ML23235A060

LTR-23-0194 Dwaine Perry, Chief, Ramapo Munsee Nation, Ltr Opposition of the Release and Dumping of Radioactive Waste from Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Into the Hudson River

ML23235A060
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	07/17/2023
From:	Perry D Ramapo Munsee Nation
To:	Christopher Hanson NRC/Chairman
Shared Package
ML23235A061	List: ML23235A060 ML23237A571
References
LTR-23-0194
Download: ML23235A060 (1)

Text

RAMAPO MUNSEE NATION 189 Stag Hill Road Mahwah, NJ 07430 July 17, 2023 To:

Hon. Dr. Kris Singh, Holtec Corporation Hon. Kathleen Hochul, Governor, New York State Hon. Letitia James, Attorney General, New York State Hon. Michael S. Regan, United States Environmental Protection Agency Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, United States Army Corps of Engineers Hon. Jennifer M. Granholm, United States Department of Energy Hon. Martha Williams, Director, United States Fish & Wildlife Service Hon. Christopher T. Hanson, Chair; United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hon. Xavier Beccera, Secretary, United States Department of Health & Human Services Hon. Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hon. Rory M. Christian, Chair and CEO, New York Department of Public Service Hon. Tom Kaczmarek, Executive Director, Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board Hon. Basil Seggos, Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hon. James V. McDonald, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health The Ramapo Munsee Lenape Anishinabek Nation are the descendants of the original people of Manhattan, including the Mahicanituck (Hudson River in English) and the Tri-State region of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.

On behalf of the Ramapo Munsee, please consider this letter notice of the opposition of Ramapo Munsee, also on behalf of the Mahicanituck (known in our Munsee language as the river that flows both ways), to any release and dumping of radioactive waste and by-productions from the Indian Point nuclear reactor into the sacred Mahicanituck rivers and winds in order to protect the rights of the Ramapo Munsee, the rights of nature, the rights of the endangered sturgeon and other beings of nature and the rights of the 20 million people who live in the Hudson Valley region and call the river home.

Anushiik. Thank you for your time and attention.

Respectfully ~

~-4e~:,.__,,J-- -

Chief, Ramapo Munsee

.:r er

..D

l"-

ru U1