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I 'N"'THEMN CALiMOM.NIA AddvCAAT; {f TO b 4 SERVE BODEGA HEAD AND HAb. ** ) f-2820 Telegraph Avenue, Barkeley.5, wiif. Tel: TH 1-6399 (Arsa. Code 415). 2 PRESS RELEASE FOR RELEASE P.M's Wednesday, January.. 29, 1964 San Francisco (Jan 29)--- The< prolonged controversy-at Bodega Bay-moved i into a new, more vigorous phase today at aL1964 " kick 'off" press conference by the Northern California. Association to Preserve Bodega Head and Harbor. '] Robert Gerdes, the president.of PG&E,_was told in a letter released. ) here to the press that he inherited an " atomic albatross" from his pre-I - decessor, but that he bore full. responsibility for the utility's continuing troubles. "Such a mistake," the ' letter said, "can only bel corrected-- it cannot - be camouflaged by redoubled effort in the public relations' department.' The Association also released a 100-page collection of newspaper clip- .j pings sketching the background of what has been described as "the bitterest. controversy in PG&E's ill-year histor:,r." The group said that the document " leaves no further doubt of our determination...to carry the fight as far as necessary to prevent constr-uction-of the plant." l "PG&E is. attempting to ' stiff arm' approval of the project rough the California Supreme Court and the Atomic Energy Commission," said David Pesonen, Executive Secretary of the'1800-member Association, headquarter at 2820 Telegraph Avenue in. Berkeley. Pesonen charged that the utility "hes been. trading on the public's: l trust and lack of political focus in one of the most cynically conceived projects in the history of Northern California. Their strategy has been-to outlast public ill-feeling over power 11nes, power plants and advertising l l power plays by rolling with the punches until people cave from exhaustion." But he noted that the booklet, "The Battle of Bodega Bay" shows that "an l
- r. formed citizenry can muster enormous staying power."
Gerdes was told in the letter that thq Association plans a "compre- . hensive and decisive case" before the California Public Utilities Commission if it wins its current case in the State Supreme Court. (The Court will l' hear oral argument from lawyers for PG&E and the Association'in San ' Francisco on February 4th ) And, said Pesonen, "we are prepared to make 1) an equally thorough presentation before the AEC." g;;, y 0 Y 1 4 / i
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] The year 1964 promises to be a decisive.one-in ) re' solving the prolonged controversy'over'your company's 1 w.n Penn en. ;,. plans to construct a nuclear power generator at Bodega J Thomos Porkinson head. You must De aWSTe Dy noW that our. Association .f xenneth me.,oth ' will exert its fullest influence on the outcome..It
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is unfortunate that we failed to make this purpose- ] clear during the meeting in your office last July. ~ Enclosed is our latest publication, "The' Battle-of David E. Pesonen smutinsureraryBodega Bay," reviewing the ' history of this affair, which leaves no further doubt'of our determination. I On February 4th we;shall proceed with oral argu-ment before the California Supreme Court. Many in-dependent observers feel that the issues raised in our' petition for writ of review are of sufficient weight to-persuade the court to remand the matter back to the California Public Utilities Commission. You can be assured that in that event we are prepared to present a comprehensive and decisive' case before the Commission. In the unlikely event that the' Supreme Court chooses not to enter this thicket, however, hearings before the Atomic Energy Commission are still forthcoming...The l ! AEC is known to have been favorably disposed toward,your l ' company's application, at least until receipt of the j'j latest geclogical report from the Department'of the i Interior. But we are prepared to present an equally decisive argument before that Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, i It must be abundantly clear by now that the choice of Bodega Head was a mistake. Nucleonics magazine dpotes your company's vice-president itobert Gros as saying that "this is the most difficult ( problem PG&E has faced in my 27 years." public relations Time magazine describes the issue as "the bitterest controversy in 470&E'efill-yearhistory."
Purpose:
To work for preservation of the scen c ond histone headlands of Bodego Boy and to insure the ecolog. col integnty of the surrounding morene environment. A California Nors-probt Corporanon l, ):
1 Gardas-PG&E/1-( 64 f We realize that full responsibility for the company's dif-ficulty does not rest on your shoulders. Much of it evolved Never-during the reign of your late predecessor, Mr. Sutherland. theless, the responsibility for prolonging this situation must lie with your office. How much longer will the matter have to be dragged out? The answer lies entirely with you. At this juncture there should be no mistake that the Northern California Association to Preserve Bodega Head and Harbor is prepared to carry the fight as We re-far as necessary to prevent construction of the plant. spectfully submit, however, that such a painful, costly, and tiresome course of event s is unnecessary. If the company were to choose a less scenic site off an earthquake fault or were to pnraue alternative soures of power, you would receive the active support of this organization. Common sense suggests that the only solution is the choice of some alternative to Bodega Head. For contrast, review the matter as it has been assessed by your staff. The staff has It has consistently underestimated the vigor of the opposition. consistently underestimated the merit of the opposition's legal It has misread the depth and breadth of public feeling. arguments. It has consistently overestimated the technical feasibility of the site. And it has consistently overestimated the company's power to intimidate the press, the Public Utilities Commission and other public officials. The damage from further extenuation of the Bodega controversy to the company's once enormous prestige and reputation will be The uestion has arisen not only immeasurable but irreparable."Have they lost their heads?q' The company's in the ctreets: public relations have taken a savage and defensive turn. The public trust on which the company has traded for so long in the Bodega affair and in other matters is nearly exhausted. The better part of corporate wisdom dictates that some residuum of ) l this trust be left on account. l 1 The reasons given by the company for not abandoning the l Bodega project seem exceedingly weak. There is your fear that loss of Bodega Head would make local approval of other nuclear plants more difficult and that these further plants might then be thwarted. The company fears that this would strengthen the hand of,pbblic power advocates in the state. Isn't this rather speculative? And aren't you magnifying the effect of a decision to abandon Bodega Head? It seems equally reasonable to foresee that if you complete this dangerous and unpopular project, the forces you fear will be further strengthened. j 1 The year 1963 was a prologue to the course of events in 1964. 1 Our organization has gained support for its legal, technical, moral,
A f ( G'erdeci-PG&E/l-28-64? - and political position-with each passing month. 'We-intiend to hold the ground'we have gained and press on for more. This is not a. threat. It stems from the. simple. fact.that your company... is mistaken in~its choice of site.and the magnitude;of this-mistake-is more apparent to;more people as time goes on. Such a riistake can'only be corrected--it cannot be camouflaged by: redoubled effort in the.public relations department. Sincerely, - Encl. David E. Pesonen cc w/ encl: each member, ~ Executive Secretary PG&E board of directors 1 l -i l ) l 5 4 i 'l 1
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JL C / O.j w i By George Dusheck i l The Pacific Cas and Electric Company, still bat-l tling with foes of its 350,000-kilowatt nuclear power plant on Bodega Head, is quietly planning still an- ] other larger, controversial nucicar plant at Moss j Landing on Monterey Bay. On Tuesday of this week the giant utility filed a condemnation suit to acquire 151 acres of land two j i miles south of the present gas-fueled power plant, J i as part of the buffer area for a 750,000-kilowatt nu-clear plant. l TIIE OWNEftS are Lucille and Luis Scattint of I Salinas and Mrs. Scattini's mother, Mrs. Marie A. l King. The Southern Pacific Company also owns a nar. { row strip of the wanted land. Last April 24 the late Norman Sutherland, presi-i dent of the PG&E, announced plans to spend $132 mil-lion to expand power generating capacity at Moss i Landing, part of the company's 17 year, $2.4 billion expansion program for California. I i l He said nothing about atom power, however, ex-l cept that if it proved economically feasible the com-l pany hoped to produce a major part of new power l with nuclear fuels. a BUT TIIE condemnation suit filed against the i Scattinis in Monterey County Superior Court con-I tained this giveaway language: l "... an exclusion area necessary for the construe. tion... and operating of a nuclear electric generat-.' i ) ing plant which will be located on nearby property." The exclusion area is the buffer area around the plant site proper. Mrs. Scattini told the News Call Bulletin that the company has already bought up i most of the property north of hers, l ( TIIE COMPANY is also reported buying end con. ) i demning smaller parcels in Monterey Cot:nty for the i l giant transmission lines necessary to carry these great l 1 amounts of power. Just yesterday the Northern California Association to Preserve Bodega Head announced it will continue to fight the PG&E plant on that western Marin County site. A hearing on the association's petition to force ) the California Public Utilitics Commission to re-open j the case will be held before the California Supreme Court on Feb. 4. ] i ~ t I ) l ( b
wcq a p/w ( 4 Atom Reactor Opposed ~1-PG&E Gets Land for New Sea Probe Shows A-Plant eenks at. Bodega Head i ! The Pacific Gas and Elec-tric Co. has acquired 425 acres needed for a large nu- 'A new scientific probe , --. ; t, atomic reactor, or, in dact,'. clear power plant it plans to of the Bodega Head area, a bridge or anything." build in 1974 at South Moss this time by sea, has shown Hedgpeth said the investf-Landing in Monterey county, it to be " extremely badly gation of Bodega by the re? it was learned yesterday. faulted" and a "very du. search vessel started last, The acquisition of the land blous place" for the Pacific Novernber as part of a larger, was made public when the Gas and Electric Company coastal survey of the San, utility company filed a suit.to build an atomic reactor, Andreas fracture zone. in Salinas to condemn 151 it was announced yester-It was pndertaken by' acres of land needed for the day. 1 Hedgpeth's marine biology project. Joel liedgpeth, director of j research station in co-opera' The plant will consist of two the Pacific Marine Station j units, each with at least 660,- OI the University of the Pa. tion with the Scrip Instf2# tution of Oceanograp y, 000-kilowatt capacity, it will cific, said the probe was be located about a mile south made by the research vessel N.ew electrom,e equipmenk of a site at Moss Landing Baird using the " latest, high-sent high power impulseg where PG&E has a conven-p wered electronic.cquip-3 deep into the bedrock under tionally powered steam plant ment." j the Bay and outside Bodega, that will undergo a $132 mil-FAULTS Head. Disruptions in Ilnes-j lion expansion. Hedgpeth said the investi-on a recording device indl. t gation of bedrock showed cated the presence of faults. v i "many faults" running cross-The next step, Hedgpetti wise in Bodega Bay and a said, will be to determine Bodeoa Bav "~r "rce "eit" var iet-i if the sedimeat ever the bed > a a i hng a 1906 quake trace on rock faults was affected and' land. Improvement to what depth. He said it was possibie the i nEiniNGS e big fault might have a verti-g cal displacement of 90 feet th. Pending completion of, Plan Urged 1 is study, we have urgef ie bedrock 3est west ef Bo-e f the Secretary of the Interior
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t to ask deferment of the AEC Improvements to Bode liedspeth said as a7tesu t(e Bay costing about $1 mil of the survey the marine in* hearings,on the PG&E ap-lion were recommended b vestigators have called _ on plication. the Army Con s of En i, the Atomi_c Energ,y Commis-ment over the bedrock which Hedgpeth said the sedi. sion to pos th~ePG&E s.fpone hearing of might give an indication 'of ment study might be fin-neers here yes erday. appljd~ation. lor when the quakes hit. ished by next May. The AEC They include a 4500-fool breakwater along the cast. allNHEto bhild the atomic "The nature of the pre. hearings had been scheduled minary report," he said, for early in 1964. ern side of the harbor to pro. pow'er h }shows the area to be ex-tect the mooring areas there, The director of the marine A PG&E spokesman de,, and a new channel for about station. located six miles tremely badly faulted." clined-comment on the' 0150 feet from the existing from Bodega, said the in. OPINION marine report, saying the is- , channel to a proposed small-vestigators want more time "In my opinion it is a very sue will be decided by the' craft harbor on the north t side of Doran Beach spit. -o check faults in the sedi dutilous place to put up an AEC. The engineers also recom-1 mended to the Board of En. I gineers for Rivers and Har-l bors in Washington, D. C., j that they undertake main-tenance of the projects esti-f mated at $15.300 annually. Bodega harbor, they poted, j is the' only improved harbor between San Francisco and Noyo harbor.140 miles north-ward.
( ~~ ( } ' Press De-wst, 52nto Rosa, Calif., Wsd., Jan. 29,1964-7 PG&E had no comment on ' '; * \\ l PG&E Plant Consultant Dr. Quaide's doubts. Consultants I -rd 'get"l:':C " j. 1 s Wavering on Judgment added that Dr. Qualde's com-l One of Pacific Gas & Electric l written reports approving the tcompany'tries to " buy cons & ments s8euid 58 that the Co/s Bodega licad consultantslsite. .tants." W' ' j.b f I at said he's developed some T Dr. Quaide's report on the h ' doubts about the prepared nu. Bodega Head geology covering De Difference , clear reactor site. a penod from May 26 to July , A key difference between the j Dr. William Quaide. now a 17 of last year was included in evaluation of geological evident geologist with the National Acro-a document released Monday In the Tocher.Marliave report ,'nautics and Space Administra. by PG&E. Also included was a tad that of the U.S. Geological tien at Sunnyvale, today told 1962 report he co-authored with St.rvey team was in the ques-The Press Democrat that his Dr. Don Tocher about a suspect
- tion of whether an off set in assessment of the site has ed fault on the southwest side sedimentary deposits over a changed from "quite safe" to a of the headlands.
fault in the granitic bedrock i ,4 was the result of earthquake "relatively safe," judgment. Ileart of the PG&E document The difference, he said, aro'se was a lengthy report.by Dr. j faulting or mere sett.ing or when a fault uas discovered in Tocher and Elmer Marliave, bndsliding of the sediments. the excavation of the reactor Sacramento geologist, that flat * %e Tocher Martiave s t u d y site--which happened after he ly declared the site " suitable" discounted the faulting theory withdrew as a utility company despite the fault discovered last and said anyway any bedrock movement took place."rnore consultant, and after he had fall. I than 40,000 years ago." --b NASA Conflict The USGS geologists Julius Schlocker and Manuel C. Bon-Dr. Qualde today said he withdrew as a PG&E consultant illa took the vie.r that the off, sets were the result of fault. when he went to work for NASA because it was consider
- ing and further found it "rea-ed a conflict of interest for sonable" to postulate that it him to continue.
could have happened rnare re. He has not been on the site ' cently than the 40,000-year point. since July 17, he said, and Dr. Qualde says from the Schlocker-Bonilla report, "I draws his present conecrn from cannot interpret it (the offset) other reports of the situation, including one by U.S. Geologia as the result of anything but cal Survey geologists who said s faulting." a rupture c4 Bodega llead bed-As for the additional question of age of the o. :et, Dr. Qualde rxks could be " expected" in says he finds "eithcr a credible a major earthquake along tho' San Andreas fault. .laterpretation." U $.,i*- Dr. Quaide says he thinks the site is stil! *relatively safe," but that discovery of the fault in the excavation " introduces more chance." "It is a matter of credibility," he said; whether the likllhoo of earthquake damage to th(e reactor is " credible or incred. / ible." And it raises the basic ques-tion, he said,: "If there is evert a s!!ght. chance'~of danger' should we go aheid arid build the plant?, Dat judgment of credibility is up to the Atomic Energy Commission's Committee on Re-actor Safeguards, Dr. - Qualde said. He expects to be called to testify before the AEC when it holds hearings on the plant proposal, and "it may be re. quired then that I make a state-I 1 ment... " 1 l 1 l t
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( 5 p w ~/L y 4 sju+ i- ~ m me s k. .d bi h $.N$b /'fdhh ~ I HOME O W N E D, 'C O N T R O L L E D. EDITE M O[O W THUP5 DAY, JAN. 23,1964 23-eor Org 1 ne Bodega Lecision By PG&E m 3 R o b e r t H. G e r d e s. ~ cire long, the Atomic Energy Com-the kind of shot in the arm ultimate com-president of the Pacific Gas n : Mn ' vill be called upon to make the pletion of the Bodega plant would provide. and Electric Company, made fin' decision on whether the site of the Development of peaceful uses for nuclear a sort of apology yesterday P,. cm...e Gas & Electric Co.'s nuclear power energy has taken a beating in recent to William M. Bennett. pres-p'tr.t at Bodega Point is safe or unsafe months and weeks. It needs reviving, ident of tho State Public Cancellation by the Consolidated Edison Utilities Commission. j i!h respect to earthquakes. Co. of phms.to erect a giant nuc! car power m ion hi o pan That decision will be made on the basis plant in Queens was a startling interrup-is entitled to the major credit of evidence supplied by experts-conflict-tion of the dream of the peaceful atom. for securing that whopping ing evidence. Opponents of the plant, now The power firm bowed to the same kind $3M million refund for poder construction, range from those who of pressure there that has been mounted PG&E gas customers. consider only the angle of safety to those against the PG&E. "There's no question as to ivho think Bodega Point should be pre-Aside from the Consolidated Edison where the credit lies," Ger-l (crved, as it is, for posterity, cancellation, there has been a noticeable l' d told ne en af a y The power company, quite naturally, lagging of government interest in the ~ has considerable evidence on its side to peaceful atom. The government's enthusi-w th Eennctasted the utility Ecnnett bl the effect that aside from being perfectly asm for space efforts has almost obliter-yafe against damage by carthquake, thc' ated public and congressional attention to last Tuesday saying PG&E was "taking all the credit" Tiuclear plant itself will in no way be a atomic effort for productive purposes. for the settlement obtained dangerous operation. The virtues of nuclear power cannot be from the El Paso Natural ' From the standpoint of private enter. denied. We believe it is in the best inter-Gas Company. He m ain- ' prise,it is to be desired that the AEC give ests of Californians that PG&E be left - tained the settlement was TGLE the green light. The developn.cnt alone without interference in its plans for due solely to the vigor of the of privately owned nuclear energy needs Bodega Point. PUC and its staff. l s 1 e* 4
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