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March 25, 1987 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION before the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
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In the Matter of
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF
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Docket Nos. 50-443-OL NEW HAMPSHIRE, et al.
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50-444-OL
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Off-site Emergency (Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2) )
Planning Issues
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AFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD H.
STROME (TOH III)
RICHARD H.
STROME, being on oath, deposes-and says as follows:
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I am the Director of the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency (NHCDA).
In response to TOH Revised Contention III, I submit the following repsonses and comment.' to Contention III Items (C) 1.,
(C) 2., (E) and (F) filed 10/31/86 and Item (C) 7.a, filed 11/19/86.
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Item (C) 1.
Volume 5, Revision 2 of the NHRERP contains copies of letters of agreement with 16 towing 97a*o BJI! E8'5h
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Item (C) 2.
This basis references the " FEMA Exercise Assessment," 6/2/86 at p. 46'as indicating that "the state has failed to demonstrate an ability to provide sufficient law enforcement and traffic control personnel to compensate for non-participating towns."
An accurate quote that may be attributed to this page reads:
"During the exercise it was determined that 44 State Police officers would be required to staff all access control points.
This would have exhausted the State Police Troop A resources of the day shift and some of the night shift.
Even with help from other troops,'the force could be seriously depleted and law enforcement possibly impaired."
First, the exercise comment was the regard to State Police access control only, not traffic control.
- Secondly, access control is, in accordance with the plan, a function of the State Police, not local personnel.
Vol.
1, Section 2.6-16 reads "New Hampshire State Police will implement access control."
This page also reads:
" Access control.
also provides security for areas that have been evacuated."
The exercise recommendation with regard to this comment
" FEMA Exercise Assessment," p.47, was to review the staffing
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of access control points and revise "as necessary" to-include arrangements for obtaining' supplementary staffing resources in a timely manner without using second shift personnel on the first shift" (Emphasis added).
Review of the. plans indicate that.no revisions are'necessary and that current procedures are in place to adequately provide access control, based on the following. reasons.
Current State procedures call for NH State Police Troop-A to man access control points with back-up personnel ~
available from Troops from other points of the State; additional assistance is available through the State EOC representative from other State resources.
The National Guard is also available to supplement access control or traffic control points within the communities.
The extensive manpower of the National Guard could essentially provide the bulk of second shift personnel-requirements in this area.
Also, once local jurisdictions are evacuated these local police would be asked to assist with perimeter access control.
Thus adequate personnel are deemed available both for the "immediate" general emergency'and for the escalating and/or continuing type of incident.
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Item (E). Vol.
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3.3-3 states that "[ajt least annually the Director of NHCDA will certify, by letter to FEMA, compliance with the periodic requirements for the-preceding year."
As Volume 6 of the NHRERP, the ETE will be y
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subject to similar scrutiny to which the entire New Hampshire RERP will be subjected.
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Item (F).
Volume 1, pp. 2.3-1, 2 provide detail of the public information program, to include but not limited to:
Posters prepared by NHCDA for display in public places and state lands; Emergency public information in plume EPZ telephone books; Public information flyers provided to hotels, motels, roominghouses, restaurants, schools, camps, health care facilities, parks and state forests.
The stated purpose of this program is "to inform the public of the existence of emergency plans and procedures which they should follow in the event of an emergency at a nuclear power plant.
. designated to deliver emergency planning information to all relevant segments of the public."
Included within this program are descriptions of host reception facilities, evacuation routes and appropriate procedures.
In addition, Volume 4, Appendix G, provides copies of the emergency broadcast messages to be aired following such an incident.
The EBS message to be utilized to initiate precautionary closing of the beaches instructs persons on the beach and state park areas in Seabrook and Hampton to
" leave the area immediately".
Emergency announcements advising persons to-evacuate provide information regarding services available at reception centers and to which -
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t locations particular areas should evacuate.
There is, however, no mandatory requirement that citizens report to a specific reception center in order to obtain public assistance.
Strip maps are being developed for bus routes and special facilities.
The maps will be stored at the local EOCs and state staging areas.
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Item (C) 7.a There are neither provisions nor a requirement within the NHRERP for traffic or access control personnel to question each individual driver.
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For the above reasons, it is my opinion that:
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The NHRERP adequately provides for agreements with towing companies in order to keep roadways clear of impediments; b.
Traffic control point measures will be adequate to support an evacuation; c.
The ETE, as an element of the NHRERP, will be periodically reviewed, and updated as necessary; d.
An adequate public iformation program is included within the plans to inform the transient population of appropriate response actions; e.
Strip maps will be available for storage at the local EOCs and state staging areas to assist emergency vehicle drivers in completing their routes; and - - - -
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The NHRERP contains neither provisions nor is there a reouirement for TCP managers to "ouestion each driver."
Ricnard H. Strome l
STATE Or PEW HAPPSHIRE ~
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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 therin are true to the best of his knowledge.
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