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j. Opponents of the proposed Bo-g g,
dega Bay nuclear. fueled power g
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i plant today went back to the state 4 todayl'.iPian' erroneous conclusion
, Public Utilities Commission with bMM,,"'.Q * *'ani abdicadon d l another petjuon for re-bearing the t,the power an,d;dut) of the corn; Issue..
9aiissiciri.th safeguhrd the citized W pettuon is described'by the delthiistAte."..
l 3ongress ga)N.'thk Atomic EneN J
. Associadoc b Preserve Bodega M
Head and Harbor as a first step toward an appeal to the Supreme
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' Court of a July 9 PUC 41 refusaj
, ory'pwers 6vpr nuclear reactors,,f.
to re open hearings.
.the,petltion sayf but.that is on!f 11 charges that the July 9 denial f.:
of a peution for rehearing was un-with reference to the 'contal of constituumal, based m erme.
@uon M by regulaun'g by.
aus ennelusions of law, and vio-l product. source or special nuclear F,'
lated commission rules and rights materials? n.,. t t ir 3
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to a fair bearing.
' "We are no' preslody mxsLd t
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& PUC appmved Pacific Gas ff tradiation' hazards
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& Electric Co.'s plans to buud the D.e
$61 million plant last November.
whether, a muclear. reactor Jocat-l and in fouowing months denied a ed 6, close ymzinuty,to aq ao series of petitions for rehearmg, tive earthquake' fault can' be con.
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the last the July 9 dedsion.
sidered safe," the petition says.
In that decision three commis!
'Ite petitie: 'also says the rna-aloners ruled for denial mostly on
'fority opinion is an unconstitu..
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grounds that the federal govern-tional delegation of the commis-
- ~ Q ment has given control of nuclear sion's authority," and it " reveals q
readers to the Atomic Energy
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i to make f"mdings on all of the
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A fourth commissioner, Peter E.
material issues" in the November Etchell, agreed that the peution plant approval because it said then md.
abould be denied but didn't agree
' that safety was' not "irnlevant" 7.;;
that the federal government has and that "all the' evidence /has shouldered the state out of the au-been considered."
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clear power regulation field.
From the utajority' opinion the Commlasion President William E.
association concludes the commis-M Bennett (appointed in January) sion *dici mot consider safety 'in y
dissented strongly and said be passing oni e application,'sined th thinks the PUC approval should
. that issue was believed pre-empte'dI w
be eithdrawn.
by federallaw."
i Today's.associadon filing with Turning ldo a late-filed PG&E the PUC is the first' signed by i
exhibit -dealing with the geology }
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.rnembers of the firm d Garry, of Bode'ga Head, and fDed! July '
Dreyfus and McTernan, San Fran.
9, 1902, after,the - bearings.were l Wseo lawyers who represented the closed. -the' association says the ;
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issodation in a Sonoma County PUC nfur.al to open bearings oc11 vdates th Superior Court. battle ; over.the c) county's use permit for the plant i CP
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[ 'Ite associaUon seeks rehearing of practice, and the state and fed-l eral ~ e H w k '
I en the quesums of hazards posed
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by the plant's proximity to the San i
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kV Andreas Pault sone. about 1,000 day's petition may have in solidi-j Iying issues that might be taken !
feet frorn the edge of the sone.
.'to the Supreme. Court, it also i 9
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- m^jority deemon was that the fee 1 fh k'Y P*i"' 'h' '" ' ""C h\\)G5 g>
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extenda th' $1== !!= t 'ar *PP* :
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- the most scenic spots on the West
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- a. Electric company's plan to build. J
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can atomic reactor there would be a "a PleaFil.ed ~
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I i sion has twice declined to hold
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l O p p o n e n t s of PG&E's 5
C.open hearings to. consider. this J3 t planned nuclear Power plant 4'
viewpoint, but it was hoped that l st Bodega Bay a sk e d the 0,the open hearinas promised by the I State Public Utilities Com-Atomic Energy Commission would i
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mission yesterday for a re-
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hearing of the PUC's 41 deci-sion last July.9 to deny them i
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"The action. ' filed by attor-
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neys Benjamin Dreyfus and 9-consider aesthetic values. as well >
Mi Donaldt A. Kerson for the ii. as queMions of safety.
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Northern California Associa.
4 But in answer to my letter to 4 6
f tion to Preserve Bodega Head
' the AEC, Assistant Division Direc-i sad Harbor,Inc., was termed
..to E. R. Price wrote that "the 1
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[ aesthetics of the site are not with 3 5~
appeal to the State Supreme
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{ ' therefore are not considered in.
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I:. the, course of theevaluation of the application."c review endi M-6 ib L.:--
t The issue of publib welfare and?
K tu safety will be considered. Since/w 4
j~.: according to Mr. Price, the dis;.
n tance of the reactor will be 1000i h -. feet from the San Andreas fault,
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l. It appears pointless.to hold hear.-t m
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, ings. The site is illegal under the '
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' '" AEC's own requirement that noi
)M 3.k reactor be less than a quarter ntile I -
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%(' q... I predict that their own re.
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. uirement will be ignored.
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P '. The terrible lesson implied by!
6 this misfortune appears to be that G
Vpeople have' lost all control over i
6 the decisions that directly Jaffect, y
. I,,,f them. Where have we failed? ? J*
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