ML20235F280
| ML20235F280 | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 03/23/1987 |
| From: | Pevear R LEAGUE OF TOWNS, STRATHAM, NH |
| To: | Harbour J, Hoyt H, Linenberger G Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| OL-1, NUDOCS 8709290020 | |
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P.O. Box 248, Stratham NH 03885 DOCKETED USNRC March 23, 1987
~87 APR 28 A9:00 Helen F. Hoyt, Chairman
BOARD 0F DIRECTORS Gustave A. Linenberger, Jr.
M' Sandra cavutis Jerry Harbour 603/394-7847 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Kensington NH U.S. NRC, East West Towers Bldg.
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73 - 748 Amesbury MA In Re:
Docket Nos. 50-443 & 50-444 OL-1
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Dear Board Members:
Roberta Pevear 603/926-6230 Seabrook nuclear plant workers, with the assistance of Hampton Falls NH N.H. Yankee /Public Service of N.H.,
living in the Towns of Hampton, Hampton Falls, North Hampton, South Hampton, Kensington and Rye, placed Warrant Articles in the Town 6b78 p Meeting Warrants as follows:
"To see if the Town will D
vote to protect the health and. safety of all residents Stratham NH by directing Town public safety officials to ensure that Town emergency plans take into consideration the opera-tion of Seabrook Station, providing that the cost of these plans will be borne by the Seabrook owners through existing agreements with the State of N.H.
These plans ahall be developed regardless of any decision to reduce the official Emergency Planning Zone around Seabrook Utation", or similar wording.
North Hampton and Rye voted to Table the article; Rye pg voted a separate article "To see if the. Town will vote to y
reaffirm its long standing' position that the emergency h
planning for Seabrook Station does not provide adequate g
safety for the people of Rye in the event of a major acci-dent at Seabrook Station and that no operating license no should be issued unless the emergency plan is approved by OO majority vote of Town Meeting after a public hearing by 7
the Board of Selectmen";. Hampton and Hampton
$g Falls both Voted Against'the Article; and the Town of South Hampton Amended the article to read, "To see if the Town will vote to protect the health and safety of all residents by directing all town public safety offi-cials and other town officials to oppose the licens.ing of Seabrook Station".
Towns within the 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone - Seabrook Nucicar Reactor Amesbury Brentwood East Kingston Exeter Creenland Harnpton Hampton Falls Kensington Kingston Merrimac Newbury Newburyport Newfields Newcastle Newton North Hampton Portsmouth Rye Salisbury Seabrook South Hampton Stratham West Newbury
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.fi l' ASIB from LEAGUE OF TOWNS 3/23/87 Vensington voted "to oppose any relaxation of existing I
sfety standards for nuclear power reactors" per enclosed.
In addition to the preceding rejections of this blatant attempt by N.H. Yankee /Public Service of N.H. and their employees, the following action was taken at these same Town Meetings concerning nuclear waste from Seabrook:
South Hampton voted "To see if the Town will vote to in-struct the Town's representatives to the General Court to take all necessary measures to insure that no low level radioactive waste from the Seabrook nuclear power l
station shall be stored or disposed of within the Town of South Hampton unless and until the proposed site of the proposed storage or disposal has been approved by the voters of the Town at the annual Town Meeting by written ballot".
Kensington amended the same motion to read "any nuclear plant" and passed it.
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amended the same motion to include the words "or any other source" after the words Seabrook nuclear power s tation.
Hampton Falls changed the motion to read "To see if the Town will vote to instruct the town's repre-sentative to the Court to take all necessary measures to insure that Hampton Falls will not be a repository for any nuclear vaste unless and until the proposed site of the proposed atorage or disposal has been approved by the voters of the town at the annual Town Meeting or Special Town Meeting by written ballot", and passed it.
Hampton changed the motion to read, "To see if the Town will vote to instruct the town's representatives to the General Court to take all necessary measures to insure that no low level, or high level radioactive wastes from any source shall be stored or disposed of within this Town of Hampton.
Because of Governor Sununu's demonstrated opposition tohome rule on matters relating to the Seabrook nuclear power plant, our Representatives to the General Court are instructed to inform the Governor as follows:
That due to his continued blatant and arrogant disregard for our safety, relative to his adamant support for the operation of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, that should he disregard this expressed request for home rule rights, then our Representatives to the General Court have been instructed to support any and all recall or impeachment proceedings which may be initiated against him", and passed l
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Enc. Votes f Towns Please make this letter a part of the record on Seabrook.
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To see if the town will vote to protect the health and safety of all resi-l
, dents by directing town public safety officials to ensure that town emergency plans take into consideration the operation of Seabrook Station, providing that the cost of these plans will be borne by the Seabrook owners through ' existing i
agreements with'the Stateof New Hampshire. These plans shall be developed regardless of any decision" to reduce the official Emergency Planning Zone L around Seabrook Station.
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To see if the Town will vote to instruct the town's representatives to the General Court to take all necessary measures to insure that no low level, or high level radioactive wastes from any source shall be stored or disposed of within this Town of Hampton.
Because of Governor Sununu's demonstrated opposition to home rule on matters relating to the Seabroo'k nuclear power plant, our Representatives to the General Court are instructed to inform the Governor as follows:
Tht due to his continued blatant and arrogant disregard for our cafoty, relative to his adamant support for the operation of the Seabrook Nuc1 car Power Plant, that should he disregard this expressed request for home rule rights, then our Representatives to the General Court have been instructed to support any and all recall or impeachment proceedings which may be initiated against him.
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ARTICLE 33. To see if.the Town will vote to. instruct the town's rep-resentative to theCourt to take all necessary measures to insure that no low level radioactive waste from the Seabrooktuclear plant shall be stored or disposed of within theTown of Hampton Falls unless and until the proposed site of the proposed storains or disposal has been approved by the voters of the town at the annual Town Meeting by written ballot.
Article 33
!i Suzanne Breiseth made the motion to move the. article as read.
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Daniel DeWitt made a motion to insert-f l
the following "to insure that Hampton Falls will not be a re-l pository for any nuclear waste".
Seconded by Roberta Pevear.
l J. Timothy Samway moved to insert " approved by the voters of the town at [
l the annual Town Meeting or Special Town Meeting by written ballot.
' Seconded by Jeffrey Breiseth.
A vote on the second amendment passed.
g A vote on the first amendment passed, i
The article was passed to read:
To see if-the Town will. vote to in-struct the town's representative to the Court to take all neces-sary measurs to insure that Hampton Falls will nd be a reposi. tory for any nuclear. waste'unless and until the proposed site of the pro-posed storage or disposal has been approved by the voters of the town at the. annual Town Meeting or Special Town Meeting by written ballot.
l ARTICLE 34 U pon petition of George I. Vatcher and.nine other legal I
voters:
To see if the town will vote to protect the health and safety of all residents by directing town public safety officials
' to ensure that town emergency plans take into considerationthe opera-l tion of Seabrook Station, providing that the cost of these plans will be borne by the Seabrook owners through existing agreements with the State of New Hampshire.
These plans shall be developed re-E gardless of any decision to reduce the official Emergency Planning i-
. Zone around Seabrook Station.
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Article 34 Daniel DeWitt made the motion to nove the article as read.
Seconded by Russell P. Merrill Jr.
On petition of five registered
- voters the article was voted upon by secret ballot with the out-come at 37 voters voting Yes and 85 voting No.
' The article did not pass.
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ARTICLE XX On the petition of Thomas L Hafferty and ten (10) or more voters of the e
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Towa of North Hampton, to see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town's represent-~
atives to the General Court to take all necessary measures to insure that no low' level radioactive waste from the Seabrook nuclear plant shall be stored or disposed of with~
in this Town of North Hampton unless and until the proposed site of the proposed storage or disposal has been approved by the voters of the Town at the annual Town Meeting by I
written ballot.
ARTICLE XX j
Motion was made by Mr. Thomas Haggerty and seconded. Mr. Thomas Haggerty explained l
and spo ke in support of this article.
An am endment was made by Mr. Robinson to include the words "or any other source" after the words Seabrook' Nuclear Plant. Vote was by a show of hands. AMENDMENT CARRIED.
An amendment was made by Mrs. Aggie Dowd and seconded to delete the wor'ds " the annual" before the words Town Meetind and to replace them with "a". Vote was by show of hands.
AMENDMENT CARRIED.
The moderator asked for a vote of those in favor of Article XX as amedded. The vote was by show of hands. MOTION CARRIED.
ARTICLE XXI On petition of John T. Bottomley and ten (10) or more voters of the Town of North Hampton, to see if the Town will vote to protect the health and safety of all residents by directing Town public safety officials to ensure that Town emergency plans take into consideration the operation of Seabrook Station, providing that the cost of these plans would be borne by the Seabrook owners through existing agreements with the State of New Hampshire. These plans would be developed regardless of any decision to reduce the official Emergency Planning Zone areound Seabrock Station.
A motion was made by Mr. Bedford and seconded to table the article. Vote was by show of hands. MOTION CARRIED.
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.a March 19,J 1987 To Whom It May Concern:
I hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of' l
.the minutes relating to Articles 14 and 19 of.the p 5 -- _ _ March-14th-Town Meeting Warrant.
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ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to reaffirm its long standing position that the emergency planning for~Seabrook Station does not provide adequate safety for the people of Rye in the event of a major accident at Seabrook Station and that no operating license should be issued unless the emergency plan is approved by majority vote of Town Meeting after a 1
public hearing by the Board of Selectmen.
David MacDonald moved adoption of Article 14. seconded by J.P. Nadeau.
Mr. MacDonald said the article was intended to get a sense from the townspeople as to whether or not they approved of the direction.taken by the Selectmen with regard to emergency planning for Seabrook Station.
Beverly Grimes moved, seconded by Barbara Flynn, to move the question.
Requires a two thirds vote.
The moderator called for a show of hands.
MOTION TO MOVE THE QUESTION CARRIED.
The moderator called for a vote on Article 14.
Show of hands. Article 14 declared adopted.
ARTICLE 19. On petition of William C. Bradley, and eleven others, to see if the Town will vote to protect the health and safety of all residents by directing Town public safety officials to ensure that Town emergency plans take into consideration the operation of Seabrook Station, providing that the cost of these plans will be borne by the Seabrook owners through existing agreements with the State of New Hampshire. These plans shall be developed regardless of any decision to reduce the official Emergency j;
Planning Zone around Seabrook Station.
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The moderator called for a vote on the Motion to Table Article 19.
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of hands. Article 19 declared Tabled.
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TOWN OF SOUTH HAMPTON, N.H. ANNUAL TOWN HEETING l
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ARTICLE XX "To see if the Town will vote to protect the health and safety of all residents by directing town public i
safety officials to ensure that town emergency plans take
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into consideration the operation of Seabrook Station, l
providing that the cost of these plans will be borne by the Seabrook owners through existing agreements with the State of New Hampshire. These plans shall be developed regardless of any decision to reduce the official Emergency Planning Zone around Seabrook Station; nor shall such authorization, if approved, be construed to mean acceptance or approval of the Seabrook Station or any of its Emergency Planning developed without the participation of representative South Hampton residents."
AMENDED TO READ: "To see if the Town will vote to protect the health and safety of all residents by directing all town public safety officials and other town officials to oppose the licensing of Seabrook Station."
Amended Article voted in the affirmative.
'IWN OF SolTHi HAMP' ION, N.H. ANNUAL MEETING March 11, 1987 "To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town's ARTICLE 21:
representatives to the General Court to take all necessary treasures to insure that no low level radioactive waste fran the Seabrook nuclear power station shall be stored or disposed of within the Town of South Hampton unless and until the proposed site of the proposed storage or disposal has been approved by the voters of the Town at the annual Town Meeting by written ballot.
Article voted in the affirmative.
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Enfun af Ktensingian From the office of ORATE Record o the town meeting of March 12, 1987.
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"To see if the town will vote to instruct the town's representatives to the General Court to take all necessary measures to insure that no low level radioactive waste from the Seabrook nuclear plant shall be stored or disposed of within this Town of Kensington unless and until the proposed site of the proposed storage or disposal has been approved by the voters of the town at the annual Tevn Meeting by written ballot."
Amended to include "all nuclear plants" - Vote was in the affirmative.
Article #22 -
"By petition of Anne D. Smith and others:
To see if the Town will vote to oppose any relaxation of existing safety standards for nuclear power reactors and hereby petition the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the United States to deny the request of Public Service Company of New Hamp-shire for a reduction in the mandated ten mile emergency planning zone surrounding the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.
The record of this vote shall be transmitted to the Governor of the State of New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Congressional Delegation, the Atomic Safety and Licens-ing Board, The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the President of the United States."
Voice vote was in the affirmative.
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i "By petition of Ronald G. Strickland and others:
To see if the town will vote to protect the health and safety of all residents by directing town public safety officials to ensure that town emergency plans take into consideration the Operation of Seabrook Station, providing that the cost of these plans will be borne by the Seabrook owners through existing agreements with the State of New Hampshire.
These plans shall be devel-i i
oped regardless of any decision to reduce the official Emergency Planning Zone around Seabrook Station."
A hand vote was taken and the article was defeated.
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