ML23089A275
| ML23089A275 | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 03/10/2023 |
| From: | Vanderberg S Westchester County, NY, Board of Legislators |
| To: | Sturzebecher K Reactor Decommissioning Branch |
| Sturzebecher K | |
| References | |
| Download: ML23089A275 (6) | |
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BOARD OF LEGISt.ATORS:.
'Voice of tfie <People of Westcliester County for 011er JOO years Sunday Vanderberg Clerk & Chief Administrative Officer March 10, 2023 The attached Resolution was passed by the Westchester County Board of Legislators on March 6, 2023:
Resolution 15 -2023: "A RESOLUTION to strongly oppose the plan to release over a million gallons of contaminated water from the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant site into the Hudson River and support Senator Harckham's and Assemblywoman Levenberg's legislation, S.5181, with regard to prohibiting the discharge of any radiological agent into the waters of the state from nuclear power plants."
Enclosure Very truly yours,
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RES 15
-2023 RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE DISCHARGE OF CONTAMINATED WATER INTO THE HUDSON RIVER WHEREAS, Holtec International, the company decommissioning the Indian Point nuclear power plant has announced its intention to release radioactive waste water from onsite fuel pools into the Hudson River; and WHEREAS, to date there has been no specific reporting of the radionuclide contents of this water which is heavily contaminated from the storage of the nuclear fuel waste; and WHEREAS, pre-release filtration to remove these isotopes has been presented as a solution to reduce the content of these carcinogenic contaminants to a level "as low as reasonably achievable;" and WHEREAS, the National Academy of Science has indicated that there is no verifiable safe level of these isotopes when they are ingested or inhaled.; and WHEREAS, such pre-release treatment would not remove tritium, also carcinogenic, from the water; and WHEREAS, any contaminants in the Hudson present the risk of entering the food chain; and WHEREAS, there are community members who depend on fish from the river as a food source; and WHEREAS, in addition, there are seven communities upriver who source their drinking water from the Hudson; and WHEREAS, since the River is an estuary that flows from south to north as well as from north to south, this fact must be considered; and WHEAREAS, the river also serves as a source of recreational activities and represents an economic resource that will be endangered by this reckless action; and
WHEREAS, New York State Senator Peter Harckham and New York State Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg have proposed legislation which would ban release of radioactive waste into the Hudson River by Holtec International or any other successor to the decommissioning from the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant; Now, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Westchester County Board of Legislators strongly opposes the plan to release over a million gallons of contaminated water from the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant site into the Hudson River; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Westchester County Board of Legislators supports Senator Harckham's and Assemblywoman Levenberg's legislation, S.5181, with regard to prohibiting the discharge of any radiological agent into the waters of the state from nuclear power plants; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Board of Legislators is directed to send a copy of this resolution to the Westchester County Federal and State Delegations, and Federal Nuclear Regulatory Committee and State Nuclear Regulatory Committee, and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Dated:
/ii.re. k 6, 2023 White Plains, NY
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Dated: March 6, 2023 White Plains, New York The following members attended the meeting remotely and approved this item out of Committee with an affirmative vote. Their electronic signature was authorized and is below.
Legislation Environment, Energy and Climate
STATE OF NEW YORK
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COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have compared the foregoing Resolution, Resolution No. 15 - 2023, with the original on file in my office, and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole, of said original Resolution, which was duly adopted by the Westchester County Board of Legislators, of said County on March 6, 2023.
IN WITNESS
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have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Corporate Seal of said County Board of Legislators on this 7th day of March, 2023.
The Clerk of the Westchester County Board of Legislators County of Westchester, New York
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