ML20235R571

Affidavit of LC Sutherland.* Feasibility of Alerting Residents of Newburyport,Ma Through Use of Aircraft Carrying high-powered Outdoor Sound Sys Discussed.W/Certificate of Svc

ML20235R571
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	10/01/1987
From:	Sutherland L WYLE LABORATORIES
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4-Dated: October 1,1987 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION before the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF ) Docket Nos.30-443 0L-1 NEW HAMPSHIRE, et al. ) 50-444-OL-1

) On Site Emergency (Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2) ) Planning Issues

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AFFIDAVIT _ OF LOUIS C. SUTHERLAND Louis C. Sutherland, being on oath, deposes and says as follows:

1. I am Deputy Director and Principal Scientist at Wyle Laboratories, El Segundo, Californla. A statement of my professional qualifications !s attached hereto.

2. We have analyzed the feasibility of alerting Newburyport, Massachusetts through the use of an aircraft carrying a high-powered outdoor sound system and determined that this would be a workable procedure to providing an alerting tone to the residents within the boundaries of the City. The following summarizes our analysis.

3. The FEMA criterla for stren alerting was used as the basis for system analysis. The PEMA criteria are to provide a 60 dB(C) alerting tone for areas with a population density less than 2,000 people per square mile and an alerting signal of 70 dB(C) for population densities of over 2,000 people per square mile. For the alerting signal to be effective for residents, an acceptable balance of loudspeaker power, directivity pattern, aircraft altitude, and aircraft ground speed must be achieved. )

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4. The Wyle analysis was based on using a commercia!!y-available high-powered public-address system mounted on or in the aircraft. The sound propagation characteristics of ruch a system were extrapolated from measured data. Our analysis B710000110 871001 )

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concluded that a suitable combination of aircraft altitude, velocity, and loudspeaker enounting configurations would meet the above-stated criteria. For example, one workable approach could be for an aircraft to traverse the alerting route over I o Newburyport at an altitude of 2,000 feet and a velocity of 80 m.p.h. 1 I

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$ TATE OF CALIFORNIA

, ss. October 1,1987 The above-subscribed Louis C. Sutherland appeared before me and made oath that he had read the foregoing affidavit and that the statements set forth therein are true to the best of his knowledge.

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LOUIS C. SUTHERLAND POSITION: Deputy Director and Principal Scientist 3OINED WYLE: 1964 PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for overall technical direction of Wyle Research, providing specific technical guidance and consulting in the areas of community noise, aircraft /alrport noise, app, Jed vibroacoustic, psychoacoustics, electroacoustic, and noise control.

BACKGROUND:

Wyle Laboratorlos, El Segundo, Calliornia.

Engaged in research and consulting in the evaluation, prediction and measurement nf community and aircraft noise, human response to noise, sound propagation, struc-tural dynamics, and related areas in the environmental sciences. Pr!ncipal Invest 1-gator on diverse projects such as a pilot study for a national survey of outdoor noise environments, cost-effectiveness evaluation of community._ noise countermeasures, airport noise reduction at the nat!on's airports, evaluation of human response to impulse noise, measurement of sound absorption on air and review of community noise surveys. Editor for a comprehensive engineering design manual for NASA on sonic and vlbration environment problems for ground facilities. Provided technical guidance and input to Research Staff effort on NASA research programs on vibroacoustic of space vehicle structure, sound propagation, and psychoacoustic studies for response of humans to low frequency noise and vibration.

The Boeing Company, - Seattle, Washington, Research Speciallet, Acoustics and Vibration Group - 9 years. Technical supervisor of small engineering group on all acoustic accelerationandbooster vibration environment concepts (Hi-Bex p)roblems

. Other workfor Dyna Soar, included Saturn technical C-5for support and high study of acoustic modeling techniques and for development of B-52 Jet engine noise suppressor, University of Washington, Department of Speech, Seattle, Washington - 5 years.

Research Engineer responsible for electroacoustic equipment used in speech and hearing research and testin5, including design and construction of speech audlemeter system for Children's Orthopedic Hospital EDUCATION:

University of Washington, M.S., Electrical Engineering,1934.

University of Washington, B.S., Electrical Engineering,1946.

Post-Graduate Studies, University of Loughborough.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBER 5H1P$t l

Acoustical Society of America (Pellow), Member of 51-2 Committee on Sound Propagation Chairman 12-9 Committee on Annoyance Response to impulsive Noise l Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, A55PS American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Society of Automotive Engineers, A-21 Committee on Aircraf t Noisel Co Chairman, Noise Metrics Subcommittee U. 5. Representative, !$O Working Group on Sound Propagation Registered Profeastonal Engineer, State of California k

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Applicants herein, Selleck, one of the thatattorneys for1,the {FP'h{Sif Cl b hereby certify on October made service of the within document by depositing copies 198 MC [f)'

thereof with Federal Express, prepaid, for delivery to (or, where indicated, by depositing in the United States mail, first class postage paid, addressed to):

Administrative Judge Sheldon J. Robert Carrigg, Chairman Wolfe, Esq., Chairman, Atomic Board of Selectmen Safety and Licensing Board Panel Town Office U.S. Nuclear -Regulatory Atlantic Avenue  ;

Commission North Hampton, NH 03862 East West Towers Building -

4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke Diane Curran, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Andrea C. Ferster, Esquire Board Panel Harmon & Weiss U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Suite 430 Commission 2001 S Street, N.W.

East West Towers Building Washington, DC 20009 4350 East West Highway

-Bethesda, MD 20814 Dr. Jerry Harbour. Stephen E. Merrill Atomic Safety and Licensing Attorney General

~ Board Panel George Dana Bisbee U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Assistant Attorney General Commission Office of the Attorney General East West Towers Building 25 Capitol Street 4350 East West Highway Concord, NH 03301-6397 Bethesda, MD 20814 Atomic Safety and Licensing Sherwin E. Turk, Esquire Board Panel Office of the Executive Legal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Director Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission East West Towers Building Tenth Floor 4350 East West Highway 7735 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814 Bethesda, MD 20814

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-Washington, DC 20510 Board of Selectmen (Attn: Tom Burack) Town of Newbury Newbury, MA .01950

• Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Mr. Peter.J. Matthews-One Eagle Square, Suite 507 Mayor Concord, NH. 03301 City Hall (Attn: Herb Boynton) Newburyport, MA 01950 Mr. Thomas F. Powers, III Mr. William S. Lord Town Manager Board of Selectmen Town of Exeter Town Hall - Friend Street 10 Front Street Amesbury, MA 01913 Exeter, NH 03833 H. Joseph Flynn, Esquire Brentwood Board of Selectmen Office of General Counsel RED Dalton Road Federal Emergency Management Brentwood, NH 03833 Agency 500 C Street, S.W.

Washington, DC 20472

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