ML073100328

2007/10/11 - Comment (24) Regarding Iplr Scoping

ML073100328
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	10/11/2007
From:	Public Commenter Public Commenter
To:	Division of License Renewal
References
72FR45075
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From: "Young, Jeffrey A." <jyoung7@entergy.com>

To: <IndianPointEIS@nrc.gov>

Date: 10/11/2007 12:18:58 AM

Subject:

IPEC relicensing (Att. Bo Pham)

Interesting meeting you had at the Cortland Manor.

I am bothered by 2 people in particular who call themselves environmental stewards. The fellow from river keeper and the employee from the NY state DEC.

Both of them think COOLING TOWERS are the only way to protect the surrounding environment.

It is my belief that going to cooling towers at this point in time would be an environmental disaster. The thermo pollution would only be dispersed to the atmosphere. Two reasons come to mind why this is bad. 1) American Bald Eagles have returned to the Hudson Valley, and they would surely move away if the nesting trees got cut down to build cooling towers and the huge billowing clouds of steam would spook them away as well. Eagles are impressive raptors

...let them be. 2) There is now an ecosystem set up in the surrounding thermo plumb near the plant...been there 30ish years ...and pretty consistently (95% of the online time) for the last 7-8 years. The fish that enjoy that environment are happy and thrive there. I'm sure some fish have moved away (as the Eagles will),

but to re-stress the surrounding Hudson; now with the instillation of cooling towers ...then again in 25 years or so when the plant might be to old to run; will surely effect the fish population. To me that isn't being a good environmental steward.

I would also like to add that I am not concerned with the price of Entergy stocks ...or Wayne Leonard's disturbingly huge salary. I do believe the company could absorb the legal fees and building costs involved with cooling towers. But, I believe all that money could be better spent in new and improved energy sources (R&D public education, etc)...Making American a better place.

Thank you for you time to hear my concerns, I hope this will reach Bo Pham Jeff Young (IPEC Chemist)

Federal Register Notice: 72FR45075 Comment Number: 24 Mail Envelope Properties (47304C7B.HQGWDO01.OWGWPO04.200.2000008.1.13F427.1)

Subject:

IPEC relicensing (Att. Bo Pham)

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Page 1 of 1 Interesting meeting you had at the Cortland Manor.

I am bothered by 2 people in particular who call themselves environmental stewards. The fellow from river keeper and the employee from the NY state DEC. Both of them think COOLING TOWERS are the only way to protect the surrounding environment.

It is my belief that going to cooling towers at this point in time would be an environmental disaster. The thermo pollution would only be dispersed to the atmosphere. Two reasons come to mind why this is bad. 1) American Bald Eagles have returned to the Hudson Valley, and they would surely move away if the nesting trees got cut down to build cooling towers and the huge billowing clouds of steam would spook them away as well. Eagles are impressive raptors ...let them be. 2) There is now an ecosystem set up in the surrounding thermo plumb near the plant...been there 30ish years ...and pretty consistently (95% of the online time) for the last 7-8 years. The fish that enjoy that environment are happy and thrive there. I'm sure some fish have moved away (as the Eagles will), but to re-stress the surrounding Hudson; now with the instillation of cooling towers ...then again in 25 years or so when the plant might be to old to run; will surely effect the fish population. To me that isn't being a good environmental steward.

I would also like to add that I am not concerned with the price of Entergy stocks ...or Wayne Leonard's disturbingly huge salary.

I do believe the company could absorb the legal fees and building costs involved with cooling towers. But, I believe all that money could be better spent in new and improved energy sources (R&D public education, etc)...Making American a better place.

Thank you for you time to hear my concerns, I hope this will reach Bo Pham Jeff Young (IPEC Chemist) file://C:\EMailCapture\IndianPointLRScoping\24\attch1.htm 11/6/2007