368 (58) | |
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1 APPLICANTS' TESTIMONY ON EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 8 Duke Power Company (Stan D.
Coleman, Jr. )
North Carolina (J.T. Pugh, III, E.H.
Harris, Jr. )
South Carolina (P.R. Lunsford, William M.
McSwain)
Gaston County (Bob E.
Phillips)
Mecklenburg County (Lewis Wayne Broome)
York County (Phillip Steven Thomas)
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. TESTIMONY OF DUKE POWER COMPANY 2
(STAN D. COLEMAN, JR.)
3 ON EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 8 4
Background Information 5
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PLEASE STATE YOUR PULL NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS.
6 A.
My name is Stan D.
Coleman, Jr.
My business address 7
is 1600 Woodlawn Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT JOB TITLE 7
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I am employed as Design Engineer, System 10 Communications Transmission Department, Duke Power 11 Company.
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WHAT IS YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND?
13 A.
I have a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from 14 Clemson University (1973).
My resume is attached.
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PLEASE SUMMARIZE YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE.
16 A.
Ten years with Duke Power.
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WHAT ARE YOUR PRESENT OCCUPATIONAL DUTIES?
18 A.
Supervision of the engineering group with 19 responsibilities for telephone switching systems and 20 two-way radio.
21 EPC 8 Testimony 22 Q.
THE STATES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND 23 YORK, MECKLENBURG AND GASTON COUNTIES INDICATE 24 RELIANCE, TO SOME DEGREE, UPON DUKE'S SELECTIVE 25 SIGNALING OR RING DOWN SYSTEM FOR BYPASSING LOCAL 26 TELEPHONE SYSTEM OVERLOADS.
DID YOU OR THOSE YOU 27 SUPERVISE DEVELOP THIS SYSTEM 7 28 A.
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PLEASE DESCRIBE THE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM.
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BASED ON DUKE'S MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM 7 3
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Yes, in part.
The selective' signaling system is a 4
' hybrid system composed of microwave and leased 5
telephone company circuits.-
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9 independent of the switched telephone network which 1
10 means that there is no reliance en. telephone company 11 switching equipment.
This network provides 12 communications to and from the following locations:
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13 (a) Crisis Management Center in the General Office; 14 (b) Technical Support Center and the Control Room at a
15 the Station; (c) local government emergency i
16 operations centers (EOC) and warning points; (d) 17 State Forward Emergency Operations Center l
18 (FEOC)(S.C.); (e) State Emergency Response Team i
19 Headquarters (SERT)(N.C.); and (f) EBS Control 20 Station - WBCY Radio.
This network is completely 21 backed up by battery-pack power supplies at every j
22 location.. 'In addition, station equipment is powered 23 from backed up power sources where possible.
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DOES THE SYSTEM BYPASS THE LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPANY 25 SWITCHING STATIONS?
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Yes.
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ARE ALL THE EXTEb)SIONS IN PLACE AT THIS TIME 7 IF 2
NOT, WHEN WILL THEY BE INSTALLED AND OPERATIONAL?
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All the locations are insta$ led and operational 4
except the one at the York County Emergency Operations Center which will be installed no later 6
than June 1, 1984.
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CAN USERS IN THE VARIOUS COUNTY EMERGENCY' CENTERS, 8
THE SERT, AND THE CLOVER FEOC CONTACT EACH OTHER AS
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9 WELL AS DUKE (BOTH THE STATION AND THE CRISIS 10 MANAGEMENT CENTER) ON THIs SYSTEM WITHOUT BEING 11 AFFECTED BY OVERLOADS ON THE LOCAL TELEPHONE NETWORK 7 12
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TESTIMONY OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 2
(E.H. HARRIS, JR. AND J.T. PUGH, III) ON 3
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 8 4
Background Information on Mr. Harris 5
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PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS.
6 A.
E.H. Harris, Jr., North Carolina Division of 7
Emergency Management, Administration Building, 116 8
West Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27605.
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PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT 10 BACKGROUND.
11 A.
I received a BA degree in history from Hampton 12 Institute and an MA degree in history from Temple 13 University.
I am also a graduate of the U.S.
Army 14 Command and General Staff college.
In 1978 I retired 15 as a U.S.
Army officer.
Since 1978, I have completed 16 research for the State of North Carolina on the 17 survivability of industry during a nuclear emergency.
18 I have also participated in emergency planning for 19 fixed nuclear facilities and have served as Chief, 20 Training and Education Section, North Carolina 21 Division of Emergency Management.
In my current 22 position I serve as Assistant Director for Emergency 23 Response, NCDEM. (EH) 24 Q.
WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF YOUR CURRENT ' POSITION 7
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I am responsible for emergency response in North 2
Carolina with operations under my jurisdiction.
I am 3
. responsible for developing procedures for an adequate, 4
response to emergencies and for maintaining overall 5
preparedness. (EH) 6 Q.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE IN EMERGENCY 7
PLANNING?
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Yes.
I have been involved with emergency planning 9
for more than 20 years since during my military 10 service I also worked with contingency planning. (EN) 11 Q.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE IN 12 EVACUATIONS?
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Yes, most recently with the evacuation necessitated 14 by tornadoes. (EH) 15 Q.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH SHELTERING 7 1
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Yes.
We deal with procedures for sheltering on a i
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HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH GETTING FOOD AND i
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20 A.
Yes, again with the recent tornado disaster. (EH) 21 Q.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH DECONTAMINATION?
22 A.
Only to the extent of my involvement with the 23 emergency drills for fixed nuclear facilities. (EH) 24 Q.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH EMERGENCY BROCHURES PREPARED TO 25 INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF EMERGENCIES?
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I am familiar with brochures prepared for possible 2
emergencies at fixed nuclear facilities and with 3-other brochures dealing with emergencies such as 4
tornadoes. (EH) 5 EPC-8 Testimony 6
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DOES THE STATE PLAN PROVIDE INFORMATION WHICH 7
ADDRESSES THIS CONTENTION?
8 A.
Yes, Part 1, Sections III and IV of the N.C.
State 1
9 Plan.
See also Figures 4 and 20 of Part 1 of that 10 Plan. (JTP, EH) 11 Q.
ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT THE STATE AND COUNTY PLANS 12 ASSIGN " CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 13 FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE?"
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The pertinent responsibilities are set forth in the 15 N.C.
State Plan in Part 1, Section 3; Part 2, Section i
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In addition, Part 1, i
17 Figure 4: Part 2, Figure 2; and Part 3, Figure 2 of l
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State Plan indicate, in tabular form, the 19 organizations having primary and support 20 responsibility for v'arious functions.
We are 21 satisfied that the state and related county plans assign cle'ar and ef fective primary responsibilities 22 23 for emergency response.
We have used the same basic I
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PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR ' ANSWER WITH SPECIFIC ' REFERENCES
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TO THE APPROPRIATE PLAN.
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.All NUREG 0654 objectives have been met by assignment 4
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ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT THE STATE AND COUNTY PLANS c
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Yes. (JTP, EH) 4 10 Q.
PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR RESPONSE.
11 A.
State, county, and private organizations have been 12 researched for resource availability and agregments 13 coordinated to provide those resources to primary 14 response agencies. (JTP, EU) 15 Q.
PLEASE DESCRIBE HOW STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS WILL i
16 CARRY OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE INITIAL
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18 STATE CAPITAL TO ITS DESIGNATED OPERATIONS CENTER.
19 A..
Under the North Carolina plan, county officials have 20 the full direction and control responsibilities with 21 state agencies acting as supporting organi'zations 22 until the SERT is in a position to assume full l
23 responsibility for off-site response.
The counties 24 are in direct communication with the Catawba Nuclear r
25 Plant and have the authority and responsibility to 26 implement action to protect the citizens within their
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This is accomplished through 1
2 an organization at the county level similar to the i
3 SERT at-the state level.
The counties operate from 4
their pre-planned and established emergency 5
operacions center (EOC).
Decisions are made by the 6
local officials and coordinated through the local 7
emergency coordinator. (JTP, EH)
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8 State agency support is coordinated through the 9
state EOC in Raleigh until the SERT is on site at its 10 SERT headquarters at Douglas Airport 'in Charlotte and 11 able to a$sume operational control and coordination 12 of state support.
The Counties contact the State EOC 13 in Raleigh prior to the establishment of the SERT 14 headquarteers at Douglas Airport.
Such contact might 15 be made for technical assessment or to request state 16 resources. (JTP, EH) i 17 Q.
DO LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ORDER 18 EVACUATION OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ACTION?
19 A.
Yes. (JTP, EH) 20 Q.
WITH WHOM MUST THEY CONSULT BEFORE DOING SO?
21 A.
We are not aware of any mandatory consultation 22 requirement. (JTP, EH) 1 23 O.
DO STATE OFFICIALS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ORDER 24 EVACUATION OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ACTION?
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Yes, they do, on' issuance of a declaration of a 2
disaster by the Governor. (JTP, EH) 3 Q.
WITH WHOM MUST THEY' CONSULT BEFORE DOING SO?
s They must con' ult with the the Council of State.
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6 county clerks of court and the Secre'.ary of Crime 7
Control and Public Safety prior to compelling 8
evacuation. (JTP, EH) 9 Q.
TO THE EXTENT RELEVANT, PLEASE-NOTE ANY TIME r
10 DEPENDENT VARIABLES WHICH WOULD AFFECT YOUR RESPONSE 11 TO THE PREVIOUS FOUR QUESTIONS.
12 A.
The only time-dependent variable would be 13 communication with the Governor and his subsequent 14 contact with the Council of State members.
- This, 15 however, would not cause a serious delay since the 16 Governor will be continuously updated and advised on 17 the situation and would normally be available to make e
18 the decision to cause the proclamation to be issued.
19 (JTP, EM) 20 Q.
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO' ESTABLISH THE SERT 21 HEADQUARTERS)%T DOUGLAS AIRPORT?
22 A.
As specified in Part 1, p. 86, Figure 20 of the N.C.
23 State Plan, it is estimated.to take seven to nine l
24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to establish the SERT. (JTP, EH)
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. HAVE THE STATES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA 2
MADE ARRANGEMENTS'TO COORDINATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE 3
ACTIONS?
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A number of meetings have been held between North
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6 to make arrangements to coordinate emergency response i
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We have also conducted joint exercises.
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WHAT SORTS OF THINGS WOULD YOU COORDINATE WITH THE 10 COUNTY GOVERNMENTS 7 FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD YOU l
11 COORDINATE THE TIMING OF THE ACTIVATION OF THE
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Specific activities include but are not limited to 14
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15 Lake Warning l
16 Media Operations 17 Activation of Alert and Notification System 18 Decision making for protective actions 19 Pie,ld monitoring 20 Operation of FEOC and SERT 21 Communications 22 Traffic control (JTP, EH) 23.
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WOULD YOU EXPECT THE SIRENS TO GO OFF ABOUT THE SAME 24 TIME?
25 A.
Yes. (JTP, EH) 26 Q.
WOULD YOU COORDINATE THE CONTENT OF THE EMERGENCY
'27 BROADCAST SYSTEM (EBS) MESSAGES?
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Yes. (JTP, EH) 2 Q.
MIGHT THE OCCASION ARISE WHERE THE MESSAGE WAS 3
DIFFERENT FOR THE PEOPLE IN ONE COUNTY IN THE EPZ 4
FROM WHAT IT MIGHT BE FOR SOMEBODY IN ANOTHER 5
DIRECTION?
6 A.
Yes, people in one county in the EPZ might be told to 7
evacuate but because of wind direction' people in 8
another county might be told to listen for fu'rther 9
EBS information. (JTP, EH) 10 Q.
AFTER THE STATE ASSUMES DIRECTION AND CONTROL, WHAT 11 ROLE DO THE COUNTIES HAVE?
12 A.
Once the State has arrived and established the SERT, 13 the counties in ef fect become support agencies for 14 the State. (JTP, EH) 15 Q.
WOULD YOUR ROLE INCLUDE SUCH THINGS AS MAINTAINING 16 THE TRAFFIC CONTROL POINTS?
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When the state takes over, they would have enough 18 Highway Patrolmen and National Guard to man all of 19 the traffic control points if necessry.
However, we 20 anticipate that local law enforcement of ficials will 21 perform at least part of that function. (JTP, EH) 22 Q.
WOULD YOU STILL NEED YOUR COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES?
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Our communications facilities would still be l
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operating as usual.. (JTP, EH) 25 Q.
WHAT COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILTIES DOES THE STATE MAVE 26 FOR COORDINATING THE RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE?
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State communication systems include:
2 amateur radio 3
two-way radio on state frequencies (FM and SSB)
PIN (police information network) 4 5
telecopying' capability (which we plan to upgrade 6
along with radio communication) 7 Duke radio (at the SERT) 8 Duke Selective Signaling System (at the SERT) 9 courier 10 normal Bell telephone lines (JTP, EH) 11 Q.
ARE THERE ANY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES?
12 A.
Yes, the Duke radio system plus the State has radio 13 communications capabilities on ten to twenty separate 14 frequencies.
They include Divisin.of Emergency 15 Management Single side Band frequency, four radio 16 frequencies shared by=the Division of Emergency 17 Management and Radiction Protection Section, twelve 18 frequencies for the State Highway Patrol, one for 19 Forestry, one for Wildlife, one for DOT, and one for 20 the National Guard. (JTP, EH) 21 Q.
ARE YOU ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EVERY COUNTY OR 22 6 FATE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN A 23 RADIOLOGICAL RESPONSE 7 24 A.
We have the capability, and we are in the process of 25
. upgrading our capability. (JTP, EH)
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WHAT KINDS OF COMMUNICATIONS DO YOU HAVE WITH THE
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3 A.
We have the following communications with Catawba 4
Nuclear Station from the SERT Headquarters:
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6 Duke radio 7
Duke Selective Signaling System (JTP, EH) 8 Q.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER RADIO COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES 9
BETWEEN DUKE AND NORTH CAROLINA?
10 A.
Amateur radio has been tested in past exercises as 11 well and may be used, as necessary. (JTP, EH) 12 Q.
WOULD OVERLOADING OF THE TELEPHONE CIRCUITS INTERFERE 13 WITH YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE STATE OF SOUTH
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14 CAROLINA OR YORK COUNTY SHOULD YOU HAVE THE OCCASION 15 TO TALK TO THEM?
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Overloading of the telephone circuits would not cause 17 any problems with that, because of communication 18 capabilities described above which operate outside 19 the telephone network. (JTP, EH) 20 Q.
WOULD TELEPHONE OVERLOADING INTERFERE WITH YOUR 21 COMMUNICATION WITH THE CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION?
22 A.
It would not, due to the selective signaling system 23 and Duke Power radio.
We will be able to talk with 24 them directly. (JTP, EH) 25 Q.
IS YOUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITd THE PLANT A WIRE 26 SYSTEM OR MICROWAVE OR RADIO?
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It includes use of all three types of systems so as 2
to provide backup capability. (JTP, EH) 3 Q.
WOULD TELEPHONE CIRCUIT OVERLOADING INTERFERE WITH 4
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE TWO NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES -
5 MECKLENBURG AND GASTON COUNTY?
6 A.
Communication with Gaston and Mecklenburg counties 7
could be accomplished through the same method, using 8
the selective signaling system, Duke radio, Division 9
of Emergency Management, and amateur radios. (JTP, 10 EH) 11 Q.
HAVE YOU MADE ARRANCEMENTS FOR A BACKUP EOC IN THE 12 EVENT THAT FACILITY MUST BE EVACUATED FOR SOME 13 REASON?
14 A.
Part 1, pp. 83-84 of the N.C.
State Plan designates 15 the Iredell County COC as the first alternate ECC and 16 the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as its 17 second alternate location in case the primary 18 location is not available oc must be evacuated. (JTP, 19 EH) l
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1 TESTIMONY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA 2
(P.R. LUNSFORD-AND W.M.
MCSWAIN) ON 3
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 8 Q.-
DOES THE STATE PLAN TO ASSIGN CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE 5
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE?
6 A.
Yes. (PL, WM) 7 Q.
FLEASE IDENTIFY WHERE IN THE STATE AND COUNTY PLANS 8
CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EMERGENCY 9
RESPONSE TEAM FUNCTIONS ARE IDENTIFIED.
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In the S.C.
State Plan it would be Figure 1 of the 1
11 Site-Specific Plan, and Part IV.B of SCORERP. (PL, 12 WM) 13 Q.
IS THERE A TABLE THAT DESCRIBES PRIMARY AND SUPPORT 14
' FUNCTIONS (OVERALL) IN THE STATE PLAN?
15 A.
Yes.
That is Table 3 of SCORERP. (PL, WM) 16 Q.
DOES THE STATE PLAN TO ESTABLISH SPECIFIC 17 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SUPPORTING ORGANIZ ATIONS?
18 A.
Yes, ti.ey do. (PL, WM) 19 Q.
ARE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AND THOSE SUPPORTING 20 AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IDENTIFIED IN PARTICULAR 21 PORTIONS OF THE STATE PLAN?
22 A.
Yes, and in county plans also. (PL, WM)
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WHAT ARE THOSE SECTIONS OF THE STATE PLAN?
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Parts IV.A. and IV.B.6 of the Site-Specific Plan and 25 Parts I.E, IV.B and VI of SCORERP.
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IS-IT YOUR VIEW THAT EACH AND EVERY AGENCY INVOLVED 27 IN THIS STATE PLAN, IN. EITHER A PRIMARY OR' SUPPORTING 28
. ROLE,.KNOWS WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM?
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Yes, not only because the plan spells it out in what 2-we feel is good form, but based on the exercises we 3
have had and participation by state agencies in those
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has been conducted not only on the state level but 6
also on the county level. (PL, WM) l 7
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DO YOU THINK THESE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS 8
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WILL BE CALLED UPON TO DO IN AN 9
EMERGENCY?
10 A.
Yes. (PL, WM) 11 Q.
DO THEY UNDERSTAND WHO IS IN CHARGE 7 12 A.
No doubt about it. (PL, WM) 13 Q.
HAS ANYBODY TOLD YOU THAT THEY CANNOT DO THE JOB THAT 14 IS EY.PECTED OF THEM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE 15 RESOURCES OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON?
16 A.
No one has told us that. (PL, WM) l 17 Q.
IN ADDITION TO RESOURCES, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE 18 PERSONNEL AND THE RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARY 19 OR SUPPORTING, HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY TRAINED TO 20 PERFORM THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE THEY WILL BE CALLED 21 UPON TO PERFORM 7 22 A.
Yes.'(WM, PL) 23 Q.
DOES THE PLAN PROVIDE FOR PROCEDURES WHICH WILL 24 DIRECT THESE PEOPLE IN THEIR ACTIONS?
25 A.
Yes. (PL, WM)
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'PLEASE DESCRIBE'HOW THE STATE OFFICIALS WILL CARRY
'2 OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES DURING~THE INITIAL PERIOD 3
JOF AN EMERGENCY WHILE THE STATE TEAM IS PROCEEDING 4
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL TO ITS DESIGNATED OPERATIONS 5
CENTER?
6 A.
I would like to begin before that, during the initial 7
notification.
If the State declaren an accident at 8
the plant-it would-customarily follow a scenario that 9
there would be an unusual event first.
All of o'ur 10 actions are governed on the designation of. emergency 11 action level.
We do certain things at certain times.
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We pay close attention to what is going 14 on. (PL, WM) 15 The next stage is an alert.
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16 say that that might not be the initial stage in some 17 occurances.
That is the key level at which we start 18 taking some actions that you could see.
We alert 19 state agencies and we alert adjacent states.
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20 alert all the counties affected and we open up the 21 Emergency Operations Center in Columbia. (PL, WM) l 22 At some stage of that Alert Level the director
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23 of emergency preparedness division might choose based 24 on recommendations from DHEC to dispatch the FEOC.
25 In this case I believe he would.
The EOC_would be 26 organized (that is, the mechanical process of putting l
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has declared) so as to be ready to move.
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Emergency Operations Center is open in Columbia, a 4
State of Emergency is declared by the Governor, and 5
the State assumes responsibility and control.
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decision-making takes place in the SEOC until the 7
forward emergency operations center is set up and the 8
decision-maker (who customarily would be the 9
director) is in position at the SEOC.
He gives the 10 word before the Forward Emergency Operation Center J
11 takes over. (PL, WM) 12 The communications have proven to be good
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13 between the EOC in Columbia and the FEOC.
It is a 14 very precise process in so far as who is in charge at 15 any given time.
Until the Forward Emergency 16 Operations Center is open the decisions are made here 17 in the Emergency Operations Center in Columbia. (PL, 18 WM) 19 O.
HAS EXPERIENCE IN THE VARIOUS EMERGENCY DRILLS BORNE 20 OUT THE ADEQUACY OF THE SYSTEM YOU DESCRIBED?
21 A.
Yes. (PL, WM) 22 O.
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY AT CATAWBA, HOW LONG i
23 WILL IT TAKE STATE OFFICIALS TO GET TO THE FEOC FROM 24 COLUMBIA, FROM THE TIME THE DECISION IS MADE TO MOVE 25 AND BECOME OPERATIONAL?
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To the best of my knowledge I believe we figure three i-2 and one-half hours.
That proved to be a pretty 3
reasonable estimate.
I believa we opened the FEOC 4
during the last exercise just short of that time.
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did not take us long. (PL, WM) 6 Q.
WHERE IS THE FEOC LOCATED?
7 A.
It is at the South Carolina Army National Guard 8
Armory in Clover, South Carolina. (PL, WM)
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DURING THE TIME THAT THE ShATE OFFICIALS ARE 10 PROCEEDING TO THE FEOC, WILL THE COUNTIES HAVE ACCESS 11 TO STATE RESOURCES?
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Yes. (PL, WM)
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WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES MIGHT THEY BE?
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They could be any type of communication equipment 15 that is requested, school buses, and a liaison team l
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WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE HIGHWAY PATROL OR POSSIBLY THE 18 NATIONAL GUARD?
19 A.
Yes.
Members of the wildlife service also are 20 included, as well as the people from the Department 21 of Social Services.
All that is accomplished by a 22 telephone call. (PL, WM) 23 Q.
DURING THE TIME THE STATE OFFICIALS ARE PROCEEDING TO 24 THE FEOC WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO CONTACT COUNTY 25 OFFICIALS IF NECESSARY?
26 A.
Yes, by radio relay. (PL, WM)
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- THE RADIO RELAY WOULD BE BACK TO COLUMBIA AND FROM 2
COLUMBIA TO THE COUNTY?
3 A.
We could do it through various means.
We could relay 4
through the director who has the capability of 5
communicating with the highway patrol.
We could 6
relay back to the Emergency Operations Center.
If 7
the county had a radio in its EOC we could 8
communicate directly.
Some counties do have that 9
capability. (PL, WM) 10 Q.
DO LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE AUTHORITY TO ORDER EVACUATION 11 OR,OTHER PROTECTIVE ACTION?
12 A.
Yes. (PL, WM)
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DOES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DETERMINING PROTECTIVE 14 ACTIONS CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE PROGRESSION OF EVENTS 15 IN AN EMERGENCY?
16 A.
The responsibilities for protective action lies with 17 the Governor's office representative, EPD director, 18 and DHEC representative on the Executive Team when 19 the SEOC or FEOC is operational and a State of 20 Emergency has been declared. (PL, WM) 21 O.
DOES THIS DECISION MAKING RESPONSIBILITY LIE WITH 22 THAT EXECUTIVE GROUP THROUGHOUT AN EVENT?
23 A.
That group would make those decisions only after a 24 State of -Emergency was declared and the FEOC or SEOC 25 was operational. (PL,WM) i
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WOULD THE DECISION FOR PROTECTIVE ACTION BE MADE BY
.2 THE EXECUTIVE GROUP AT THE SEOC ASSUMING A STATE OF 3-EMERGENCY HAD BEEN DECLARED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME 4
THE SEOC WAS ESTABLISHED?
5 A.
.Yes.
The decisions will be made at the SEOC until 6
the FEOC is established, then the FEOC would assume (PL,}M) 7 control.
8 Q.
WHILE THE FEOC ORGANIZATION IS ENROUTE TO CLOVER, IF 9
THE SEOC IS OPERATIONAL BUT A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS 10 NOT BEEN DECLARED, WHO MAKES DECISIONS FOR PROTECTIVE 11 ACTION?
12 A.
The local government. (PL,WM) 13 Q.
IF IN THAT SITUATION A STATE OF EMERGENCY RAD BEEN 14 DECLARED WHO MAKES DECISIONS FOR PROTECTIVE ACTION?
15 A.
The Executive Group in the SEOC. (PL, WM) 16' O.
ASSUMING THE STATE PERSONNEL ARE ASSEMBLED AT THE 17 FEOC, AND A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED, WHO la IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING AND IMPLEMENTING 19-PROTECTIVE ACTIONS?
20 A.
The Executive Group at the FEOC. (PL, WM) 21 Q.
HOW ARE WE ASSURED THAT THE STATE WILL NOT GIVE ONE 22 MESSAGE WITH RESPECT TO TAKING AN EVACUATION AND THE 23 COUNTY GIVE A CONFLICTING MESSAGE?
' 24 A.
Once a State of Emergency has been declared and the 25 SEOC is established, information to the public will I
26 be' disseminated and transmitted through the SEOC.
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Once the FEOC is established,'a media center will be 2
set up in Charlotte.
At that time public information 3
will be disseminated from that center.
In that
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facility will'be representatives of all three 5
counties and both states as well as the utility.
6 Prior' to the time the SEOC is established there would 7
be no concerns for conflicting messages because.the 8-counties would be coordinating among themselves as to 9
timing and content of messages. (PL, WM) 10 When the SEOC has been established with a 11 declaration of emergency in South Carolina, the SEOC 12 would take over that role of coordination with the 13 two North Carolina counties and the State of North l
14 Carolina.
After the FEOC and media center are 15 established, all public information coming out over l
16 the EBS or other such channels would be coordinated 17 between the State and county representatives at the 18 media center and those representatives of the A
19 utility. (PL, WM) 20 Q.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE STATE OR COUNTY PLANS THAT 4
21 CLEARLY DELINEATES A RESPONSIBILITY SUCH THAT AT A J
22 CERTAIN TIME THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DETERMINING 23 APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS LIES WITH THE STATE AS 24 OPPOSED TO THE COUNTY?
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Yes.
~On page 22'of SCORERP it states, "The State 2
Emerge'ncy Operations Center and Forward Emergency 3-Operations Center will be established and directed by 4
EPD at the Governor's order.
When the FEOC is not 5
established, SEOC will coordinate the off-site 6
activities of State agencies, local government, 7
Federal. Agencies, and contiguous states.
When the 8
FEOC is establish'ed, the SEOC will relinquish 9
operational control and will continue operation by i
10 supporting the FEOC.
Guidance, recommendations, and 11 actions by the SEOC/FEOC will be the result of DHEC's 12 recommendations." (PL, WM)
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WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE INTERRELATIONSHIP 14 BETWEEN THE COUNTIES' AUTHORITY AND THE STATE'S 15 AUTHORITY IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AT 16 THE CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION?
17 A.
Once a state of emergency is declared by the t
18 Governor, the state would assume direction and 19 coordination supported by the technical assessment by 20 the utility.
In the event of a rapidly escalating or 21 immediate cituation in which the State is not 22 operational at that point in time, then that 23 authority for determining and implementing protective actions would rest with the counties, supported by 24 i
25 advice from the utility and the State. (PL, WM) l
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1-0 HAVE YOU MADE ANY ARRANGEMENTS FOR A BACKUP FEOC'IN 2
THE EVENT THE FEOC MUST BE EVACUATED FOR SOME REASON?
3 A.
Yes we h' ave. (PL, WM) 4 Q.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE FEOC IS ADEQUATE FOR ITS 5
PURPOSE?
6 A.
Yes. (PL, WM) 7 Q.
WHAT SORT OF THINGS WOULD YOU COORDINATE WITH OTHER 8
STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS?
FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD YOU 9
COORDINATE THE TIME OF THE ACTIVATION OF THE ALERTING 10 SYSTEM?
4 11 A.
Yes. (PL, WM) 12 Q.
WOULD YOU EXPECT THE SIRENS TO GO OFF AT ABOUT THE 13 SAME TIME?
14 A.
Yes. (PL,WM) 15 Q.
WOULD YOU COORDINATE THE CONTENT OF THE EMERGENCY 16 BROADCAST SYSTEM MESSAGE?
17 A.
Absolutely. (PL, WM) 18 Q.
MIGHT THE OCCASION ARISE WHERE THE MESSAGE WAS 19 DIFFERENT FOR THE PEOPLE IN ONE COUNTY IN THE EPZ 20 FROM WHAT IT MIGHT BE FOR SOMEBODY IN ANOTHER 21 DIRECTION?
22 A.
Based on upon the protective recommendations it is 23 very possible to do this.
One area could be 24 evacuated and another recommended to take shelter.
25 (PL, WM)
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WHO IS 'THE FIRST PERSON OR GROUP IN THE SOUTH 2
CAROLINA GOVERNMENT. CONTACTED BY THE UTILITY IN AN i
3 EMERGENCY AT CATAWBA?
4 A.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control 5
(DHEC) and the Bureau of Radiological Health. (PL, 6
WM) 7-O.
WHO DOES DHEC NOTIFY?
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8 A.
Once they receive the message and assess the 4
9 information the EPD is then notified. (PL, WM) 10 O.
WHO DOES EPD NOTIFY?
11 A.
We contact the af fected county and, depending upon
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12 the Emergency Action Level, then contact emergency 13 responders from each State Agency in South Carolina.
14 Certain agencies such as the Governor's office and 15 Office of the Adjutant General are notified in nearly 16 all cases.
(PL, WM) 17 O.
IF THERE WERE A PROBLEM WITH THE LOCAL TELEPHONE 18 SYSTEM AROUND THE CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION WOULD IT 19 IMPAIR EPD'S ATTEMPTS TO NOTIFY MEMBERS OF THE 20 SEOC/FEOC STAFF?
21 A.
Not in the Columbia area where we are located.
It 22 would not impair our callout. (PL, WM) 23 Q.
IN ADDITION, DO YOU SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH CONTACT BACK 24 AND FORTH FROM THE SEOC TO YORK COUNTY IF THERE WERE 25 OVERLOADING OF THE LOCAL TELEPHONE NETWORK 7 h
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. No,.I do not, because we have a South Carolina EPD 2
' Base Station-Radio in the York County EOC to allow.
13 them to talk back and forth with Columbia. (PL,_ WM) 4 Q.
DO YOU SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH CONTACT BETWEEN THE SEOC f.
5 AND DUKE POWER ' COMPANY' S FACILITY AT CATAWBA OR THE 6
CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER IN CHARLOTTE?
7 A.
No, I do not, because the Nuclear Station would have 8
a South Carolina EPD base radio to allow discussion 9
with Columbia. (PL, WM)
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Yes.
We have radio communications plus the microwave 14 system Duke set up and they function independently of 15 the local telephone exchange. (PL, WM) j 16 Q.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS IN BEING ABLE TO 17 COORDINATE WITH MECKLENBURG AND GASTON COUNTIES AND.
18 THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN RALEIGH FROM THE SEOC7 l
19 A.
We can contact Raleigh directly from Columbia and i
20 they can coordinate with the two counties via their 21 own radio networks.
From the FEOC at Clover we can 22 contact Columbia by EPD radio and have them relay 23 information or messages to Raleigh if the SERT 'is not l
24 established.
If SERT is established we can use l
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EPD radio, in that SERT will have an EPD radio base 3
station at the Air Guard Armory. (PL, WM) 4 Q.
WHILE THE FEOC STAFF IS ENROUTE, DURING A DECLARED 5
STATE OF EMERGENCY, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 6
COORDINATING PROTECTIVE ACTIONS?
7 A.
The Executive Team in the SEOC. (PL, WM) 8 O.
THEN IS IT CORRECT THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO 9
CONTACT THE FEOC LEADERSHIP WHILE THEY ARE ENROUTE?
10 A.
That is correct, but we can contact them by radio if 11 necessary. (PL, WM)
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- TESTIMONY OF GASTON COUNTY 2
(BOB E. PHILLIPS) ON 3
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 8 4
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' CONTENTION 8 ALLEGES THAT EXISTING EMERGENCY PLANS 5
FAIL TO ASSIGN CLEARLY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY 6
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
ARE YOU 7
SATISFIED THAT THE GASTON COUNTY EMERGENCY PLAN 8
ASSIGNS " CLEAR'AND EFFECTIVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 9
FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE," AND.THAT EVERY AGENCY 10 INVOLVED IN THE COUNTY PLAN IN A PRIMARY OR 11 SUPPORTING. ROLE KNOWS WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM?
12 A.
Yes, I am satisfied.
The responsibility of each 13 department is described in the Gaston County plan, t
14 which is set forth at Part 2, Sections III and IV and 15 Figures 2 and 8 of the N.C.
State Plan.
A checkoff 16 list is provided.
The plan states whether a 17 responsibility is a primary or secondary one.
I am 18 certainly satisfied because I personally briefed 19 every department on what would be expected of that 20 agency if an emergency situation arose.
21 Q.
DO YOU THINK ENTITIF.S INVOLVED UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY '
22 ARE CALLED UPON TO DO?
23 A.
I certainly do.
4 24 Q.
DO THEY UNDERSTAND WHO IS IN CHARGE 7 4
25 A.
That is correct, they do.
26 Q.
HAS ANYBODY TOLD YOU THAT THEY CANNOT DO THE JOB THAT 27 IS EXPECTED OF THEM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE 28 RESOURCES OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON?
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I haven't been told that.
2 Q.
DO ALL OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AND 3
SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO WHAT 4
YOU EXPECT THEM TO DO, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW?
5 A.
That is correct.
6 Q.
TO THE EXTENT THAT IT HAS BEEN TESTED BY EXERCISES OR 7
DRILLS, HAS THAT BEEN BORNE OUT?
8 A.
Yes.-
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WHERE IS THE EOC LOCATED?
10
'A.
In Gastonia.
That is where the opera tions run from.
11 We have radio communications with every county and 12 city depa rtment from this building, and we have the 13 telephone capabilities in the event we have to open 14 the EOC.
15 Q.
WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES DOES GASTON COUNTY HAVE FROM a
I 16 THE TIME YOU FIRST BECOME AWARE THAT THERE MAY BE A 17 PROBLEM OF SOME DESCRIPTION UNTIL THE TIME NORTH 18 CAROLINA OFFICIALS WOULD TAKE OVER?
19 A.
Gaston County would probably have the total operation-20 for maybe the first six to eight hours until the 21 State Emergency Response Team (SERT) headquarters got 22 set up.
We would then support the state.
23 Q.
WHERE WOULD THE PEOPLE FROM NORTH CAROLINA STATE
- 24 GOVERNMENT REPORT TO?
25 A.
They would report to SERT headquarters at Douglas 26 Airport.
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DURING THE TIME THAT THE N.C.
STATE OFFICIALS ARE j
2 PROCEEDING TO SERT HEADQUARTERS, WOULD YOU HAVE 3
ACCESS TO SOME STATE RESOURCES DURING THAT TIME 7 4
A.
That is correct.
5 Q.
WHAT KINDS OF RESOURCES MIGHT THEY BE?
6 A.
Highway patrol, possibly National Guard, if the 7
government activated them in the emergency and we 8
needed them.
9 Q.
DURING THE TIME THAT THE N.C. STATE OFFICIALS ARE 10 PROCEEDING TO SERT HEADQUARTERS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO 11 CONTACT THEM (OR OTHER RESPONSIBLE STATE OFFICIALS) 12 IF NECESSARY?
13 A.
I will be able to contact them during this time 14 through the EOC in Raleigh by using the telephone or 15 the highway patrol radio.
We may also use the police 16 information network (PIN).
17 Q.
UNTIL NORTH CAROL'/i!A STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TOOK
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18 OVER, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ADVISE OR ORDER AN 19 EVACUATION OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ACTION?
20 A.
If the need arose, I would be able to do so.
21 Q.
BEFORE YOU WOULD DO THAT, WHO WOULD YOU COORDINATE 22 WITH?
- 23. A.
The State, EOC in Raleigh, and Duke Power officials.
24 I could order an evacuation or other protective 25 action if Gaston County people were in jeopardy
- I without coordinating with the state, EOC in Raleigh 2
or Duke. Power officials, but, if there is time to do 3
so, we will coordinate with all of these people, 4
Q.
WOULD'YOU ALSO CONFER WITH ANY OTHER COUNTIES OP 5
STATES INVOLVED?
6 A.
Mecklenburg and York, and of course Gaston County 7
Commissioners, if I had time to do so.
8 Q.
AFTER WHATEVER COORDINATION SEEMED TO BE APPROPRIATE, 9
WOULD YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ADVISE OR ORDER AN 10 EVACUATION?
11 A.
Yes.
12 Q.
DO LOCAL OFFICIALS ALSO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ORDER 13 EVACUATION OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ACTION?
14 A.
Yes.
15 Q.
WITH WHOM MUST THEY CONSULT BEFORE DOING SO?
16 A.
If it pertains to saving-lives and property, my 17 dispatchers can order evacuation or other protective 18 action.
Normally they will check with me before 19 doing so, if time permits.
20 Q.
WHAT SORTS OF THINGS WOULD YOU COORDINATE WITH THE 21 OTHER COUNTY GOVERNMENTS?
FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD YOU 22 COORDINATE THE TIMING OF THE ACTIVATION OF THE 23 ALERTING SYSTEM 7 24 A.
Yes.
0 25 Q.
SO THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT THE SIRENS TO GO OFF ABOUT 26 THE SAME TIME 7
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Simultaneously if possible.
2 Q.
WOULD YOU COORDINATE'THE CONTENT OF THE EMERGENCY 3
BROADCAST SYSTEM (EBS) MESSAGES?
4 A.
Yes.
5 Q.
MIGHT THE OCCASION ARISE WHERE THE MESSAGE WAS 6
DIFFERENT FOR THE PEOPLE IN GASTON COUNTY IN THE EPZ 7
FROM WHAT IT MIGHT BE FOR SOMEBODY IN ANOTHER 8
DIRECTION?
9 A.
Yes.
In a situation like this, we would compose our 10 own EBS message.
11 Q.
SUCH AS FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT?
12 A.
For instance, take shelter and keep tuned for further 13 instructions.
14 Q.
AFTER THE STATE ARRIVES ON THE SCENE, WHAT ROLE DOES 15 GASTON COUNTY HAVE7 16 A.
We support the state in the direction and control of 17 the operation.
18 Q.
NOULD YOUR ROLE INCLUDE SUCH THINGS AS MAINTAINING 19 THE TRAFFIC CONTROL POINTS?
20 A.
If needed.
Probably when the state takes over, they 21 would have enough Highway Patrolmen and National 22.
Guard to man all of the traffic control points.
23 Q.-
WOULD YOU STILL NEED YOUR COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES?
24 A.
My communications facilities would still be operating 25 as usual.
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IS THERE ANY WAY THAT OVERLOADING OF TELEPHONE 2
CIRCUITS, IF THAT OCCURRED, COULD INTERFERE WITH YOUR 3
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CATAWBA PLANT?
4
'A.
Not that I can see.
5 Q.
WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS DO YOU HAVE WITH THE 6
CATAWBA STATION?
7 A.
I have selective signal dialing system from the plant 8
and also radio communications.
9 Q.
WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS DO YOU HAVE WITH THE 10 OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY 11 GOVERNMENT?
12 A.
I have both commercial telephone and radio 13 communication with each department that"would be 14 involved with an incident.
15 Q.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT OVERLOADING THE TELEPHONE-16 CIRCUITS, IF THAT OCCURRED, WOULD INTERFERE WITH'YOUR 17 COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND 18 AGENCIES OF GASTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT YOU NEED TO 19 COMMUNICATE WITH IN A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
20 A.
No, because we have radio back-up communications that 21 would be used.
22 Q.
WOULD OVERLOADING OF THE TELEPHONE CIRCUITS INTERFERE 23 WITH YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE STATE OF SOUTH 1
24 CAROLINA OR NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD YOU HAVE THE 25 OCCASION TO TALK TO THEM?
i 26 A.
No, becauae we have radio communications.
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IS.YOUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH THE PLANT A WIRE 2.
3 A.
Microwave'and radio.
4 Q.
WOULD TELEPHONE CIRCUIT OVERLOADING INTERFERE WITH 5
YOUR COMMUNICATIONS.WITH THE TWO NORTH CAROLINA 6
COUNTIES - MECKLENBURG AND YORK COUNTY?
7 A.
No, because we have radio communications.
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1 TESTIMONY OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY 2
(LEWIS WAYNE BROOME) ON 3
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 8 4
Q.
EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 8 ASSERTS THAT EXISTING
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5 EMERGENCY PLANS FAIL TO ASSIGN CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE 6
PRIMARY'AND SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EMERGENCY 7
RESPONSE.
WHERE DOES THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY PLA'N 8
ADDRESS THIS ISSU E?
9 A.
Part 3 (particularly Sections III and IV, and Figures 10 2 and 8) of the N.C.
State Plan.
11 Q.
THIS CONTENTION SUGGESTS, IN PARTICULAR, THAT THERE A
12 WILL BE CONFUSION AND LACK OF COORDINATION DURING THE 13 PERIOD THAT THE SERT TEAM IS BEING ASSEMBLED AND 14 TRAVELING TO THE SERT HEADQUARTERS.
PLEASE DESCRIBE 15 THE COUNTY' S ROLE DURING THIS PERIOD.
16 A.
The concept of operations for a nuclear facility 17 accident or incident is that Mecklenburg County is in 18 charge of emergency response until such time as the 19 State Emergancy Response Team (SERT) arrives on the 20 scene with their resources and is able to assume 21 control, at which time the command and control 1
22 function would switch to the state.
Mecklenburg 23 County and its resources, including elements of 24.
Charlotte, would then be in a supporting role in the
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.DURING THE INTERIM BEFORE STATE OFFICIALS ASSUME
.2 CONTROL, WOULD MECKLENBURG COUNTY OFFICIALS BE IN 3
CHARGE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 4
COUNTY?
5 A.
That's' correct, the county is in charge.
The county 6
is in. charge and we make the necessary decisions 7-based on information that we get with regard to 8
protective action.
We have total authority to take i
9 any action that we deem necessary to protect the 10 citizens of the community.
11 Q.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO OBTAIN ANY STATE RESOURCES TO 12 HELP YOU DURING THAT PERIOD WHEN YOU ARE IN CHARGE?
13 A.
We already have a commitment from elements of the 14 state government to assist us prior to the state 15 coming on location.
Specifically, the highway patrol 16 will assist local law enforcement in their primary 17 role and responsibilities, which is traffic control 18 points and what have you.
The concept of operations 19 is clearly defined and clearly understood by all 20 parties.
21 Q.
DO THE' STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS INVOLVED UNDERSTAND 22-THIS DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY DURING THE INTERIM 23 BEFORE THE SERT PEOPLE REACH THEIR OPERATIONS CENTER?
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That is correct.
We know when command shifts that we 2
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IF YOU THOUGHT.ITsWAS ADVISABLE Tb RECOMMEND 6
EVACUATION, COULD'YOU DO THAT DURING THE TIME THAT /
.7 YOU WERE IN CILARGE?
8 A.
Absolutely.
9 Q.
WHAT MATTERS WOULD YOU COORDINATE WITH GASTON COUNTY 10 AND YORK COUNTY?
i 11 A.
The coordination among counties associated with 12 Catawba, mainly Gaston and York counties, would be r
13 aspects or elements such as the Emergency 14 Broadcasting System to make sure that the information 15 is the same, the activation of sirens and the 16 Emergency Broadcasting System, and the dissemination 17 of information to the public so that we would not be 4
18 causing conflict to the general public out there or 19 causing any confusion or misunderstanding.
We would 2,0 coordinate those efforts to make sure that we were
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all looking at.the same information and were. putting
'22 out the.same information.
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WOULD THE SIRENS GO OFF AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME 24 TIME?
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We would try to coordinate it to the maximum extent 2
possible to make sure that the siren activation and 3
emergency broadcasting system activation were as 4
close as possible among the three counties concerned.
5. Q.
DURING WHATEVER TIME IT TAKES THE STATE TO ASSUME 6
COMMAND AND CONTROL RESPONSIBILITIES, ARE THEY IN 7
CHARGE OF THEIR OWN (STATE) RESOURCES, WHEREVER THEY 8
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That's correct.
Except for.those resources, such as 10
-the-State Highway-Patrol, for example, that have made 11 a prior commitment to Mecklenburg County to assume 12 certain responsibilities in support of the county's
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WHAT PHYSICAL FACILITIES DO YOU HAVE IN THE EVENT OF l
15 A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
16 A.
We would activate the Emergency operation Center, 17 which we refer to as the EOC, located in the County 18 Police Building in Charlotte at 618 North College 19 Street.
There is a large assembly room there with f
20 approximately 25 telephones with hot lines that all 21 you have to do is plug in.
The entire facility would 22 be available in a major emergency, but for day to day 23 activity the EOC is usually in an assembly room where
'24-there are about 22 tables with sufficient chairs for 25
-each table.
It would be arranged and configured so 26 that the departments that would respond would have t
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environment.
4 Q.
WOULD EACH OF THE RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A 5
COORDINATOR OR LIAISON PERSON IN THAT ROOM 7
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Yes, every department that has a primary or 7
supporting role would have a minimum of one 8
representative'in.the EOC for the decision-making 9
process.
10 Q.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE INTERVENORS' CONTENTION THAT 11 THE PRIMARY AND SUPPORT RESPONSIBILITIES OF COUNTY 12 GOVERNMENTS, AGENCIES, AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS ARE 13 NOT ADEQUATELY SPECIFIED IN THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY f.
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15 A.
I don' t really see a problem in the departments of 16 either city or county government that are in the EOC.
17 Their roles and responsibilities are well defined and 18 I don't see confusion, I don' t see overlapping, I 19 don't see any problems associated with the process 20 and the procedures that we have in place.
21 Q.
ARE THERE INSTANCES WHERE MORE THAN ONE UNIT OF 22 COUNTY OR COUNTY / CITY GOVERNMENTS IS _ ASSIGNED THE 23 SAME RESPONSIBILITY?
24 A.
No.
There are not situations that I am aware of 25 where there is duplication or overlapping of 26 responsibility.
As I indicated, I think it is
1 clearly defined and from a standpoint of roles and 2
responsibilities, I don' t see any problem with the 3
procedure and plan that we currently have in place.
4 Now, the standard operating procedure will be 5
developed with more detail.in a specific step-by-step 6
situation but it still would not be in conflict with 7
the basic planning document.
8 Q.
WHEN WILL THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES DE READY?
9 A.
They will be finalized in 90 to 120 days.
We are in 10 the process of collecting data and getting the 11 organizations to agree upon the concept for that 12 operational procedure se that in the near future we 13 expect a final document to be available for 14 distribution.
15 Q.
HAVE YOU PREPARED SIMILAR PROCEDURES IN OTHER 16 INSTANCES?
17 A.
We have standard operating procedures that were 18 prepared for the McGuire Station, and we think that 19 they work very, very well.
We are in the process of 20 updatir.g that procedure to reflect changes in 21 operation and new regulations and additional 22 resources.
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WITH RESPECT TO THE ABILITY OF THE PRIMARY *AND 24 SUPPORT ORGANIZ ATION TO CARRY OUT THE 25 RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED TO THEM, WOULD THE DRILLS 26 THAT YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED IN.FOR BOTH MCGUIRE AND
.. 1 CATAWBA INDICATE THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE CAPABLE 2-OF CARRYING OUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED TO THEM 3
AND THAT THE INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS 4
UNDERSTAND AND CAN CARRY OUT THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES?
5 A.
That.is correct.
The McGuire drills and exercises 6
and the Catawba exercise have revealed that each 7
department had a very good understanding of their 8
roles and responsibilities and functioned in a very 9
good manner and knew what they were supposed to do.
10 Q.
HAVE YOU OR SOMEBODY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION TALKED TO 11 EACH OF THE PRIMARY RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT 12 THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES?
13 A.
Yes.
There have been direct communications, either 14 verbal or written, with everybody who has a role in 15 planning and responding.
16 Q.
DOES THIS APPLY ALSO TO THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS?
17 A.
Yes it does.
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ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT EACH OF T3OSE SUPPORT i
19 ORGANIZATIONS UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO 20 Do?
21 A.
I think they have a clear understanding.
As plans 22 develop, as I indicated, we will make contact'with i
23 these people before a procedure is finalized so that 24 once it is finalized, everybody has a clear 25 understanding of their function.
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EDO THESE SUPPORT' ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE RESOURCES TO y
2 CARRY OUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN 3'
ASSIGNED TO THEM?
4 A.
-We do not' expect an organization,. department, or s
5 agencylto' commit a resource they do not have.
So if 6
they did not have a resource, we.would not ask for 7
it.
They have not told me that they cannot do their 8
part because they do not have the resources.
9 Q.
WOULD ALL REPRESENTATIVES AT THE EOC HAVE A MEANS OF 10 COMMUNICATIONS BACK TO THEIR DEPARTMENTS?
11' A.
Yes.
By primary telephone.
12 Q.
ARE THERE ANY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE EOC7 13 A.
The radio communications would come out of the 14 communications center, which is adjacent to the 15 assembly room refarred to previously.
We have 16
' sufficient communications to respond and to call in 4
17 resources as necessary.
18 Q.
WHAT IS THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY NORMALLY 19 USED FOR?
20 A.
That is normally used for the day-to-day dispatching 21 of the county police department, volunteer fire 22 department and the emergency medic.tl services of 23 Mecklenburg County.
24 Q.
IN AN EMERGENCY, WOULD THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER i
25 CONTACT THOSE SAME GROUPS VIA RADIO?
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Yes, they'would communicate with those groups in 2
addition to other groups on request.
3 Q.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANY OTHER GROUPS THAT THEY MIGHT 4
WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH?
5 A.
_We have~ radio communications with York County, 6
Gaston County and_the respective states, and the 7
supporting counties (Union and Cabarras).
In 8
addition, we can communicate outside the local 9
telephone network on Duke's Selective Signaling 10 System.
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WITH RESPECT TO COMMUNICATIONS WITH CATAWBA, DO YOU 12 CURRENTLY HAVE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CATAWBA 13 STATION IN YOUR EOC?
14 A.
Yes.
15 A.
DO YOU HAVE TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CATAWBA 16 STATION?
17 A.
Yes, we do.
18 Q.
ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO INSTALL A RING DOWN PHONE 19 SYSTEM IN YOUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER?
20 A.
There is a recently installed selective signaling 21 system at the EOC and at the county warning point i
22 which provides communications with both Catawba 4
23 Nuclear Station and McGuire Nuclear Stations that is 24 not tied into Land line telephone system; it is tied 25 into a microwave system.
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IF OVERLOADING OF THE TELEPHONE CIRCUITS OCCURRED 2
DURING A NUCLEAR EMERGENCY AT CATAWBA, WOULD THAT 3
INTERFERE WITH YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE OTHER 4
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY OR 5-CITY OF CHARLOTTE GOVERNMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO 6
COMMUNICATE WITH IN THAT EMERGENCY?
7 A.
I do not anticipate that problem.
There are enough.
8 resources in place on a shift basis and enough 9
methods of contact that we could carry on until 10 additional backup support personnel arrived on the 11 scene at the EOC.
We feel there are enough resources 12 in place to get in motion the most critical element 13 associated with activating an EOC or implementing an 14 evacuation process, and there are enough rerources 15 available beyond that to drive a car to someone's 16 home if telephone lines are tied up and knock on 17 their door.3nd take them to a location.
18 Q.
WOULD OVERLOADING OF THE TELEPHONE CIRCUITS INTERFERE l
19 WITH YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE STATE OF NORTH 20 CAROLINA OR SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD YOU NEED TO 21 COMMUNICATE WITH THEM?
22 A.
As the system is established right now, I would not 23 anticipate any kind of problem associated with an 24 overloaded telephone circuit system; however we do 25 have radio communications with North and South 26 Carolina.
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WOULD TELEPHONE CIRCUIT OVERLOADING INTERFERE WITH 2
YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH YORK OR GASTON COUNTIES OR
. 3 YOUR TWO SUPPORT COUNTIES, CABARRUS AND UNION COUNTY?
4 A.
No, it would not.
We also have radio communication 5
with them.
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EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 8 4
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EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 8 ALLEGES THAT THE
-5 EXISTING EMERGENCY PLANS FAIL TO ESTABLISH CLEARLY 6
SPECIFIC PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR 7
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY 8
COMMENT ON CONTENTION 8 AS IT APPLIES TO THE YORK 9
COUNTY PLAN?
10 A.
The pertinent responsibilities are set forth at Part 11 I.E, Part IV.B. and Annexes A and Q of the York 12 County Emergency Operations Plan.
Based on the 13 recent emergency planning exercises, we feel that
- 14 primary and secondary responsibilities for the 15 different tasks are clearly assigned in the York 16 county plan.
Each different component of our Annex Q 17 has an agency head or ' agency chief who is aware of 18 his role and his responsibility and who he looks to 19 perform particular tasks.
Allocation of duties was 20 not a problem during the exercise; it all went off 21 well and everybody performed their tasks adequately.
7 22 I don't see it being a. problem.
In some instances, 23 we do call on more than one department to be involved 24 in a single function.
There could be an overlap in 25 some arer.s, but we see this.as being a positive as 1
26 opposed to a negative.
Where we recognize resources 4.
27 becoming thin in one area, we have a number of other 1
28 people and/or equipment. that we can draw on even
. 1 though they may be committed to do something else in 2
addition.
Everyone is very aware and understands who 3
is in charge and what particular function is taking 4
place.
There is no commitment of resources or 5
ma terials or personnel a t tuo places at one time.
6 There is a record keeping / bookkeeping procedure so we 7
know where resources are committed and where and when 8
they are freed up.
So it was no problem during the.
9 exercise and we do not see it as being a problem.
10 Q.
WHAT PHYSICAL FACILITIES DOES THE COUNTY HAVE FOR 11 EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
12 A.
We have the York County Emergency Operations Center l
13 (EOC) which is located at the City Hall in Rock Hill.
14 We also have the major warning point, which is the 15 York County Sherif f's Department located on Cherry 16 Road in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
We have three 17 decontamination sites for equipment and emergency l
18 workers tha t a re located at rural fire departments at 19 different geographical areas in the county.
20 Q.
WHAT COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES DOES YORK COUNTY 21 HAVE FOR COORDINATING THE RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY 22 RESPONSE?
23 A.
As far as communications, we have the normal 24 telephone communications as we would in our normal 25 operations with internal lines coming in.
We have an 26 additional seven dedicated private lines which are n
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used for emergency operation purposes during an event 2
or an exercise.
We have a communications section 3
located in the EOC.
We are currently in the process 4
of upgrading our communications equipment and will 5
complete this effort by mid-1984.
6 Q.
ARE THERE ANY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES?
7 A.
Our radio communications section is in the dedicated 8.
communica tions area of our EOC.
In this area, we 9
have several dif ferent base stations.
10 Q.
ARE YOU ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EVERY COUNTY CR 11 STATE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN A RESPONSC 12 TO A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
13 A.
We are in the process of upgrading our capability.
14 Q.
CAN YOU ESTIMATE WHEN YOU WILL COMPLETE THE 15 UPGRADING?
16 A.
Yes, by mid-1984.
17 Q.
WHAT KINDS OF COMMUNICATIONS DO YOU HAVE WITH THE Id CATAWBA STATION?
19 A.
We now have normal telephone communication.
We have 20 two-way radio communication through a base station 21 located in the communications room, and we will 22 eventually have a ring-down phone located in the EOC.
23 A ring-down phone is a microwave instrument that 24 allows all the parties to talk together at the same i
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CAN YOU ESTIMATE WHEN YOU WILL HAVE RING DOWN PHONE 2
COMMUNICATIONS WITH TZE CATAWBA STATION?
3' A.-
We anticipate having it by June 1, 1984.
4 Q.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT OVERLOADING THE TELEPHONE.
5 CIRCUITS, IF THAT OCCURRED, WOULD INTERFERE WITH YOUR 6
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND 7
AGENCIES OF YORK COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT YOU NEED TO 8
COMMUNICATE WITH IN A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY?
9 A.
No, it would not.
First, I believe that as the first 10 point of contact I would be called so quickly that 11 there would not be time for the phones to be tied ap.
12 Second, the EOC will have Class A protective service 13 that will operate without danger of overloading.
14 Q.
WOULD OVERLOADING OF THE TELEPHONE CIRCUITS INTERFERE 15 WITH YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE STATE OF SOUTH 16 CAROLINA OR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD YOU 17 HAVE THE OCCASION TO TALK TO THEM7 18 A.
Overloading the phones would not cause any problems 19 with that.
20 Q.
WOULD TELEPHONE OVERLOADING INTERFERE WITH YOUR 21 COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION?
22 A.
After April 1984, it would not, due to the selective 23 signaling system.
We will be able to talk with them 24 directly.
25 Q.
IS YOUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH THE. PLANT A WIRE 26 SYSTEM OR MICROWAVE OR RADIO?
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It is a microwave system.
2 Q.
WOULD TELEPHONE. CIRCUIT OVERLOADING INTERFERE WITH 3
YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE TWO NORTH CAROLINA 4
. COUNTIES - MECKLENBURG AND GASTON COUNTY?
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No._
Communication with Gaston and Mecklenburg 6
counties could be accomplished through the same 7
method, using the selective signaling system as well 8
as Duke radio.
9 Q.
BEYOND WHAT THE PLAN OR WHAT THE OPERATING FROCEDURES 10 MAY CALL FOR, ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS 11 INVOLVED IN THE EMERGENCY PLAN AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IN 12 THE CAPACITY OF DIRECTING OTHER PEOPLE KNOWS WHAT IS 13 EXPECTED OF HIM OR HER?
14 A.
Yes, I feel very comfortable.
I felt comfortable t
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Everyone did a superb job.
17 Q.
HAVE YOU PERSONALLY SPOKEN WITH EACH OF THE PRINCIPAL i
18 HEADS OR DIRECTORS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS?
19 A.
Yes, I have spoken to everyone in the course of my 20 handling this particular position.
21 Q.
IN EACH CASE WILL THE ORGANIZATION HAVE THE RESOURCES 22 TO RESPOND AS NEEDED?
23-A.
24 Q.
DOES EACH ORGANIZATION HAVE AN ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING 25 OF THE COMMAND AND CONTOOL FUNCTIONS?
26 A.
Absolutely.
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DO'THEY UNDERSTAND WHO IS-IN CHARGE?
Yes.
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3 Q.
GIVEN THAT THERE WILL BE PERSONNEL TURNOVER OVER THE 4
YEARS, HOW WILL YOU BE ASSURED THAT PEOPLE NEW TO THE 5
JOB ARE AWARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND ARE ABLE 6
TO CARRY THEM OUT?
7 A.
We address just that through seminars, exercises, 8
plan updates, and training sessions with the 9
different entities of the EOC.
10 Q.
Ti!E INTERVENORS ALSO ASSERT IN CONTENTION 8 THAT 11 THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION OR AMBIGUITY ABOUT WHO 12 HAS WHAT AUTHORITY DURING THE TIME THAT SOUTH 13 CAROLINA OFFICIALS ARE ON ROUTE FROM COLUMBIA TO THE 14 FORWARD EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER (FEOC).
WHAT IF 4
15 ANY AUTHORITY DOES YORK COUNTY HAVE DURING THAT 4
16 PERIOD 7 FOR EXAMPLE, CAN THE COUNTY ACTIVATE SIRENS 17 AND INITIATE EMERGENCY BROADCASTS?
18 A.
During that interim between the time the State 2
19 Emergency Operation Center (SEOC) in Columbia, South l
20 Carolina is open and four hours later when the 21 Forward Emergency Operations Center (FEOC) outside of 22 clover, South Carolina would become operational, York i
23 County has the ability to respond to wha tever 24 directions or information is provided by the Catawba 25 plant and carry it out, up to and including 26 requesting evacuation of specific areas.
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state assumes responsibility for of fsite direction 3
and control of the emergency.
Prior to that time it 4
is a local governasnt responsibility.
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AT WHAT POINT WILL YOU HAVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH'THE 6
SEOC.IN COLUMBIA?
7 A.
The SEOC in Columbia and the warning point in York 8
County (which is the sherif f's department in Rock.
9 Hill) will be notified at the same time.
They will 10 become operational there as rapidly as possible, just 11 as we will, and as soon as we are open at the EOC in 12 Rock Hill, we will be able to talk with them over the 13 phones or via radio or whatever is necessary.
The 14 SEOC will be in contact with us as rapidly as we are 15 open.
16 Q.
IF IT IS NECESSARY TO RECOMMEND SHELTERING OR 37 EVACUATION IN YORK COUNTY BEFORE STATE OFFICIALS TAKE 18 OVER, DO YOU HAVE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THOSE 19 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PUBLIC7 20 A.
Yes.
21 Q.
WOULD YOU HAVE TO CLEAR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 22 SHELTERING OR EVACUATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
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Under these assumptions, no.-
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.DURING THE TIME THAT THE COUNTY HAS AUTHORITY TO 6-DIRECT EMERGENCY' OPERATIONS CAN YOU CALL UPON ANY 7
STATE RESOURCES-IF'YOU NEED THEM7 8
A.
Yes,-as we depleted our resources, we could call upon 9
the highway pa trol, for example, to support our law 10 enforcement of ficers.
11 Q.
ARE THERE ANY COUNTY RESOURCES FROM COUNTIES OTHER 12 THAN YORK THAT YOU COULD CALL UPON?
13 A.
We have letters of agreement with all of our 14 surrounding counties for just this, purpose.
15 Q.
WHAT SORT OF RESOURCES MIGHT YOU GET FROM THOSE 16 COUNTIES, FOR EXAMPLE?
17 A.
We could get personnel.or equipment such as school 18 buses or radiological monitors, etc.
19 Q.
WHAT DECISIONS, IF ANY, WOULD YOU COORDINATE WITH 20 GASTON AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES IN NORTH CARLINA?
21-LA.
Two that come in mind would be the activation of the 22 sirens for warning purposes.and the content of the 23 EBS message.
24 Q.
HOW WOULD THESE ACTIONS BE COORDINATED?
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This would be-followed by the 3
EBS message being broadcasted simultaneously in all 3 4
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HOW WILL THE COORDINATION WITH GASTON AND MECKLENBURG 5
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6 COUNTIES BE ACHIEVED?
7 A.
Through a selective signaling system.
We can talk with both Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties at the same 8
9 time.
It's like a large party line.
10 Q.
WHO ELSE MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THESE EMERGENCY 4
11 CONFERENCE CALLS?
12 A.
When the warning points are at different locations i
13 than the EOC, there would be additional people on the 14 line, such as the people that activato the sirens.
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SUMMARY
OF EDUCATIONAL TRAINING,
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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, AND WORK EXPERIENCE OF STAN D. COLEMAN, JR.
I received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1973 from Clemson University.
My area of course specialization within Electrical Engineering was Communications.
I.was elected to ETA
' KAPPA NU, Honorary Society of Electrical Enginet. ring.
I hold an F.C.C. Second Class Radio Telephone Operator License and a General-Class Amateur " HAM" Radio License.
I was hired into the System Communications group as a Junior Engineer in January, 1974.
I have engineered microwave,
- radio, data, and telephone communications systems for Duke Power.
I have served as Project Engineer for the following major projects:
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System-wide radio paging network b)
After-hours Remote Radio Base Station Control System c)
Network telepb-tandem switch I have been promoted to Engineer Associate, Assistant Design
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- Engineer, and in January of
- 1983, I
was promoted to Design Engineer with supervision responsibilities for Two-way Radio and Paging and Telephone Switching Systems.
I currently supervise 1 4
A Engineer Assistant and 5 Senior Engineering Assistants.
I am active in Utilities Telecommunications Council and have recently been elected to a 2-year term as Region III, North, Frequency Coor'dinator for the Power Radio Service.
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. service in the My professional experience includes.4 years' active duty in the Gastonia Unit of the National Guard, 2 years' U.S. Army (1954-56), 6 years' service in the Army Reservec.
After serving my military tour of duty, I was employed by Burlington Mills during 1956-1957 and by the U.S. Postal Service from 1957-1964.
[As a postal clerk, my duties consisted of distributing mail enroute to railway and highway post offices I left this job when all over the southeastern United States.
I then worked for private contractors took over these routes.3 1964-1965.
Macke Vending Company in Charlotte during Beginning in 1965, I worked with the Gaston County Rural patrol seargeant (1968-1972),
Police Department as a patrolman,and department Training Officer (1975-lieutenant (1973-1975),
1979).
In December, 1979, I became Gaston County's Director of Emergency Services, the position I now hold.
I have held responsible positions in several organizations, including past president of the Gaston County Law Enforcement Association, past president of the Southern Piedmont Law Enforcement Training Association, and past president of the I am currently a Southern Piedmont Explosive Disposal team.
certified law enforcement officer with the Gaston County Auxiliary Police.
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