ML20213F524
| ML20213F524 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 11/06/1986 |
| From: | Cumming W Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| To: | SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY |
| References | |
| CON-#486-1489 OL-5, NUDOCS 8611140252 | |
| Download: ML20213F524 (12) | |
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'86 NOV 10 P4 :47 Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
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LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY
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Docket No. 50-322-OL-5
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FEMA SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO SUFFOLK COUNTY'S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES TO FEMA I.
FEMA hereby supplements its October 30th response wit ~n additional materials not available as of October 30th.
They include the following:
(1) Letter dated October 9, 1986, from James J. Gerardi to Samuel J. Chilk (2) Letter dated October 1, 1986 from Wilhelmina DiMartino to President Ronald Reagan.
(3) Background information on Yvonne C. Pufahl, GAO Evaluator.
(4) Background information on William J. Stokes, Managing Associate, Theodore Barry & Associates.
These materials are responsive to several numbered interrogatories.
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FEMA supplements its answer to Interrogatory # 8 by stating that Cou.sel for FEMA has been informed by a representative of the General n
Accounting Office that a separate investigation and report on Shoreham is being prepared for that organization for the Honorable Alfonse M. D'Amato, United States Senator.
Respectfully submitted, William R. Cumming Counsel for FEMA Dated at Washington, D.C.
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District and I are anxious to clarify any possible misunderstandings which may have resulted f rom plans submitted by the Long Island Lighting company regarding emergency action to be taken in the event of a radiological accident at the Shoreham 9
nuclear power plant.
This school district has never adopted or agreed to implement any emergency plan to respond to such an accident.
To our knowledge, there is no school district in Suf folk County which has adopted such a plan.
We find it incredulous that you have believed and accepted LILCO's cl aims that the following conditions are in effect for all school districts within Shoreham's ten-mile " emergency planning zone":
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preparedness is adequate to protect school children in the event of a Shoreham accident; 2.
during such an accident, school bus drivers would be available to drive children home or to evacuate them; 3.
teachers and other school personnel and officials would:
(a) remain in school, inside the emergency planning zone, to supervise children during an early dismissal or while they attempt to shelter f rom rz 31ation; 10 Zl c.. R t 8'h
The Bonorable Samuel J.
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(b) accompany children to buses which would take them through the emergency planning zone to evacuation centers to be located substantial distances awry from schools; (c) r emain with children to supervise them in eva :ua cion centers, and (d) even drive school buses through the emergency planning zone as part of an early dismissal or an evacuation of schools.
At its meeting last night, the Board of Education adopted a very brief but cogent resolution which we urge that you take very seriously as you censider any plans to allow LILCO to proceed with its Shoreham project.
The resolution r,eads as follows:
RESOLVED, that until such time that the State of New York and the County of Suffolk adopt and approve an implementable emergency response plan for an emergency at the Shoreham nuclear power station, the South Country Board of Education concludes that no operating licen e should be granted to LILCO for the Shoreham plant Le] that low power testing should also be prohibited.
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ames J. Gerardi uperintendent of Schools
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Copies of th'e 51etter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from the South Countly School District were sent to:
The following legislators:
S.C. Executive Peter Cohalan Congressman William Carney Congressman Thomas Downey Congressman Robert Mrazek Senator Owen Johnson Senator James Lack Senator Kenneth LaValle Senator Caesar Trunzo Assemblyman Thomas Barraga Assemblyman John Behan Assemblyman I. William Bianchi Assemblyman Robert Gaffney Assemblyman Paul Harenberg Assemblyman Clarence Rappleyea Assemblywoman Toni Rettaliata Assemblyman Joseph Sawicki All Suffolk County School Districts Federal Emergency Management Agency l
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Bcx 23 Remsenburg, N.Y. 11960 Oct. 1, 1986 President Ronald Reagan The White House Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I attended the hearing conducted at River-head, by the three Judges representing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, on the sub-ject of licensing Shoreham.
Mr. President, you are our last best hope of preventing Shoreham from opening.
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listening to the pleas, I had to write and give my thoughts and feelings about the hearing and the reaction of so many of the residents of Long Island.
Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of this matter.
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CRIES FROM THE HEART The Countdown is over.
The three day hearing held last week by the three Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing panel judges, to deter-mine whether the residents of L. I. felt that the "pager evacuation drill" held by LILCO last February could adaquately protect them, has ended.
The people came by the hundreds, there was standing room only thru the many long hours of the hearings.
Over 300 people signed up to speak but only 90 individuals had the opportunity to voice their concern.
Many elected officials from Nassau and Suffolk counties spoke eloquently against Shoreham opening, but it was the average, citizen who begged, pleaded, implored with their " cries from the heart" to not let Shoreham open, that were the most moving.
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expressed anger, fear, frustration and most of all, hopelessness.
The feeling was "why has it taken so long?"We have fought for so many years against Shoreham opening, but all of our pleas seem to fall on deaf ears.
Why can't the NRC or the Federal government hear what we are saying.
There were the old and the young, rich and poor-parents, teachers, school administrators, - those who i
l spoke for the handicapped, patients in hospitals, in nursing homes, the blind, - for all of these,who would care for them?
i I think the feeling of hopelessness was the most significant emotion expressed.
As Rep. Behan told the beard " Government should be our advocate, not our enemy.
Our regulatory system, if Shoreham is to serve as an example, has been transformed from one protecting the people from special interests to one protecting the special interest from the people.
Another persuasive voice was that of Frank Petrone, former regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who resigned in a dispute over his evaluation of the February drill of the Shoreham,
He said that Shoreham should not be licensed for commercial operation because the test could only conclude that the state of emergency preparedness for Shoreham was virtually non-existent in light of NRC's own regulations and standards.
I Now that the Nassau Coliseum is no longer available as an evacuation center-the schools are not available for congregate centers - the Red Cross has gone on record that they would not be available in the event of a radio-active accident-the radio stations would not parti-cipate - the school bus drivers could not be depended upon to answer j
the call, each would be concerned with their own personal responsi-bilities.
How would an evacuation be possible?
In response, LILC0 assures the L.I. residents that as many as 130,00 evacuees would be directed to their L.I. facilities-one in Bellmore, one in Roc 1yn, and one in Hicksville.
Which 130 000 would be directed and how would they reach these centers?
Ehat would happen to the people left behind, the balance of the 146 million residents.
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It seems to me that to CRIES FROM THE HEART -
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accident appears to negate the claims c panacea for allevaluating nuclear industry representatives that thof both Soviet an active release was as low as one cha 1
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.. reactors with early cc,ntainment failureincludin uninhabitable and result in tens of billions of dollousands of squa,re mile necessitate clean-up costs.
dont at existing nuclear plants caThe study also c designed, built or operated, the ars in property leases and chance of a serious nuclear acci matter hcw built in urban areas that are essenticbvious lesson sell nnot be reduced to zero. Another c ear plants should not be ally impossible to evacuate.
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they felt that in the event of a nu lThe State and County kind would be impossible because of c ear accident evacuation of any e
congestion on the roads.
The discussion of a feasible evacuati surrounded on three sides by water is asite of Shore miles long, going west you run into NYC opulated area on an Island The charade.
the Atlantic Ocean. Goin The Island is 110 of wat Occan.er on the north,g north or south you also dead-end at a the L The famous or " infamous.I. Sound and on the south, the Atl time) ends at Riverhead
" LIE 60 miles form (grid-locked for long periods of Fork by Montarukdivided into two forks,the North F antic N.Y ork serv.C., there the Island is Atlantic Ocean. Highway, both two lane roads that dead e diced by considered.
With such a Please listen to the " cries from our hscenario how can an eva n
at the tho hopelessness that we feel a fearful thing.
Restore our.
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earts" and dispel and for the people.us believe again that this is a government faith in the Democratic process and l tTo be w DON'T LET SHOREHAM OPEN!
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Wilhelmina DiMartino Oct. 1, 1986 A
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4 Background Information:
- 1) Name:
Yvonne C. Pufahl
- 3) Former Business Address:
U. S. General Accounting Office 441 G Street, NW Washington, D.C.
Curmntly on assignment:
Federal Emergency Management Agency 500 C Street, SW Washington, D.C.
20472
- 4) Present Employer: U. S. General Accounting Office
- 5) Title / Position: Evaluator
- 6) Areas of Responsibility: Performs evaluation work, as assigned
- 7) Business, professional or other relationship with FDiA, NRC or LIILO:
No relationship to any of these parties except as it relates to an evaluation requested by Senator Moynihan or
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Background Infotiation:
- 1) Name:
William J. Stokes
- 2) ForTner Business Address:
neodore Barry & Associates 1520 Wilshire Boulevard Ios Angeles, California 90017 3 ) Former Title / Position: Managing Associate
[ Project Manager for the FEMA - E&A Contract]
- 4) Areas of Responsibility: Project management or technical participation in various projects depending on the project scope, duration and specific circumstances of the required tasks.
- 5) Current Employer: Stokes-Sines & Associates ne conpany is a consulting firm in the area of technical engineering management.
- 6) Current Address:
590 Ygnacio, Suite 200 Walnut Creek, California 945 %
- 7) Current Title / Position: Conpany Officer
- 8) Current Areas of Responsibility: As Canpany officer, he has responsibi-lities for company management, client development and client consulting.
- 9) Business, professional or other relationship with FEMA, NRC or LIILO:
FEMA - was TB & A project manager for the TB & A - FDM contract related to the Shorehan exercise No direct relationship.
NRC LIIf0 - No direct relationship.
NOTE: A couple of years ago, Theodore Barry and Associates, under contract to the New York Power Ccmnission, perfotTned an audit of LIILO, with results that were critical of LIILO and cost the utility $1.3 billion. However, Mr. Stokes was not associated with that contract or audit.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
'86 NOV 10 P4 :47 BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD CFF.; -
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LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY
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Docket No. 50-322-OL-5
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of " FEMA SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO SUFFOLK COUNTY'S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES TO FEMA" in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class, this 6th day of November, 1986:
John H. Frye, III, Chairman Fabian G. Palomino, Esq.
Administrative Judge Special Counsel to the Governor Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Executive Chamber U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission State Capitol Washington, D.C.
20555 Albany, NY 12224 Oscar H. Paris W. Taylor Reveley III, Esq.
Administrative Judge Hunton & Williams Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 707 East Main Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 1535 Washington, D.C.
20555 Richmond, VA 23212 Frederick J. Shon Jonathan D. Feinberg, Esq.
Administrative Judge New York State Department of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Public Service U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Three Empire State Plaza Washington, D.C.
20555 Albany, NY 12223
. i Stephen B. Latbam, Esq.
John F. Shea', MI, Esq.
Herbert H.. Brown, Esq.
Twomey, Latham*& Shea Lawrence Coe Lanpher, Esq.
Attorneys at Law Karla J. Letsche, Esq.
P.O. Box 398 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart 33 West Second Street 1900 M Street, N.W.
Riverhead, NY 11901 8th Floor Washington, D.C.
20036 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Joel Blun, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Director, Utility Intervention Washington, D.C.
20555 NY State Consumer Protection Board Sulte 1020 Atomic Safety and Licensing 99 Washington Avenue Appeal Board Panel Albany, NY 12210 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Dr. Monroe Schneider North Shore Committee P.O. Box 231 Docketing and Service Section Wading River, NY 11792 Office of the Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Philip H. McIntire Washington, D.C.
20555 Federal Emergency Management Agency 26 Federal Plaza Spence Perry, Esq.**
New York, New York 10278 General Counsel, Rm. 840 Federal Emergency Management Agency 500 C Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
20472 Robert Abrams, Esq.
Attorney General of the State Gerald C. Crotty, Esq.
of New York Ben Wiles, Esq.
Attn: Peter Blenstock, Esq.
Counsel to the Governor Department of Law Executive Chamber State of New York State Capitol Two World Trade Center Albany, NY 12224 Room 46-14 New York, NY 10047 Anthony F. Earley, Jr., Esq.
MHB Technical Associates General Counsel 1723 Hamilton Avenue Long' Island Lighting Company Suite K 250 Old County Road San Jose, CA 95125 Mineola, NY 11501 Hon. Peter Cohalan Martin Bradley Ashare, Esq.
Suffolk County Executive Suffolk County Attorney t
County Executive / Legislative Bldg.
H. Lee Dennison Building Veteran's Memorial Highway Veteran's Memorial Highway Hauppauge, NY 11788 Hauppauge, NY 11788
s Mr. Jay DunR1eberger Ms. Nora Bredes New York Stale;fnergy Office Shoreham Opponents Coalition AgencyBuildini2 195 East Main Street Empire State Plaza Smithtown, NY 11787 Albany, New York 12223 Chris Nolin Mr. Robert Hoffmnan New York State Assembly Ms. Susan Rosenfeld Energy Committee Ms. Sharlene Sherwin 626 Legislative Office Building P.O. Box 1355 Albany, NY 12248 Massapequa, NY 11758 Brookhaven Town Attorney Bernard M. Bordenick, Esq.
475 E. Main Street Maryland National Bank Building Patchogue, NY 11772 Rm. 9604 Washington, DC 20555 f,
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