ML20114F687
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| Issue date: | 12/15/1970 |
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(Indian ?cint 5tction Unit No.E )
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PETITION FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE IN t
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HUDSON RIVER FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION ("HRFA") hereby petitions the ATOMIC ENER0Y COMMISSION ("the' Commission") for leave to intervene in these proceedings, i
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HRFA is a non-profit conservation organizstion incorporated'in i
the State of New York in 1966.
The' purposes of HEFA are to encourage the rational use of the aquatic resources of the Hudson 4
River and its tributaries; gather, study and disseminate infor-mation-about the ecology of the Hudsen watershed, particularly in regarc to the' life histories and needs of fishes; endeavor to protect the spawning and nursery grounds of desirable sports and' commercial fishes; and assist in efforts to abate p ll tion,.
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HRFA is interested in maintaining the purity of_the waters of the Hudson, its-tributaries and the Atlantic coastal waters from pollution by radioactive waste materials,_ excessive heat-ing of water and all other substances which may endanger the j
lives of fish, other. aquatic life and the ecology of the Hudson River.
4 The decision of the Commission in the present matter will affect the fish-and aquatic life of the Hudcon River, particularly in the Indian Point area, and the Atlantic coastal. waters by allow-i ing the construction of a power generating plant drawing water j
from and discharging water into the Hudson at Indian Point.
which, if not properly safeguarded, would allow radioactive a
waste to enter the waters of the Hudson, and would allow exces-rive discharges of heat and perhaps other substances.
If-the i
plant is so designed as-to-allow discharges of radioactive 1
water, heat or other substances, they would adversely affect fish and aquatic life in the Hudson, its tributaries and the Atlantic coastal waters and adversely affect the interest-of the HRFA.
l-i HRFA contends that the Commission is required to file a state-a ment of environmental impact under Section.102 of the National 8-Environmental Policy Act which shall_ include the comments and views'of the appropriate Federal, state and local agencies which are authorised to develop and enforce: relevant environ-o mental standards.
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to_ protect nativt tpecier of fish - e nd t:11dlife that_ arc -
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There are two such pecier in.
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nosed sturgeon, which 1::' official 3 cle:sifled as "cndangered,"
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and the ces sturccen which ja dccmed' " rare. "
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The U' S. ' Fish End Wildlife Service snd the ctate agency with authority over fish:End wildlife resourcer shich a
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under Public Law 85-M4, are to be_ contulted by cny dephrtment i, -
.or agency of the U. S. OcVernment which has hcen: cs11cd upon t
1-to incue' 'a permit to authorite t be - Wa t we of an't etre r er channel to be diverted, decpened, or impounded, with a v.iew t
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development and imprevement cf such resources ~in connection.
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2tatement under Section 102 of the National-Environmental t
Policy Act-cince it will'all'ow full and' fair determination p
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J On information and belief, HRFA contendo that radioactive-waste will be discharged into-the Hudson which will adversely bffect the fish and aquatic life in the river, its tributaries l --
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liRFA contends that the construction and operation of the electric generating plant to be built at Indian Point ' are necessary and inevitable consequences of the Commission's-i granting of a license; that, if the proposed design will not protect the fish -and aquatic life in the Hudson.. its tributaries and the Atlantic coastal waters generally, and
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the area around Indian Point, in particular, the Commission' i
should not grant the license.
On the - basis of experience i
and evidence collected from the operation of Indian Point i
i Station, Unit No. 1, HRFA contends that the design of
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Indian Point Station, Unit No. 2, is inadequate.
HRFA's interest in the plans for Indian Point Station,
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l Unit No. 2, has been longstanding.
In May of 1968, the 1
president and five directors of the HRFA met privately.with officials of Con Edison to warn them of dangers inherent in Indian Point Station, No. 2, and similar plants, and at the same time the-HRFA offered suggestions to overcome the dangerous deficiencies.
In an act of corporate arrogance and in -defiance of the public welfare, Con Edison officials rejected the proposals and proffered cooperation of HRFA on the biologically bankrupt and immoral grounds that the company could secure a i
reclassification of the lower Hudson River from tidal saltwater
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HRFA petitions to participate in examining witnesses-and is t-prepared to submit expert testimony on the following points:
1 Release of radioactive wastes from the plant into-the water and the atmosphere would be dangerous.
Fish are 4
grcat concentrators of certain pollutants through the process known as biological-magnification, and HRFA would be adversely affected if such magnification took place from radioactive wastes in the Hudson, its tributaries - and the Atlantic i
coastal waters, a
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Valuable aquatic organisms, including fishes, their i
eggs and larvae, would be entrained in condenser cooling 1
ater and killed as a-result.
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Valuable aquatic organisms, including. fishes, their l-eggs and larvae, would be subjected to disease, injury or death as the result of the discharge of large volumts of heated water into the Hudson by the plant.
HRFA will cite the record of fish kills already caused by Con Edison in the operation of the much smaller-adjacent plant, Indian Point Unit 1.
In 1963, there was an enormous kill of fish shortly _
after this plant began operating and the slaughter extended over a six month period.
There were smaller kills of fish from 1964 to 1969'.
Starting in the fall of 1969 and running into January, 1970, there was another enormous kill of fish at Indian Point'which came to e
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,c public notice after Richard J. Garrett, president of the HRFA, complained to'Governcr Rockefeller.
Company officials admitted to killing 150,000 fish.
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represented dead counted by Con-Ed on only twelve selected days over a period of months.
Again in March,1970, there were dead fish all cver' the east bank of the river near Indian Point.
Two fisherman and a photographer who penetrated inside the plant during the height of the kill reported seeing a pipe discharging 2
4 boiling water and a discharge pipe " vomiting thougands upon i
thousands of fingerling striped bass and ~ white perch along with catfish, tomcod, yellow perch and an occasional' sturgeon."
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Valuable aquatic organisms would be killed by. biocides used to remove fouling organisms from.the plant condenser.
HRFA believes that chemical pollution of this character has played a role in past kills by Indian Point Unit 1.
I II HRFA makes the following showing of good cause for its late filing and petitions to intervene in the hearings despite the late filing.
Dominick J. Pirone, Consulting Biologist to HRFA and not an attorney, wrote the Commission asking to present testimony at the hearing on Indian Point Station Unit No. 2 on November 25, 191 J.
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The Commission wrote to Mr. Pirone on December 3, 1970 2
informing him that his. letter did not constitute a petition.
1 If Mr. Pirone's Ictter had been accepted as a petition, the filing would have been timely.
i HRFA has moved as qui::kly as possible ef ter the receipt of the letter which the Commission sent to Mr. Pirone.
HRFA should not be penalized for the failure of its pro y good faith effort to make a timely filing.
Wherefore HRFA requests that it be permitted to intervene in this proceeding and be treated as a-party thereto with a
the right to have notice of and to participate in any further proceedings, to appear thereat, to present testi-mony, and to be heard in person or by counsel upon brief l
and oral argument, if oral argument be granted.
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ROBERT-H BOYLE,.being duly sworn,-deposes and says that he is.a-Director of the Hudson River Fishermen's Associa--
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this Petition for Leave to Intervene;. that _ he has read the petition and knows the contents and'.that the contents are-1 true to the best of his information and -belief.
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