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s State PUO Denies PetitiJa lo Reopen A-Plant Case umm i m erm o.maf air M. Bennett fi ed the lone dissent 1 The utility company fired back, I SAN FRANCISCO - The Cali-in which he said the Pacific Gas: denying the charges and saying i
I fornia Public l'tilities Cornmission & Electric Co. plant is "not comdthe questions raised can be aired teday issucd a 41 ruling for denial l f
lof a petition to re open the con-lpatible with the public convenience'at the AEC hearings on the pl i
l trover 6ial Bodega Head power proval of the plant given last No as yet unannounced date.
plant case.
tember should be withdrawn.
PUC's majority opinion pointed ~
The majority opinion, signed by The majority opinion was signed out that the petition argument that three commissioners, said t h e;by Commissioners George C. Csovqthe public hadn't had a chance to Northern California Association to:er, Everett C. McKeage'and Fredshave a hearing on a PGLE *.x-1 Preserve Bodega Head and IIar. erick Holoboff.
thibit filed after last year's hear-l bor raised its latest arguments too. The association, w hic h hasling came 10 months after the ex-l
, late, and said opponents should waged a battle against the pro-hibit was filed..
iturn to the Atomic Energy Com posed $61 million plant for more They cited the AEC's jurisdic-
- minion for hearing.
than a year, filed the petition tion over power reactors and said I
A concurring opinion.by Com-May 6,'
charging PGLE g ve it appears that "the petitioners' missioner Peter E. Mitchell agreed " false testimony" in hearings last expert testimony might well be
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that the petition should be denied, year and raising new questions:better considered by the AEC than '
l but argued against relegation of about safety of the pant, particu-this commission."
l comission power to the federal AEC. larly in reference to its location Commissioner Mitchell concur-Commission President William near the San Andreas Fault..
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thority previously granted."
A-Plant ta he ' t ve> ro'e theorization should be resemde and suggested that PG&E "recor P6t1'yL10n sider its decision... withdras
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from the Bodega Bay site an-W red in the denial but said he be-select another."
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.lieves the commission has powers j
" Steel, concrete and energy ar l not a fair exchange for preciou to decide matters affecting safety, f
and although the AEC has licens.
and beautiful land, sea and sky,
. tag powers "the California interest l he wrote.
lto. a n oocs notin the Bode; Day piant is equal Today's. decision is the secon
' t"f" omeign, any t successive defeat for plant oppen 1
national interest.
j lents, who last month lost a batt!
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' in Sonoma County Superior Cour actors oferTo~ihe~AEC 'would over the validity of a use permi pTow[cr, he said.fatuFeiosmission actiotrof issued by the county for the plan sEi
- three and a half years ago.
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Commissioner Bennett, appoint.
The association last week wrot
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- a letter to commissioners urgin dent since July 1, declared in his,
ia decision on the petition, an, i
lengthy dissent that Bodega Bay saying if the decision went fo j
- has " great rare and natural beau.
PG&E it wanted a stay issues dty," and a' " nuclear plant in the "until the Supreme Court decide i
heart of this area is out of place."
the matter."
Citiag safety questions raised Beyond the letter's implicatio
,[regarding the proximity of the that the association will move int the high court for " permanent r<
[ San Andreas Fault, Commissioner Bennett noted " strong public con.
lief" lies the next major batt!
j ecrn for public safety" and said at the AEC's hearings.
great concern exists and should The AEC said carlier this yez cxist as to this issue.
j that the hearing on PGLE app!
cation for permission to build a rt i
The late filed exhibit, which j! ealt with the seis:hology and' j actor would be held in Santa Ros; d
dgeology of the site, presented opin..
but didn't say when.
' ions and reports of experts which
' scheduling of the AEC hearin There has been speculation thi i
he found " contradictory and con.
l fusing... and does not satisfy awaited the outcome of the pct
' my concern as to the future safety tion for rehearing, the issue,sc
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Los Angeles i sion for a zoning exception ' attractive because it will not
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Residents of nearby Mal for the 400 000 kilowatt plant, contribute to smog," he said.
lbu yesterday assailed the on the Pacific coastline, ar- It will also conserve valu.
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proposed construction of a gued that it will have safety able fossil fuels such as na.
596 million atomic power features exceeding those of tural gas."
. generating station as' an existing atomic rea: tors.
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' unwanted facility that Samuel B. Nelson, the de.!Kanouse, eagineer of design would threaten their safety partment's general managerj and construction, attempted 7.0 and the value of their and chief engineer, said Los{ to quiet the fears of some Qy property.
Angeles needs the nuclear Malibu residents by explain-But the Los Angeles De-plant to help meet the city's ing that the chain reaction in partment of Water and Pow-growing power requirements.. the plant's reactor is con.
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