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Affidavit of Rh Strome (SAPL-25).* Related Info Encl
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Issue date: 03/25/1987
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NEW HAMPSHIRE, STATE OF, PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
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4-Dated: March 25, 1987 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY ~ COMMISSION before the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD 4

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF ) Docket Nos. 50-443-OL NEW HAMPSHIRE, et al. ) 50-444-OL

) Off-site Emergency (Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2) ) Planning Issues

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l AFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD H. STROME (SAPL-25) )

RICHARD H. STROME, being on oath, deposes and says as follows:

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1. I am the Director of the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency (NHCDA).
2. Revision 2 of the New Hampshire Radiological Emergency Response Plan (NHRERP), Volume 26A (Exeter Special Facilities Plans) contained in Attachment A to the Exeter Hospital RERP contains letters of agreement with all three of its designated host facilities. These are Concord Hospital, Catholic Medical Center and Hampstead Hospital.

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3. The categories of patients cited in SAPL Contention No. 25 are " transportation" grouping categories only. The level of care categories contained in all letters of agreement are " medical care" grouping categories which are standard in the medical industry. Hampstead Hospital is not an acute care hospital. By definition, it can only accept Class I patients. This is well understood by healthcare administrators and does not have to be restated in the letter of agreement. Hampstead Hospital can accept 25 Class I patients. Exeter Hospital has a capacity of 10 Class III patients. The following summarizes the number of Exeter Hospital patients the host care facilities have indicated they are willing to provide temporary' shelter for in their letters of agreement.

Intermediate Advanced Ambulatory Care Life Support (Class I) (Class II) (Class III)

Catholic Medical Center ---

20 10 Concord Hospital ---

20 10 Hampstead Hospital 25 --- ---

Totals 25 40 20 As shown above there is an excess capacity for evacuation since Exeter Hospital has a maximum of 80 patients compared to the 85 shelter slots available.

4. The Exeter Hospital RERP (Section II.A.1) assigns i responsibility for overseeing the preparation of patient l

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! census reports, the classification of patients for transport, and the coordination of the patient care, clinical care and support departments to the Director of

-Nursing. The EMS Coordinator is responsible for verifying that patient transportation need assessments.are appropriate for the category of patient, identifying special transportation needs, and contacting designated host facilities to determine.their capabilities.

5. The Exeter Hospital RERP (Section III.D.5.f) designates prioritization, by "transporation" grouping categories, the staffing levels required for each category.

The following is a comparison between " medical care" class,

" transportation" categories and Exeter Hospital patient capacity.

Evacuation Approximate Medical Level Transportation Patient of Care Categories Capacity Class I (Ambulatory) IV 40-50

  • Class II (Intermediate Care) II and III 12-20
  • Class III (Advanced Life Support) I 5-10 *
  • Maximum patient capacity (total of 80)
6.Section III.C.7 to the Exeter Hospital RERP provides for the prioritization of patients for evacuation. This includes allowing for consideration (by medical perronnel) of current medical status, as it applies to patients fa)iing into the categories of (1) Medical / Surgical, (2) Recr,ery Room, and (3) Intensive / Cardiac Care (ICU/CCU) only. The i

l V next revision of the NHRERP will include a-revision that, at L the Site Area Emergency classification, authorities should determine which patients who, by virtue of age or medical condition, will require extraordinary assistance in evacuation.

7. Volume 18A (Hampton Special Facilities Plans) of the NHRERP contains the Seacoast Health Center RERP.

Attachment A,Section II, lists the Maple Leaf Health Care host facilities on Pearl Street, Maple Street, and the Villa 3

Crest Units; all of which are located in Manchester, NH.

f 'All three host facilities have the same owner who has submitted a letter of agreement indiccting the willingness of these three facilities to serve as host facilities for the Seacoast Health Center, a copy of which is attached hereto and marked "A".

8. Volume 26A (Exeter Special Facilities Plans) of the RERP contains both the Eventide Home RERP, and the Goodwin's of Exeter RERP. The Eventide Home host facility is McKerley Health Care Center in Derry, NH. Goodwin's host facility, which is owned by the " Clipper Home Affiliates," is the I

Clipper Home of Wolfboro. A letter of agreement covering all of the above host facilities is appended to their respective RERPs. In the case of Goodwin's of Exeter, it is also owned by Clipper Home-Affiliates; therefore,.a letter of agreement is not required. l l

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9. Volume 5 of the NHRERP contains a letter of agreement with the American National Red Cross. The Regional Assistance Committee (RAC) stated in their August, 1986 reply to NHRERP's Revision 2 that this arrangement was l i

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adequate (A), and replied on page 10 of 134 with the following.

A.3(2) - The Red Cross Letter of Agreement demonstrates an ability to open and staff planned mass care facilities. The Red Cross letter of agreement states that "the American Red Cross will conduct shelter and feeding operations in centers and facilities designated in advance by the New Hampshire Disaster Planning Office, under arrangements worked out among the Disaster Planning Office, the American Red Cross and officials or owners of the buildings."

10. Volume 5 of the NHRERP contains a letter of agreement with the O'Brien Ambulance Company of Beverly, MA, in which they specifically state that they will provide emergency transportation services for an accident at the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. Even if O'Brien were unable to provide assistance at the time of an emergency, for whatever reason, sufficient reserves of ambulances and EMT's are available under agreement to meet anticipated requirements. Each letter of agreement lists the number of ambulance company personnel (i.e., EMTs) available. This number is more than adequate to staff the identified vehicles required.
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11. Volumes 16 through 32 of the NHRERP comprise all'of  ;

1 the 17 New Hampshire Town RERPs. In Section IV of each 1

plan, an attachment to the Transportation Coordinator's (or equivalent town title) provides the individual town i

transportation requirements. Included in each list is a l category entitled "Special Needs" which list those l requirements based on the Special Needs Survey conducted by the State of New. Hampshire (NHCDA).

12. Revision 2 of the NHRERP, Volume 2 (Appendices),

contains in Appendix I (pg. I-3), a summary of transportation resource requirements for all 17 New l Hampshire towns and any special facilities or institutions.

The number of vans required is specified. This table and all 17 local town RERP transportation requirements listings will all be updated to reflect current-information.  !

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13. It is unclear from the contention what the basis which asserts lack of manpower refers to - lack of manpower i

for identifying persons with special needs or lack of l

manpower for assisting mobility impaired persons in an l evacuation. For the former, manpower at the state or local level is not an issue; identification of these people is done by means of a mailed survey conducted by NHCDA. For the latter, the plans make provisions for emergency medical support personnel to provide this assistance. Approximately l 196 such individuals have been identified within the EPZ communities. In addition, NHCDA has written agreements with L

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y ambulance services beyond the EPZ communities which indicate that approximately 130 emergency medical personnel are available to accompany-l ambulances and to provide assistance for mobility imoaired persons. As an - l l

added resource, the N.H. National Guard includes approximately 271 medically l qualified personnel. Our assessment of the number of persons requiring this  ;

type of assistance, based on the NHCDA Special Needs Survey, is approximately 44.

14. Directions with which ambulance drivers can reach affected homes and institutions, are provided to them upon dispatch from the Local Transportation Staging Area, as described in Appendix F to the Rockingham County Sheriff's Department procedure in Volume AB (State Agency Procedures for Seabrook Station) of the NHRERP. They will receive a map to an institution and written directions to individual homes (if required).
15. It is my opinion that the New Hampshire State and local RERPs provide reasonable assurance that the public health and safety will be adequately protected, with respect to those persons whose mobility may be impaired due to such factors as institutional or other confinement.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MERRIMACK, ss. March M , 1987  ;

The above-subscribed Richard H. Strome appeared before me and made oath that he had read the foregoing affidavit and that the statements set forth therein are true and to the best of his knowledge.

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LD4 IRE E2tl'EP. PRISES 130 Silver Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03103 603-669-1810 l

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Seacoast Health Center Inc.

22 Truck Road Hampton, NH 03842-1298 Dear Mr. Trahan.

This letter will confirm the willingness of our Manchester facilities to accept your 107 residents in the event of an evacuation due to Seabrook Station or other emergency. It is understood that you will contact the facilities listed below directly and coordinate your response with the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency .

Facility Administrator Phone Number Maple Leaf Healthcare Rita Miville 669-1660 198 Pearl St.

Manchester Villa Crest Susan Lacourse 622-3262 1276 Hanover St.

Manchester Maple Leaf Inc. Claire Lemire 669-1452 593 Maple St.

Manchester Actual assignment of your residents to each facility will be based on occupancy and beds available at the time of the emergency. It is further understood that if such a transfer should take place, your facility will transport the medica-tions, plans of care and support personnel to care for your residents.

Sincerely, 6tw t a Lemire P sident cc: Richard Strome Director New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency 107 Pleasant St.

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