ML20148Q171
| ML20148Q171 | |
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| Site: | Wood River Junction |
| Issue date: | 12/05/1980 |
| From: | Grant M RHODE ISLAND, STATE OF |
| To: | RHODE ISLAND, STATE OF |
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Issues to be Discussed at Next Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) State Meeting
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by citizen groups indicate, a considerable variety of issues were raised at our December 2 meeting at the Chariho School.
In order to guide our discussion of these issues at our next meeting or meetings, I have tried to impose a certain degree of order on this variety as reflected in the following agenda:
- 1. GROUNDWATER / HYDROLOGIC TESTING:
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_ (3) Monitoring Wells Other side of Pawcatuck?
Additional wells to define plume (20- 30) ?
j Location, number, design, timeframe for drilling deep wells?
(4) Hydrolo'gic Modeling THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS USGS Project status?
POOR QUAllTY PAGES NRC Proj ect status?
- 2. SOILS / SURFACE TESTING:
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- (1) NRC Soils Criteria (Draft)
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INVESTIGATIONS:
(1) Irradiated fuels
-- Status and findings of NRC investigation?
(2) Waste Processing and Packaging
-- NRC findings
-- State /NRC conditions for re s,umption
-- Nevada conditions for resumption
-- Quality assurance / inspections (3) Pumping of lagoon wastes / puncture of liners
-- NRC investigation
' status and findings?
-- State investigation -status and findings?
-- Verification of allegations?
-- Enforcement actions?
(4) 1977 discovery of lagoon leakage Kho knew what?
Were local officials notified?
If not, why?
(5) Health impacts Need for, nature of public health survey?
Need for, nature of worker health survey?
(6) Buried Wastes Kho, when and how?
(7) Participation by independent parties Need, function and responsibilities?
Kho choses and how?
Who pays?
4." OTHER ACTIONS:
(1) Decommissioning and cleanup strategy Need Elements Kho devel. ops and how?
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- Needed justification?
- Who can require and how?
- How much?
(3) Adjudicatory hearings
-- Nee 8/ Justification?
Possible?
-- By whom?
-- How initiated?
-- When?
-- Scope and substance?
(4) Public awareness / participation
-- How?
-- How much?
-- How often?
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INTENNAL/ PROCEDURAL:
(1) State-Citizen's Advisory Committee Relations
-- Kho does Committee represent?
-- State rights and responsibilities (2)' State-NRC Relations
-- Communications and Contact points Given the length of this agenda, it may require more than one meeting to plot a mutually agreeable course of action.
However, this would not delay implementation of agreed upon items.
NRC has been notified of and is hereby invited to participate in scheduled meetings.
UNC participation would not appear
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3cb Russ Bud Crocker, NRC - Region I Jim Hickey Bill Crow - NRC Headquarters Carl Maine Wayne Kerr - NRC, State Programs Fred Siino Herb Johnston Ed Wood Dr. Joseph Cannon A: orney General Dennis Roberts Dan Scha -
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BRIEF SUhMARY MINUTES OF.PUBLIC MEETING ON UNITED NUCLEAR CORPORATION IN CHARLESTOWN ON DECEMBER 2, 1980 i
The meeting was held in the Chariho Regional High School and was attended by 150 to 200 people.
The meeting was convened by Malcolm Grant.
Also in attendance were Bill Crow, George Smith, Tom E*asser, Hilbert Crocker, Ed Shumm, all from NRC and other NRC Officials; Bob Russ and Peter Calise of the Water Resources Board; Carlton Maine, DEM; Jim Hickey, Department of Health; Herb Johnston, U.S.G.S.; the five members of the Cititens Advisory Committee, Sam Seeley of Charlestown, Milton Salomon of Hopkinton, Wilson Lamb of Richmond, Bill Day of Richmond and Henry Sardelli of Westetly; John Hartley, President of the Charlestown Town Council; Matt Puchalski, Chairman of the Charlestown Planning Board; and representatives of Concerned Citi: ens of Rhode Island (CCRI), Coalition of Consumer Justice (CCJ) and Rhode Islanders for Safe Power and Dante G.
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The meeting was convened at approxi-mately 7:30 and was adjourne'd at approximately 11:00.
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Bob Russ, General Manager of the Water Resources Board, reported that the State team, NRC and UNC have decided on the location of the deep monitoring wel1 but that it has not yet been drilled.
Bill Crow of NRC said that NRC's, consultant is now studying the plans for the well to determine if it is being drilled in the proper place.
Crow said a considerable amount of planning and design must be done before the well is dug.
Sam Seeley, Charlestown member of the Cititens Advisory Committee (CAC), said he vigorously disagrees with the proposed location and can suggest better locations.
Dennis Spurgeon, Vice Presider.t of UNC, said UNC
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There was heavy pressure from many members of the audience to drill the well as soon as possible.
Many people were critical of the fact that the well has not yet been drilled.
AGREE..!ENT:
It was agreed that the CAC will meet'with Carlton Ma ine, Bob Ru s s, H e rb Jofinsren o f U. S. G. S. and other officials involved in siting the well to further discuss the location of 'the well before it is dug.
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There was intense criticism from many members of the audience of both NRC and UNC conerning the license violation by UNC in processing irradiated fuel.
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Bill Crow announced that draft soil decontamination standards hcVe been prepared and were submitted tonight to Jim Hickey for review.
Emma Sacco requested that the stete submit the draft soil decontaminatidn standards to Physicians for Social Responsibility in Massachusetts for review and comment.
There were many requests from the audience that the state ensure that the soil decontamination standards are reviewed by competent technical experts.
AGREEMENT:
Malcom declared that the soil decontamination standards would be revieved by experts in the Department of Health and DEM and that they would also be submitted for review and comment to the members of the CAC.
Jim Hickey told me quietly during the meeting that he would submit the soil decontamination standards to the Rhode Island State Radiation Advisory Commission.
Two members of the comm.ission are medical doctors one with a specialty 'in nuclear medicine and one is a radiological diagnostician.
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Hilbert Crocker of NRC reported the results of the NRC inspec-tiensohthesixtrailer,truckloadsofwaste that were returned to USC frc, Seatty, Nevada.
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Carl en Maine.of DEM reported that it appears unlikely the contaminated plume is going u'nder the Pawcatuck to the other side but that decisions on whether to drill monitoring wells on the ether side of the river will be made after the results of the first deep monitoring well have been analy:ed.
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Herb Jchnston of U.S.G.S. reported that it is possible heavy drawdown of nearby supply wells could affect the direction of the centaminated plume and that this will be studied through hydro-logical modelling.
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Dante Ionata reported-on the third party Quality Assurance Program to be imposed by the State of Nevada on all generators who dispose at Beatty.
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There was intense criticism from the audience of UNC stemming from newspaper reports that the liners of the evaporation la' goons were purposely breeched by UNC employees acting under orders by management, that lagoons were purposely permitted to overflow, and i
that lagoon liquids were pumped out of the lagoons and dispersed over the site.
Bill Crow said NRC has begun an investigation of these charges and that NRC first learned of them from the newspaper reports.
Dennis Spurgeon of UNC said it is against UNC's policy to engage in such activities.that UNC would not condone such activities and that UNC would like witnesses to such activities to come forth so that it can conduct an investigation.
Bill Crow said actions to breech the lagoon liners or pump liquids out would be illegal.
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The five members of the CAC made statements to the meeting:
Milton Salomon of Hopkinton stressed that it is essential for the CAC :: cork closel, with the stat'e and it is essential that all efforts be made to begin enpediting procedures and to get on with the 4
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j Sam Seeley of Charlestown strongly disagreed with the loca-tien of the proposed deep well.
Wilsen Lamb of Richmond said it is important that the members of the CAC serve as liaison between the citi: ens of the four towns l
and the state on decommissioning and decontamination procedures.
Wilsen als noted that the CAC would be the appropriate vehicle I
tc take citizens' requests for well testing and he presented to the state requests that-have already been made by citizens for testing of their wells.
j 3ill Day of Richmond insisted that an extensive well monitoring program be installed on the other side of the Pawcatuck to determine le rels of contamination that may have resulted there.
Henry Sardelli of Westerly said that CAC shouid sit with c
state officials to develop a program to deal with the United Nuclear
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6 John Hartley, President of the Charlestown Town Council, read a prepared statement which is attached hereto.
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Matt puchalski, Chairman of the Charlestown Planning Board,
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made a statement in which he called for additional deep monitoring wells on the UNC site including one 2,000 feet South of T'-6.
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also wants the Indian Cedar Swamp Area surveyed for contamination.
Sam Seeley as President of CCRI read a prepared statement which is attached hereto.
t George Bliven and Ted Reed read' prepared statements, copies of which will be forwarded upon receipt by this office.
The Cealition for Consumer Justice read a prepared statement ar.d.ad: 10 demands, copies of which are attached hereto.
Erma Sacco read a prepared statement for Rhode Islanders for Saf e ?cwer, a copy of which is attached hereto.
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(10) There was intense and widespread criticism from many 'memb'ers of the audience con,cerning the manner in which the discovery of on-the UNC radioactive contamination of the underground aquifer' Bill Crow of NRC said the contamination was dis-site was handled.
Dante Ionata reported covered by the state and' reported to NRC.
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that the 2S monitoring wells drilled to determine the extent and seriousness of the contamination were drilled at the request of the In response to questions about who in the state knew about state.
the radioactive contamination in 1977, Ionata reported that DEM of Health were aware of it.
Angry members of and the Department officials who knew about the audience demanded to know why state the radioactive contamination of the aquifer in 1977 did not notify town officials of this potential health ha:ard.
Angry members of the audience'demandec to know why this contamination was publicized three years later and then only through' newspaper reports.
in response to demands by the audience to know exactly Malcolm Crant, what happened concerning the handling of the discovery of the groundwater contamination problem, announced that we did not know exactly how it was har 1ed.
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'Malcolm announced that the state would determine A
P precisely what happened, and how this matter was handled', including why it was not publicized at the time of discovery and report these findings to the public.
a formal hearing There were many demands for NRC to conduct (11) in addition to the standard decommissioning hearing that occurs the end of the decontamination process.
George Bliven announced at such a hearing the-e is now legal precedence for'NRC to conduct that and other members of the audience asked the state to petition and he it NRC for such a hearing.
(My interpretation of this is that would be.a general investigatory he.aring).
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AGREEMENT:
After the meeting I asked George Smith if he could not ' increase the number.of wells to be tested from 8 to 25.
He agreed.
Smith gave me a copy.of the proposed'NRC well testing program which.is attached hereto.
I asked Smith to identify on an aerial photo the geographica 1 area and residences that we'uld be-candidates for'the NRC well testing program and to send this docu-ment to' the state so that we can give it to the CAC for further comment in aiding NRC to develop a well testing program.
He agreed.
He also agreed to coordinate with the state a press release by NRC cencerning the well testing program.
There we,re requests from the audience to determine whether areas around th'e UNC site, particularly the Indian Ceds-Swamp Area, had been contaminated.
COMMITMINT:
Ionata said the state would do a survey, pro-vided we can gain access to surrounding areas.
CCJ requested it be notified in writing at their address of any future hearings or meetings involving the UNC issue.
CCRI requested that the Attorney General's Department represent the citizens of the state in an NRC hearing investigating the UNC situation.
Mc1colm Grant announced that the state would set up a meeting with CAC members to determine responses to this meeting and to work out an agenda for further procedure.
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tests of the school wells to show any trends in the level of radioactivity.
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NRC PROPOSED WEL5 SAMPLING PROGRAM
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1-- : duction Eased on commitments made to Rhode Island's of ficials, a one time water sampling program is proposed in order to varify that the radi: active material which is present in United fluclear Corporation 4 (UNC) Wood River Junction. facility lagoons has not found its way into any d:sestic water supplies in the immediate area of the facility.
Sar;1es wil1 be taken from public water supplies in the area and also fr:r domestic wells in the area.
Samples will be taken on-both the u;;er-and lower side of the hydraulic gradient surrounding the US~ Wood River Junction f acility.
In addition, samoies will be. taken fr:s any public. f acility in the area which uses large amounts of water -
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Ste:line Program It is proposed that approximately four (a) domestic wells on the upper and iower side of the hydraulic gradient be sampled.
The Wood River kr: tion public water supply should be sampled - if ariy, and also the public water system fed from the Alton reservoir will be sampled.
Ar.alvsis Pro: ram The proposed analysis consists of analyzing each sample for gross alpha, gr:ss beta, and gamma isotopic measurements using the Region I Laboratory.
T.e results of the analyses will be compared to the EPA National Interim Primary Drinking Water Regulations of 5 pCi/1 gross alpha particle activity and 50 pCi/1 of gross beta particle activity.
Any sample results which contain radioactivity in concentrations greater than the EFA regulations 'will be analyzed for specific radionuclides as per the epa regulations.
Water supplies which exceed the EPA drinking water leveis for radionuclides traceable to UNC operations will be resampled on a routine (' quarterly) basis to follow any trends which might be i d enti fi ed.
Samoling Procedure 1.
Flush tap (at least several gallons) to en'sure sample is representative.
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.icet with7I' officials and the Mu-lear Regulatory Comission to insure a safe and thorcugh cleanup, 7:30 cm Chariho Technical Finh School, Dec. 21930 CCJ DE W!95:
li UMC nost a $10 millinn bond tn be held at least 20 vears. "e ' lave no the cc.:nany intends to nerform a thorouch cleanup, especially since some of their state.ents lead us to beli4ve they will take the cheanest rather than the most comlete route to do 50. Who will nay for mistakes.di'scovered after they leave RI?
?.'; CC1 to choos? an indnoendent exnert th conduct tests of the site. He Mant to be sure tna cl anco is donc to our standards, not the companv's.
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!!RC and the State have been slow to let oeople knew what's ooing on.
- 3) A 200 ft. tast well to be drilled ';!ithin the week.
Everyone savs it should be dono officials koao dracqing their feet.
2} Additional test walls to be drilled on the far side of the Pawcatuck. Also, the alma in the Pawcatucx should be tested monthly for contamination.
We need tn kn?' if the contamination snreads.
- 5) !!*!C cav-for' testinc ' ells of incal residents and the drinkina water at the local
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c) 'te want a lono term stedv of the health effects on econle in the Chariho area.
Inero are two schools within a mile of the olant, and stack emissions have been id, times abov: allowed icvels on some occasions.
7; Our indsnondant exnert should icad an investiaation to be sure there are no more hiccen :.: rial sites at the olant.
UNC tried to lie about a waste disoosal site last sertor.
C) Me 'sant to know the date of the official MoC hearina.
When 'till it be schoduled?
f-) Hno< ruch did it cost' U"C to cleanun its niants in ?!ev.< Haven and Pawlina', NY?
UDC is allowing $1 million to clean un the Charlestown plant. uill they quit den that's snent. '!hether the.iob's done or not?
D) We "> ant the *!RC and the state to insnect each barrel of waste fron DMC be its shinged for disnosal, its foulup of the last sniment to "evada has left iTT in a "Three strikes and youre out" position as far as nany dump sites are I.ny more confs and we may wind up.With a nuclear dumn in n.I.
If Uf!C concerned.
screams about the insnections, it's just because it costs the.m more to do it richt!
^n the other side: UNC's amazin record and the threat to our health and envir-nnment.
CoALITio" W. C0"SU"ER J'JSTICE A22 Charles St. Prov. 521-13m
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- 40'11.9 YCU TRUST THIS CrilPN"! TO LEA 0E A CLEAfi PLANT 7 7/M Robert Peabody..tWC nroduction trorker, killed by an " accidental nuclear fissien" at the olant..
2/73 UFC truck snilled containers.of scrap uranium onto the hichway and dcwn an c.bankment.
197'.-77 Lagoon storina radioactive liquid leaks up to 25,0% callons into the ground during this time.
1973 "o.C insnection found stack emissions to bc 2 to 15 tiras hioher than allowed.
~475 Encloyee ordered to ooke holes in. bottom of one laacon.
11/77 I!Sr.s (ceclocical survey) finds groundwater cont 5nination.
Public infomed nearly 3 years later.
Uilt ou:r.os etater directly fom lacoon onto ground.
early '78 10/70 II"C shios a "small amount" of nuclear fuel scrap in a container labled emr.ty.
in e '78 r, cards reveal sone security tests were falsified.
3/E0 ilRC fines coi,cany 511',250 for violatina security and transnortation reculations.
7/S1 Charles Ecuers, ceneral manager of UMC, first dcnies any waste feas buried at the plant, then admits there t'as waste buried previousiv, but it had been dug up and shinced out.
2/E0 "P.C reveals that U'!C nrocessed irradiated scrao (more dangerous, harder to clean un) after their license to do so exolred in mid-1076 eatty 4ev. find leakage in bar~rels of t!'!C waste, six truckloads
~.0/50 Ins'ectors in n of waste are sent back to RI.
State and "RC officials insnect the shicments,.
10/30/80 %nort of inscection published: 8 out of 40 barrels contained unorocessed sludge and free liouid instead of dry, processed waste.
At least 4 crates contained nieces of lacoon liner.
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o 11/4/80 Charles Rovers 00 YOU 4A'lT A !!UCLEAR D! rip In ynllP RtsCK YMD?
12/79 inC is mentioned in a letter from the RI Dent. of Economic Develomaat as a nossible site for a hazardous eraste durn.
10/30 Journa.1_ article says DOE is considerino R1 as a site for indefinite storace of nuc1 car easte.
Another renorter reveals Bowers mentioned the possibility of on-site storane of waste at lit!C in a summer interview.
It could be nuch chcaner and easier for the comnany to bury theirNaste at the nlart and sneak out of town.
Rut even MP.C and II N.nt. nf Envirnnnental
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It is cicar from this file end fro. the numerous disclosures in :ne newsp:yers that this ennpany has been guilty of c number of serious vic'_cti:ns cf dedersi and S cte regulations, both in no=.01 operations and in the present dece-': sioning process. 7cis centinued histo:/ of violations was hi-li;htel ty the repor: that U.'C had processed, du-ing 1930, en especia11/
s large c cus; of irradicted nucl. ear fuel frc: naval reacto s, without license to do so.
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cf the *J. !. Geologic 1 Curvey in this aqttifer an a potentici future source of drinhin; reer for the State of 7e.ede I: land, it is.u: ;ed that the USGS be it.-ri:si cui fer.ded to bece e directly invclved in those studios. Additionally, it 10.ur-ed ths; c'1 data ecilected by the USGC be independently interpreted by the !!".,3 "an ter hyd-clo-ical starr.
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Thd psoplo of Charlastown era da.s:nsysd at tha cont!.nuing revelations cf 1
questionable, if not illegal, procedures at the UNC site and also because of
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I the apparent lack of progress.toward cleaning up this horrible mess in our back yard. As President of the Town Council I respectfully address the fc11owing regaests to the respcnsible State authorities:
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That the State and the Citizens Advisory Co :sittee participate fully with URC in the oversi.,vte of the clean up process.
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That the Town of Charlestown's representative on the Citizens Advisory Co-'ttee, Dr.' Seely, be involved in all UNC decision-making meetings on decommissioning such as that to decide the location of further, wells.
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That the Town's representative, Dr. Seely, be inferned on the progress of C C decc :nissicning activities at regular intervals of not e
more than 4 weeks, including:
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Data on collection, packaging, storage, ship =ent and final disposal of radio active waste.
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Data en aetual condition of the lagoons, underlying soil and the :.aterial removed.
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On-going reports of well water tests both en and off the. site.
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Data on exploration to determine whether bar.ardous vaste is buried on the site, also what progress on work to clean and de-contaminat.e the facility.
Any revisions,in past information or reports and statement of e.
decc==issioning work planned for inraediate future.
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That on-site well testing and analy' sis be conducted under the
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directicn of the NRC, with results confirmed by an independent consultant selected by the NRC, the State and the Citizens Ad.risory Cornittee. Costs to be a ss=ed b-f C:C.
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That the gravel,uit being used by Charlestcwn Police for q;alification 4
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tssting bo thoroughly chscksd for hazard. ta radio cetivity.
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That the State conduct special radio-activity tests of private water supplies in the vicinity of the site and report the results to the c.r.e r s.
John Hartley President, Charlestoim Town Council
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