ML20195B525

Resolution 86-45 of City of Broadview Heights,Oh Opposing Util Application to Bury Radioactive Sludge at Site. Resolution Declared Emergency Measure for Preservation of Public Health & Safety.Served on 860528

ML20195B525
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	05/20/1986
From:	Bender L CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH
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CON-#286-310 ML, TAC-60875, NUDOCS 8605290383
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INTRODUCED BY THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE COUNCIL

, s A RESOLUTION TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES OPPOSING THE APPLICATION OF TOLEDO EDISON COMPANY FOR PERMISSION TO BURY RADIOACTIVE SLUDGE AT ITS DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION

[g AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, the Toledo Edison Company of Toledo, Ohio, has filed with the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission an application to amend its license to operate the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station so as to permit said Company to bury radioactive sludge on the power station site and unrestricted use of said land in the future; and

WHEREAS, the premises on which the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station are situated is in the immediate area of the Navarre Marsh Lands adjacent to Lake Erie which is a designated flood plain area subject to flooding by the waters of Lake Erie; and WHEREAS, the burial of radioactive sludge in excavations two feet deep and covered by four inches of seeded soil could result in radioactive elements being washed into Lake Erie or seeped into from the proposed burial site and the emission of penetrating rays of radioactivity for many years in the future; and

WHEREAS, exposure to radioactive elements would be physically harmful and a substantial detriment to the health and welfare of the residents of the area and could possibly contaminate the drinking water eith disease causing radioactive materials which would affect all those persons who rely on Lake Erie for water, not to mention increased lake pollution and resulting harm to all forms of waterlife, and WHEREAS, this Council wishes to make known to the members of the U.

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission its deep concern over the application filed by the Toledo Edison Company to bury radioactive sludge at its Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO:

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That this Council hereby expresses to the f

members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the United States its deep concern over the application of the Toledo Edison Company for permission to bury radioactive sludge on its Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station and strongly urges the Commission to aggressively examine the possible detrimental consequences which could result from the granting of the Toledo Edison request and to conscientiously do all things necessary to protect the interest of all citizens of the State of Ohio.

Section 2.

That the Clerk of Council be and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the Secretary of the U.

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission and to Senators John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum and Congressman Edward Feighan.

Section 3.

This Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, safety and welfare, for the reason stated in the Preamble hereof, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of five or more members of Council and signature of thr

Mayor, otherwise it shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.

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May 19, 1986

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