ML20115A248
| ML20115A248 | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 12/16/1970 |
| From: | Mccool W US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| SECY-109, SECY-R-109, NUDOCS 9210140180 | |
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IRID 50!! RIVT.R FISIERNEll'S ASSOCIATION (",HRFA") hereb: petitions l'
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HEFA ir a non-profit conservation organization incorporated 3 n f
the State of flew York in 198 - The purposes of IIRPA are to 3
i encourage the rational use of 'the ' aquatic resources of the Hudson River and its tributaries; gather, study and disseminate infor-mat'J on about the -ecolog:/ of the Hudson watershed, particularly.
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and commercial fishes; and assist in efforts te abate pollution.
HRFA.has approx 1tr.ately 750 members many of whom will be affected i/
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HRFA is interested in maintaining the purity of the waters of the Hudsen, its tributaries and the Atlantic coastal waters from pollution by rad $onctive waste materials, excessive heat-ing of water and all other-substances which may endanser the 1;ves of fish, other aquatic life and the ecology of the Hudson
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The decision of the Commission in the prasent matter will affect tne fish and acuatic life of the Hudson River, particularly in the Indian Point area, and the Atlantic coastal waters by allow-ing the construction of a power generating plant drawing water i
from and discharging water into the Hudson at Indian Point which, if not properly safeguarded, would allow radioactive i
waste to enter the waters of the. Hudson, and would allow exces-sive discharges of heat and perhaps other substances.
If the plant is so designed as to allow discharges of radioactive 4
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.
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HRFA contends -that the Commission is required to file a state-ment of environmental impact under Section 102 of the !!ational i
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t% 2rc; r."ound I:.iicn Po!r.t, In particular, the Commiceinn should not gren. : c ccn.c.
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and evicencc collec'ec fron t'le operation of I.dit.n Point l
" atirr., U r.I '. I:.. 1, 1".FA cor.tende that the desj gn of In 31nn Point S;a ticn, Unit :c. L, in inadcounts.
HITA 'a interc at in th( plar for Indian Point Station, Unit No. 2, hic 'ec c 1 :ongctanding.
In May of 1.96., the precident and fivt directot3 of the 13FA met private?
with offlcialt of Co:. Edison to warn them of dangers int at in Indl ar F aint E t E t t on, No. 7, and cimilar planta, and at the same titc the lip.FA offcred cuggestions to overcor.e the dangeroue dc fi cic nciec.
In en act. f c'rrorate arrogance end in defiance of t!,c public i:elfr re, con Edirop o PTleielt rejected the p re.ecc e l; and p roffctr d cocccration of IIRFA on t he biologica11:
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liRFA ; ctitionu to porticipato in' examining-witnesces and ic prepared to submit expert tectimony on-the follouing point::
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_T.elcare of radioactive wastes from the plant into the wnter and the ntmcaphere would te dangerou0.
Fish are grcat concentrators of certain pollutants through the precaos known as b.iologica] magnificatien, and HRFA would be adversely affrcted if such magnificat ton took place from radioactive wastes i.n the Hudson, its tributaries and the At3 cntic coastal untcts.
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Valuable aquetic or6anisms, including lichen, their eggs and larvae, woulc. be cntrained in -condenser cooling uater and killed as a result.
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Valuable squatic organisms, including fishes,-their l
eggs and larvae, would be subjected to disease, injury or death as the result of the discharge of large volumes of-heated water into the Hudsen by the plant.
HRFA will cite the record of fish ki'ls alreacy caused by Con Edison in the i
operation of the much smallcr. adjacent plant Indian Point' Unit 1.
In 1963, there wet an enormous kill of fish shortly after this plant-began operating and the slaughter extended over a six month period.
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There were smaller kills of fish from 1964 to 1969.
Starting in the fn31 of 1969 and running into January, 1970, there was l'
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ad.r.itted to killinc 150,000 fish.
This appalling toll reprecented dead counted by Con Ed on only twelve selected
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1 Again in March, 1970, there were dead-fish all over the east bank of the river near-1ndian Point.
Two fishermen i
and a photographer whc penetrated. inside the plant during i-the height of.the kill reperted seeing a pipe discharging b"iling water and a discharge pipe " vomiting thous. ands upon thoutande of fingerlireg striped bass and white perch along.
with catiish, tomcod, ;ellcw perch and an occasional sturgeon. "
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Valuable aqurtic crnanisms would be killed by blocides P
uned to remove foulint. orgtnisms from the plant condenser.-
HRFA believes _that cht mica] pollution of this character has played a ' role ic past killt by Indian Point Ur.it-1.
i II HRFA makes the following showing of good cause for its late filing and petitions t o intervene in the hearings: despite. the late filing.
Dominick J. Pirone, Consulting Biologist to ERFA and not an ottorney, wrote the Commission asking to I' esent testimony at the hearing on Indian Point Station' Unit No. E on November 25, 1970
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The Commisnion wrote to Mr. Pirone on December 3, 1970 Informing him that his letter did not const$tute a petition.
If Mr. Pirone's ' letter had been accepted ac a petition, the filing y>uld have been timely.
HRFA has. raved as quickly as possible after the receiptfor the letter which the Co,' mission sent to Mr. Pirone.
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thould not he penalized for the failure of its pro sjt good faith effort-to make a timely ~ filing.-
1 Wncrcrore HFSA'requeste that.it be permitted i.o intervene in this proceeding and'be treated-as a party thereto with the right to have notice of and to participate in any further proceedingn, t o appear thercat, to present.-testi-many, and to be heard in person or by counsel upon brief and oral argument, if-oral argument be grante:..
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HUDSON RIVER FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 7P5 Orsinir.g, New York i
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