ML20234F472

Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Response to Applicant Motion for Summary Disposition of Contention 25.* Motion Should Be Denied for Listed Reasons & Facts Set Forth in a Hutchinson & Dj Ziegler Affidavits.W/Certificate of Svc

ML20234F472
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	07/02/1987
From:	Backus R BACKUS, MEYER & SOLOMON, SEACOAST ANTI-POLLUTION LEAGUE
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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CON-#387-3943 OL, NUDOCS 8707080232
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ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD !E In the Matter of )

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SEACCAST ANTI-PCLLUTION LFAGUE'S RESPONSE TO APPLICANTS'

!<0M R. LOF, spttibFy_pMpsJ y.Ipp_ pF_JF.PI _ f DUMLTICF %_23 Pursusnt to 10 CFR S2.749, on the basis of the f acts set l 1

forth in the Affidavit of Ann Hutchinson and the Affidavit of Donald J. Ziegler filed heretofore in this proceeding 1/ and for the reasons stated below, SAPL hereby moves the Board to deny Applicants' Motion for Summary Disposition of SAPL Contention No.

25.

BEbSQES FOR DENYING APPLICANTS' MOTION SAPL Contention No. 25 reads:

The rew Han:pshire State end J ocal rediologicc3 er. er g ency respcree plans dc not reasonably assure that the public beeltt End safety wi31 cdequately be protected beceuse the previsf ors for protecting those persons whose mobility may be inpaired due to such f actors as institutional or other confinement are patently lacking. Therefore, the plans do not meet requirements of 10 CFR S 50.47 (a) (1) , S 50. 47 (b) ( 8) and NUREG-06 54 II .J .10.d .

1/ See " Seacoast Anti-Pollution League 's Response to Applicants '

Motion for Summary Disposition of SAFL Contention No. 25" filed l on April 15, 1987.

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. v Contentions are not limited to the specific exenples cited in their staterents of basis. Applicente have not steted that the availability of host care fecilities with sufficient capacity for e)) specit] f tciJ it ies within the EPC Die arranged for ard supported t 1 letters of agreenent. Eost fccility agreerents do not oppear in the NERERP for Eeptworth Douglass Hospital, York Eospital cr Ftrkland Medical Center, the host facilities for Portsmouth Eospital. Further, the Hampstead Hospital can only accept 25 Class I patients while Exeter Hospital has 40-50 such patients. FEMA has stated that it does not yet have assurance, based on the available letters of agreement, that there are adequate provisions for protecting institutionalized per- .

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The NPC 's regulations do require that letters of agreement be prcvided tc guarantee tie tvti3rbi]ity of recepticn certers. The feet tl t:t t!e d(sigp6ted reception centers are "public buildings" does not assure thet they are Evri3eb3e for use in the esent of e rediclecical energency. If they have indeed been assured to be availtble, it should not be difficu3t fot il:e state to cttain J etter s cf agreervent . The Pl.C c cn n en t c i ted b1 ti e Applic t r tt ir tlieir I'otico Cces not i.ddress receptict centels.

IFe C 'Erien Anbulance Conpany has sert e letter to SAPL steting categorically that it will not be participating in a Itdic1cgical emergency response effort (See attached). SAPL has I not yet been abic to cecure an affidcvit from O'nrien or other ambulance companies. The Hutchinson Af fidavit f rom Berry 2/ See the June 4,1987 " Response of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Massachusetts Attorney General James M.

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J Transportation, however, establishes that the letters of agreement appearing in the NUREEP by no means assure that the en.ergency j r esponse vel icles. will actue))y be provided because drivers in i

ri t.nl irstirces ui]3 refore to drive. Tlere are no letters of og r e c n cr.t tc ensure that erwrgency nedical support perscnnel intend tc participate in e rodio]cgicel ernergency respcrse.Further the Fffidtvit of ronald J. Ziegler describes the probler of ro]e conf]ict. ruring the Tl'Ic e Mile IsJ ord r.uc3 ear eccidert, physicians , rurses, technicians end others required to staff medical f acilities either delayed their responses or 6id not perforra their du ties.

The Applicants now state that "The next revision cf the NHRERP will include a revision that, at the Site Area Energency classification, authorities should determine which patients, who, by virtue of age or medical condition, will require extraordinary assistance in evacuation." There is no showing that such provisions exist. SAPL reserves its right to litigate the adequacy of this revision in the NERERP.

There cre ir.Euf ficient nun.ber of Sheriff 's deputies to assure t bc t n ops w!11 be provided et the local staging trets tc: drivers of emergenc; vebic]es gcirt to institutions tro irdividus] bones.

Crce assin, STFL wishes to preserve its right on the record to Eppeal tre issue of the edequecy of the NECCA Specici Eeeds Survey cro the accurocy of the nun.bers of people requiring specia]

tr or er ori s t icri osnisterce derived theref rom. I 2/ continued : Shsonon 's Of f-site Emergency Preparedness Interrogetcries and Eequest for Production of Documents to FEMA (Set Fc. 2) ", Appendix A at p. 73

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o 5 QZbMNE__ISELIES OF MATERIAL FACT IN DISPUTE (SAPL 25)

1. The Hampstead Hospital can accept 25 Class I patients.

The Applicants ' " Statement of Faterial Facts As To Which There Is No Dispute" shows ct #4 thet there are 40-50 Class I patients at Exeter Hospitel that would need to be provided for. Therefore, Ecrpstead Ecspital does not have sufficient capacity for Exeter Eospita] 's Class I patients. The letters of agreement for l

Catholic Medical Center and Concord Hospital only state the l

numbers of Class II and Class III patients they are willing to accept. Up to 25 Exeter Hospital Class I patients may not be provided f or. Further, no host f acility agreements appear in the NHRERP f or the f acilities that are to accept Portsacuth I

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Hospital patients. The availability of host facilities with sufficient capacity for all special facilities within the EPZ has a not been de:onstrated.

2. There is no showing thet there ere provisiers for patients wrc , bl vir tue of ege or niedical conditice, wi 3 require extz s crdir e:2 assistance.

3. Letters of cgreement with reception centers hste not been provided in the plans. There is therefore no resscrable cscurance that t hes e f acilities will be nade available. The RAC comnent cited by the Applicants does not eddress reception centers.

4. The letters of argreement with the ambulance companies do not assure that drivers and staff for the ambulances will be available.

5. There are insuf ficient numbers of sherif f 's deputies at t a

. N the local staging areas to assure that maps to institutions and ]

I written directions to individual homes will be provided to l l

emergency vehicle drivers. )

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6. The NHCDA Special Needs Survey has underestitcated the )

l number of persons outside of institutions who require special transportation assistance.

7. The p1&ns do not account for the effect of role conflict i

cr flict.e personnel counted upon to cenint the mobility irpaired j j

during c tedio3cgice) emergency. ]

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Seccocst Fn ti-Fo13 0 tion *.e s.gue

! By its Attorney l BACKUS, DLTER & SOL (MCr d /* '~

Dated: July 2,1987 ..

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F.obert A. Backus 116 Lowell Street Manchester, NH 03105 603-660-7272 GFP3 F 3 CT,'rE OF_ EEFy.1Cf.

I bereti celtify tliet e copy of the within "Eeacoast Anti-Folluticr Leegues ' Motion for Eummary Disposition of EAFL Contention No. 25 " has been sent this date, first class mail, postage prepaid , to those listed on the attccbed service list and has been f ederal expressed to th -

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Robert A. Bacfus l

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RlENI i LAMBULANG INCJ EDWARD C CUTLER vc2 pnEscENT I

Jane Doughty October 27, 1986 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League 5 Market Street Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801

Dear Jane:

This letter is to confirm our conversation today on O'Brien

/uhbulance's ability to respond to the Seabrook area. Since our initial co=.unications f rom this past summer our firm has closed our Newburyp: t operation. Therefore, I am sorry to inform you that our cen any will not be able to participate in any type of response in:: the Seabrook area.

If you have any questions, please feel f ree

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1-800-922-95'3.  ;

j Sincerely, .

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A7 Edward C. Cutler, Vice Presiden:

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Joseph Flynn , Asst.Gn.Cnsl. Helen Hoyt. Chm.

• Thomas Dignan,20 Admn. Judge RIS3eri}% -tfrafN :

Fed. Emerg. Mgmt. Agcy. 225 Franklin St.

Atomic Safety & Lic Brd.

500 C.St. So, West Boston, MA 02110 Washington, DC 20472 USNRC Washington, DC 20555 60 i '

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Dr. Jerry Harbour

• Docketing & Serv. Sec.

Office of Selectmen Office of the Secretary Town of Hampton Falls Admin. Judge Hampton Falls, NH 03844 Atomic Safety & Lic Brd. USNRC USNRC Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555 Shenvin E. Turk, Esq. W Jane Doughty Dr. Gustave A. Linenberger

• Office of Exec. Legl. Dr. Admin Judge SAPL Atomic Safety & Lic. Brd. 5 Market Street USNRC Portsmouth, NH 03801 Washington, D.C. 20555 USNRC Washington, DC 20555 Paul McEachern, Esq. George Dana Bisbee, Esq.

Phi 31ip /hrens, Esq. Attorney General's OFF Asst. Atty. General Shtthew Brock, Esq.

State of New Hampshire State House , Sta. F6 25 Maplewood Ave.

Concord, NH 03:01 Augusta, ME 04333 P.O. Box 360 Portscouth, NH 03801 Carol Sneider, Esq. , Asst. AG Diane Curran, Esq. William S. lord One Ashburton Place, Harmon, Weiss Board of Selectmen 19th Floor 20001 S Street NW Suite 430 Town Hall-Friend St.

Washingmn, DC 20009 Amesbury, MA 01913 Boston, MA 02108 Maynard Young. Chairman Sandra Gavutis Richard A. Hampe. Esq. Town of Kensington New Hampshire Civil Dnense Board of Selectmen 10 Cenjral Road Box 1154 Agency East Kingston, N.H. 038:

Harpe & McNicholas Rye, Np 03S70 35 Pleasant St. a Concord, NH 03301 Edwarc! Thomas Mr. Robert Harrison Judith H. Mizner, Esc.

FEMA Pres & Chief Exec. Office 3 Silverglate, Gertner,' PSCO Baker, Fine, Good & Mirner 442 J.W. McCormack (POCH)

Boston, MA 02109 P.O. Box 330 88 Broad Street MNchester, NH 03105 Boston, M 02110 l

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