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I Bodney L. Southwick, Assistant to the j
hansaer for Public laformation, SAN J-i l
T.4DEC& BEAD REACTUK k
M12RL5 Inclosed are mens clips on the Sonoma County Court decision in the Redega Easd caseg and on positive taformaties projects being under-
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appears to be getting aema space and attenties.This peettive activity by
,I Tbs move for hearings by en Assembly Committee te review the California y
P.W.C. review of Sedega Mead is an interesting one and undoubtedly
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W (Continued from Pa:e 1) lighdy... they must be pretty the decision and thatit had "never what has been arJd imm reason to believe it wo ldlthe company is " pleased"
.ccrtain of the problem. They havej(doubted that the permit is valid hereinabove."
u, at any an c;rcemer.t wit!t the AEC." he' and fully operative."
time, take any different cetion."
dcekred. "or they have designed
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The opinion moves'io a critical 7 hose who formed the assocla-the p:rfect phnt."
question of whether the county-tion " knew of the issuance of the gestion of a " prior arrangement which was the point of attack in permit long before it was incor-tee.! des the upcoming hearing on the pknt construction ed."ACC with the AEC is entirely unfound.
the action-could argue the delay porated and their knowledge was point and ' damages to another the knowledge of the cor;nration."
permh-at an unspecified future The company,' he said, "looks party-in this case PG&E.
And none of them did anything drae-tho association is. also atqlferward" to the AEC hearings on temr. ting to renew the fight be the The. legal citations, the judge to " compel the board to set aside
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icre the state's Public L'tilities application for construction said,-cominced him that PG&E's its order" until the action was permission.
Commiss!on over its approval of damages could be brought into the filed, the opinion notes.
the pknt. A decisica on an associ.
, The other Way picture to complete the defense.
As for arguments by Mr. Good,;
in addition,' the judge declared (ale that he could i
ation request for re open!ng the her.rm;s there is expected mo.,other way-a full, scale trial on into any ' sense of security'."If the judgment had go mentarily from the PUC).-
lthe main issues raised in the suitSilas and Mary Darling, Charles ne judge said he isSc'ic.n with the decision and said county would have opened Mons lta e
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the ccanty wil1 be prepared to, day.
lsociation to bring the action, knewclause was related to the pl
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ant fight any appeal of it.
l Judge Gibson's opinion cites the!of the supervisors' Issuance of the
- groposal, Depu ty County Counsci Rob.. essential elements of the defensel permit within a day ci so of the j
ert.Rehberg. 'who conducted the,#bundant!y proved,. county wy he said were! action, he said.
county's successful defense, said And the " record shows conclu-he is " confident we can prevailin{three years between the date of
,First-long delay; more than ively that the board thereafter s
the higher courts."
stood firm ou its four to-one vote, Nodng that the judge,a decision the commencement of this actionthe granting of the use permi was on the fairnen of overturning "Second-much damage would MR-j the use permit at this t;me, Mr.'be suffered as a result of such de Rchberg called that a "vindica'!1ay; the Pacific Gas & Electric
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Supervisors ' in refusing to re openition of the act2on of the Board of Co., relying upo the use permit, has spent over a the pcrmit question.
The board was asked severalitts plant, to the date of the com-fmillion dollars times in the past six months to'mencement of this action.
-7, pull bxk and o public hearmgs. pen the permit tol hen coupled with the delay, ren.
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A PGLE spokesman said todayl, der inequitable the relief sought, w
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i Rohnert Chamber Endorses A-Plant By Staff Correspondent EOIINERT PARK-The Rohnertlic Park," is a " tremendous boon" including the Bodega Bay
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Puk Chamber of Commerce bas,for the County of Sonoma and the endomd derclopment plans at Bo State of Ca!!fornia."
a dega Eay-inckding the plans for; 'We believe," the resolution a r.uclear fueled power plant--as!goes on," that the Bodega Bay n
part of the campaign supporting Atomic Plant will supply the neces-the pr@:t.
,sary electrical power, not Pau! Go!!s, attorney and develdnow but to meet the needs of thevnly oper who says an organization to'f be known as the Association For! uture of northern California."' '
"We believe that the Californ!a Development of Dodega Bay is in State Park, Un!versity of'Califor.
16 formadre staps, cites the revnia Marine Biolo;ical Laboratory oNtian as the form to be prcsonted.the Coast Guard Station, Doran to vr.rious organ;zations for pas 4 Park and all the other' projects sa:c.
lphnned within the area would do The resciution de:!4res belief much for the recreational and tbt the bay development plans,! commercial uses of Bodega Bay. {
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Co.'s proposed controver. him. He said, "I told 1 hem, sial nuclear power plant at if they are so sure of the
' Bodega Head, on the So. results (from hearings) they noma County Coast.
should not object to our look-
' The unanimous decision to ing into it."
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' hold public hearings before Federal geologists current,
an Assembly interim com-ly are examining the earth mittee was made by Rules formations at Bodega Head 1
Committee, following a re-and checking seismic reports quest by Assemblyman Al-from consultants hired by the fred Alquist (Dem. San Jose). PG&E..This summer, the i
He said the inquiry will be. Atomic Energy Comfnission
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will hold a public hearing at The State Public Utilities Santa Rosa on the matter, a
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rejected petitions for.rchear-The utility company has be-ing its approval of a permit gun s!Le preparation. 'The PG&E said the devel-[
for the 325,000 megawatt
.it$.; T plant. Alquist said assembly-opment will improve rather men will question commis-than degrade" the area and I
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sloners and commission staff promised to open it to the I
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public as a " scenic and ree-
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,quist noted that conserva-ny. statement s a i d,'
l tiomst groups are concerned "that when all the facts are j
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over "possible destruction of known to those with any i
the natural scenic beauty of concern about the project;
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. I hate to see this happen to a wilderness area that is so near to San Francisco and can be used by so many peo.
. ple," Alquist declared.
- "I just question whether' this location is absolutely 1
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"I particularly am dis-turbed by the way 1 hey (PG&E) ruined :Morro Bay with their steam plant 'and likewise at' Moss Landing.
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plant depends on proof of the good," Stroube reiterated.1 economy of operation of atom. "that the Nipoma Mesa plant R. R. Gros rk le plants prc:ently scheduled will be atomic.powcred."
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firm's atomic information spe.
The construction projection J. B. Block cialist, told a full house at the to meet populatien expansion June meeting of the Santa Ma. and increased power demands L,/
N. R. Sveherland-ria Chamb,qr.,_gf Commerce in this area calls for a 660,000
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parcel south of Union Oil Co.'s R. H erde s coking plant to be in operation 4
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position to the use of atomic
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scribed the safety factor next J. 5. Moulson
' a.fi to the plane over the period cf
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plant construction was unop.
posed, he said, and the pres.
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from the Berkeley campus of the University of California,,
K. C. Christens en._
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. the production of electricity' E. E. M'onhard constructed at Vallecito in co.'
operation with General Elec.'
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