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Marvin M. Mann, Assistant Director, Compliance, February 26, 1960 Division of Inspection, Esadquarters R. W. Smith, Director, Inspection Division, San Francisco Operations Office CITIZEN'S CONFLAINT C(MCIEDING FACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC CONFANY, 500EGA BAY, CALIF 0ENIA SIMBOL: 1:EWS Eaclosed is a letter from a Mrs. Rose S. Gaffney, Bodega Bay, California, raising some rather interesting questions concerning PG84's alleged plans for 'a reactor at Bodega Bay.
Our siisht delay in referring this matter to you was causs.d by' our contemplation of answering this letter. locally (following a telephone conversation with Pete Morris on February 11). However, in developing a contemplated reply (in conjunction with SAN yublic Information Office) I basan to feel that this might Accordingly, possiblybeabitsticyforustohandlelocally.
I withheld answering it until Pete's arrival this week.
Pete j
and I now feel after considering the matter further that any reply to Mrs. Gaffney's letter shon1d more appropriately be handled by DL&1.
1 I as therefore enclosing Mrs. Gaffney's letter with the request As that you refer the matter to EL&R for appropriate reply.
you will note I have written to Mrs. Gaffney along this line ac.d I.am enclosing copies of my 1stter for your information.
Enclosures:
- 1. Ler. fr Mrs. Rose 8. Caffney dated February 9, 1960 (trip.)
- 2. Ltr. fr R. W. Smith dated February 26,1960 (dup.)
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Also,when cI weh t to see Rountree,Mr( 7 ) Linton of the ;te.tra Landa Comminnion was pre sen t. When Rountree asked Linton if there were nny other leases pending like the on presen ted.. Lin ton said "Y-> ;in i,<.ke County and at MORHO BAY. "..
I could Eo on an d on an d on... why'this whole deal a t in ks., and W.y it neelds inv* stigation... I am writine, you.b" cause I understand that vou are to huold an inquiry into PG&E pr ctices at Eureka;they didn 't me et certain re-qukre-men ta..a' l I am wri ting ~ you in I bel ieve you a re ypointed ".nd not pib11tice.1)y ele cted,.... nor politically involvad., nor wish to be involvad politic ily, are impartial..even thout,h you u; ave PGAE the r,reen 11,*h t.. vou didn't know what was behind it.
or thst yu might 1:rcome involved...; Nweve r.. I find green li ht here., peopla tra l ookin6 saksnce since you did Sive PG&E the 6
at the A E C o f which you are one.... whether you know c our busine s s.. 4t,q Jhere is some evid-nce that the PGAE has used i ts powr ra o f condemnat9 m to acouire lands which it did not need fo r po we r ou rno e p.. but, f'or the 4.w r-
! giose of acquiring choice realestate a t, con fid e t t,o ry pricca.. We d o.u. u.e that PG&E used presnure to get Stroh to sell out...
~n d they d id file condemn ation. pro cee din 6a against me for the ir use s,.. + ore than they needed.. but there.was such a furore against their acnu$ rinv Bodega Heada 1
and obliterating the lands cape with the ir mon s tros i ty, the t they d ropped the proceedin6e against me whan t, hey acquired the Stroh prope rty.. and they g t that by pressurinr him.. a s to ry too lon e to de tail here...
Of course I ade rnatand that you couldn ' t raally re use y our pe rmis s ion *t h without good Iv ason..
but did you really C' t"a full acensure of in formatio!;
all the in fomation so you coul ' really give an adaque reaaon fo r gran tin e permission ? I think a public statement from th-A E C why it is safe to guild on Bode ga Hesds.. why.. an assurance that you re aU." looked in to hth matter would be most reassurinc. to the publ i c... that you hsd definite an d o
re sl re ason a for allowine PPR to come in here.. und not. csuse you wert alon6 because everyone el se did..o r be cause you are yew- =re b ing presowced as pe r following... an e xtrnet, from....
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$ rom POLITICS /4 D GOVE.EK.NT IF CALIC0itrI A..by Eem ard L Hyink.. 'rdPT o f Pol itic121 Science.. Un ive rs i ty o f So Cal i f ( 2 ) Sey om B ro wn, Dep t o f Gen e rsi Studies..
American Civil.1zation. Univ o f So. California (and ) ( 3 ) Erne s t W Thawke r..
docial Sci-need Division,Los ;%ci ' c Vr.11 y Co31
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NO:teb o r the thorniest ves,tiges Califomia has retained from tha Mexican per-iodLis its opmplicated ~11ti6ations ovar conflicting Innd grants.Individ-uals and often en tirm municipalities have tum'ed up old grants by.the Span-ish crown or the Mexican national Govemment.whose authenticity are difficul q to validate,Since the American authorities promised when they assumed o l
l control of Califomia that they would honor all existing rights,0slifomia
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Courts have frequently been faced with conflicting claimo o f possesalon iWhg involvingprivate parties and Bovemmental jurisdictions over old mission lands and ranchos,especially where the lands contain valuable mineral d--
posits or water"...
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.g e Four I.Y COnGZY.. Ihis is exactly wh a t Cal i fo m i a id doin.... c121.nin.r water-cron t rights she 'm o ws she. lon t own,but is.
cmok.. msking o f the di"feren t 1 partme ntn (71sh* e t 3r... in ;d to. o m, Ly hook o r by eun-F to) even th e A-C A E C unwittin6 sn ! unwillinc ( if thay dor. t pl.y pol itica with the, 1
state they osn lose their jobs )psvna in thin 1 C-r,rsh b;-
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C il i cornin.. t.o obtainits ends,1 twfu113 or un1 "/vfu11y... Cu" firs t world war was fought over a treaty with Belgium... Here"s crap %11 ro f paper Wich vermsny,repu linted i
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e"inc t ita "t %1naiom pledgu to l
t':- United States when it joine.1 the Un ion..
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Jon e. titu t ion.. and the U 3 "lon has the pow r ta tv n"
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the Constitutions richto sr. un an tae 1 to u 4 citizans a t su ' 1 'itin,. thea Ir >nty o rthe United Stat-a of uvarics...
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! la ~ the A r., e a v1111n 4 co-p5tner in t'. i o... o r m un wi t tin.r accessory ?
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i Is it any wonder when our collee;- ntud nta val thir k i r. ' o * " book-les'n ig; j th*y h sve no respe ct for out inva md beconra delincuin ts ? Cr la l
mple of higher-ups who set tne exsmple ud uske then deli 1quen t 2 it the ex- )
e COT e, a0X CH4PTst TWD.. en 1 o f firs t p..rac.. aph., p t.ee 12..
ot ver much of our prosent d ty. law c in be tr'ce:1 di. " u tly back to Cal f G i fo:nia{c Lstin %nerican ers ;howevar,with t$m 1 an i r,rsn t arran6* men ts and possibly our ju li ci tiexception of aome of our tructu +." end 'o r u o te.
- y com n t.. Cne h aa only to pic. up s 1sw bool. o r neart d,t... and see j
the d letions.. r.ull ifying o11 prece kn ta,reansortin g th"m in to new cate-i co ries whe re they lose their streneth or applic thility.. o.o find the e sources o f our dis res pect for all
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- u - ati on o " th-olo ical s truc ture upon w'. ich '.h" pl,n t vould be built ? th ~ t *S4 por 3 U 111 ti' s w r oi its destruct-ior, by 'm -a rthquake and probabl e r sulta ?.;f f c tn (out o.8 your authority.. l of radiation o' the surrour d in
-ta te ra ? Poll u tion ?I P sbch pollution shoQld accur.. tas in Ore ron ) would the r' b.E b compellei to stop operations ?
(wouldn ' t th u t be a de te rren t
'.o PM ? )
fas it re-(11y PaAE's idea of comin.: in hera ori gin tily,cr did the State brin 6 P",AE in here to punish a community which rafuee i to.ive up private property ri <i.h t s
<t he r in s is t-n c s. Therr i s nome evi9nce of this.. Fred M etch-r, fo rtre r Pr-es Democra t repo rte r,in a publ. ic a t it mo t,nald our l ate (retired )Beacn"s stirka haad o" scquinition dir oto.. Hol d out to P V E fi f teen yeara :tr,o ( wh n we first an ne ctedou r ri hta to our waterfrontaga) t l
Ce rtainly this is s mattar for deep investigation...
%n the a Or will it be a pawn in s c.tmo that.. w-111 itussia at this rate,doesn t E C do it?
have to come over here and tske un.. she 's al re ady c ap tu r~ d us...
Maybe thin in all beyond your juria liction.. but I hop.- it.:iv"a you'aom %
thing to think about..
ara you an ace asory or no t.. Fre dom fo r < o u,, hrd job with p& stisp., but that's their worry.. not min * ?
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-era it is.. On A L 0 civ-h; p iilic 9 a t atw.a n *, thw t wil' thstthey acted impabtilly ? Ir t's h :v" r wa s u re ust. h e
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. l Mrs Hose 3 Suf fney Dr Itichard Smith Bodep;a Bay,411romia San Francisco Megional Office l
Atomic Ehergy Commission februsry 9th,1960 518 - 17th Street l Cakland,Califemia l
. My dear' Dr '8mith...It was, with epic constern ttion and dism4y that the l
opponents of PGAE's pro Heads loamed of your-posed. atomic powar plant to.b locat-d on Bode 6e A E C's a-acquiecuence to the PGAE Companys pro ject... The ' thousands o f. names Bodega Heads ;the hundreds of lette rs asigned againct. P1AE'S acquisition of columns, project and the. hundads more ppaarin. inthat never appc4rr.l.in
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p tpe rs ing t,he the locs] p spe rs p ro te s t -
tr eaune back ento it's feetthe local p per in PvE controlle d...P1AE nut th~ pupt r when it, was on the 've rge of b8nkruptcy...som yeara :yx P I have a le tter from - the wife of a form-r surveyor. for thCPG'E company.. pig wife could. tell me now,since her husband was dead. ~ At s dinner given the employees by _ the. PGAF. Company last February., : thin.. surveyor.. evid asked for the job of; surveying the Bode 6a Headn' this friend would. be near her family in Sonoma' pro jact.,
could visit.. E wa Cour ty ; w h <d mutu al friends we could visit... Tha surveyor died in April,be rore th.
needed surveying.,but the P%E engineers deemed P%Es project on Bodega Heads impractible because it M the Sun Andreas earthquake fault projec itself above the sea.. where visibility.. the only granite outcropping est of the Sierra Nevada Mts You should know better than I what that could mean..
li al ready happened at the atomic power plants in Orogon.. the escapage of wh it wi th trhat has
'radintion upon 6rasses the c A t tle what happened in En61and? Did PG4E havefed upon ; radis tion efTe e ts,e te... And t to have the oth*r sites it could chooseornia coastland for a power site, Wen it admitt=d that it 8 or 10
, s the most prominen t coastal ha a 11nnd likefrom? As a multimilli,on doll-tr p1 n t pl e ted j ' it to show th ir power and domimtnoe t s billboard,was it neceanary,or ia When they can come in to a pe rson 's houa~..
us they came to n.. and tell you a ven b9 fo re vo u e 4n t w '<e r5 eta but and nv
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- h a t-powers of conder:riation are c;reater thun 1sn't that'the thyt of the Stata i
o Cali fom ia same as sticking a gun. in to y ou; ribs and tellin ; you we$
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a le tte r, and the ir le tte r-he ad con tain s the n sm"and at our prica ? Yhan they - writa you sttomeys permanently employed., is that for purposes o r intimidationand adrasses o isn 't it ?
or When therw is de fin ite ' collusion' o f" payola"...
isid claim to in this..
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.j the tidelands of ' Dodega B&y,but has never p.
tidelands,be cause roved title to those' it can(bsolutely no questio ~t..' Bodega Bay was part and p Mexican 6 rant;there in' a n of. it's vali.ity,and so no
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Coun ty and State to fo rce r us to ack-i, nowledge the State's ownership,would take too much time and npace here.. I can only say that if you and I were 6
to try some' of that trickery we would
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1'and.in ' jail so fas -.it wouldn ' t be funny... An e xampl e.. we shall pay K al for t,he tidelunds.. and. to. psy. ren tal is ' to acknowtedse we don ' t o wn i We forward plans ' to build and use our waterfront 26e as per tre law pertal in6 to riparian r1 hts,e6ghts of coperoo an.1 n tvigation,Mecican 6rsnts 6
ri hts and public 1,nds.. nny we dan... but th e itat-s sys--thr6 ugh the c 6
the plan s are oksy ed by, the Unite d State s~ Army M. inevra Corps..
but we i to have the ' Coun ty Flannin e Commission's cona+nt.. Th - co un ty n ays.. ye s c pinn s are okay,bu t you. h a ve to pay u s re n t fo r th~ buil d in g, a s i t sits om the. tidel und... (our tidriand).You cn't build unlesse you pay wnt.. If G ren t we acletowle dca dor t own no t only thf 1 v: : v build on,bu we
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g provement w build en well. Ian t that blackmail ?
And -it's even r;otten worse than that the pas t few nor th.:... !'ow its lika rht County has been promised m lo"n of h ti r a a1311on to improve the wats f ron t. They a6ree w own above the menn tide l in... the county will impre our waterfront,but we must pay the money b9ck,plua ir t.. re a t, pl u s ren t...
when it is s11 payed o ff,.he Coun ty(or Stste ) takes over..
If that wouldn't innd un in jsil na fast as shootin.: noaaon e.. - sho w me. $
noma Coun ty could have been col.lectine tsxe s for the psnt, ten yesrc on h9 a million dollars worth o
- wate rfront improvements only for the claims of
$he State uni Jounty,which they have made no ef forts to prore..
i Fow to tie in PG'E's payola.
end I anticipated it ss long a6o as laat when I got one of my 1cttara printed in the p per.. that PGd E wottid ge t i
to this deal,as the hero,.payin6 the county's r-ntal char 6es for the water
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"ront in their effort to prove their owne rship to ua..
. surely,1f rG&E p1 rental for the wa te rfrontve,it prove s that the itata' !/US? own i t,or PGE l
wouldn ' T pay it ! ).. an d that is e xactly wha't.has happened.. In the paper.g giving their reasona for giving PG&E a permit to buil ! or P.odern Hea1s..e j
find,thst siong with the A E C's acquiescence,that P%.<
HAS agreed to pa j
the County (State ) a rants 1 for the waterfrontnce o
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All this can be verified.....
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by more than one.. and it shoul d b" inves tieted.. thst the i
State did the %me thin g 'at Morro Bay... Thi 'Coun ty tol.1 the waterfront @
owners the State owned the waterfron t; they would sen t it from the State e a ve ry re ason able T16ure,be cause the county would save th" 5 tate the expa of co11ectin6 the re n t al s.. and it worked lik. a chsem.
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much no,that when the coun*.y tol d tbone swe witarfront w m th y. :li r l' 9.,,
'o wate rfron ta6e t. hey we m p ty in g a ren tal for,they bought it.. paid for i Then along comes the State,aays that it was state property, snd the coun ty
' to r1 ht to sell it. In the en suing fracas.. PGAR stepa. in. say s.. Look.
6 I'll buy it.. psy you for it.. PGAE will take the chance of losing it to i
State...
This parallels the state of affairs he a...
except that PGAE couldn' t persunde us that the State owned it.
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p I do know thin.. The original leases which the county tried by f also p rom
.v,thmats and pressum'f o sign... I took these,with Atty liowners consen t.. b ac t
i l-l h one of his deputies.. We went throu6h the laase pra6r' ph by para 6raph,.. <
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[ $" kthe deputy,Walte r Rountree, admitted we N
got no bene' fit from the lease.. nnt when I asked him.. Isn' t' a contract which isn ' t si ned for the mutual benc 6
'io r bo th pa rtie s, s fraud an d a s win dle.. Roun tree couldn ' t say NO.
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The ques tion wi th PGAE is.. Would the Coun ty hsv" 61V' n P:ME s pe rmit to build the ir pi nn t on Bode ga He sda,1 f PG&E h ad re fuse d to psy the rental th:
the coun ty asked ? Isn ' t that.. or wouldn ' t tha t.. c o <t-totier the heading a payol a de al ?
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Dear Mrse caffney:
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P asuned by the Fasific Gee and Electrie Company for the Bodega Bay areas
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'stase.msny,of the. questiana you raid esseera pliotes M PW= handled by the Comadssion's Headquartersiin ~
Washtaston'D.C.. I have takaa the liberty off.forwardiais spour latter to ear.Washingten Reedquarters for reply.
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