ML19309D087

Transcript of 790629 Testimony Before Ny State Board on Electric Generation Siting & Environ.Pp 1-3

ML19309D087
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Issue date:	06/29/1979
From:	Geiselman J ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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. NEW YORK STATE BOARD ON ELECTRIC GE:IERATION SITING AND THE ENVIRONMENT In the Matter of )

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[, 1  ! Q. Please state your name, title and employer.

2 iA. My name is Jan N. Geiselman, and I am Acting Dircater 3 l of the Air and Hazardous Materials Division, U.S. Erx*.rw -

4 l mental Protection Agency (EPA), Region II Office, losetcu 5 at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10007 , ,

6 g 7 Q. Have you included a copy of your professional e :lifi- l 8 cations to this Testimony? ,

9_ A. Yes. These appear in Appendix "A",-attached c.

10 11 Q. What is the purpose of your testimony? i*

12 A. The purpose of my testimony is twofold: (1) ' e.s . ;

13 that the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EI . cit. . .

~ 5t ;' n 14 and position with regard to our recommendations t of New York Board on Electric Generating Siting a " E r. -

15 16 vironment (Siting Board) on Case 80003 - Long Is; si,.htinr 17 Company, Jamesport Generating Station, Nuclear Un':.s 1 and 2 18 in an application of the Long Island Lighting Comp m. < r,7 n;o) lI 19 for a certificate of environmental capability and . . >

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- 20 to const~ruct two.1150 MWe nuclear fueled units at n .n ed";

j 21 the Towns of Riverhead and Southold, Suffolk Count.s 22 and (2) to support the recommendations made to the O- ~.' {

23 Board.on this case by Mr. Paul Giardina, Chief of Eh  :( ;1 -)

24 II Radiation Branch.

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26 Q. What is EPA's policy and position regarding the e a n.ed .

27 Jamesport Nuclear Facility? i 28 A. EPA has an overall policy regarding nuclear powe, 29 is neither an opponent nor a proponent of nuclear p?wc r. '.!1th I 30 regard to nuclear power plants, EPA decides on a com-by-.use I 31 basis the environmental acceptability of such a ft.ci'ity '.- u; 32 on its analysis of the project. This analysis is . :.ert - "

'33 performed by the Regional Office and is based upc- a ::b ._ ,

34 as the applicants environmental report, the U.S. .Nele u  !

35 Regulatory Commission's (NRC) environmental impae'. ct; <, .:

36 and safety analysis report, and any other pertinc9. infor- ,

37 mation. The results of this analysis , once formu t . .vt .

38 determine our position on the enviornmental accepc3; 'ty l

'39 of each proposed nuclear power plant. EPA then ar. a ls.*. c c . l 40 its position through the various appropriate forums *l o -

41 licensing such.as the National Environmental Policy '

42 (NEPA) review process and, as is the case in New Ye .t e ,

43 the Article VIII State Siting Board process.

44 45 Based on EPA's analysis of the proposed. Jamesport o nG '. J '. ; g.

46 we provided testimon; as a witness on behalf of Suf;. ]

47 County before the Siting Board on April 27, 1977. I  !

48 testimony was given by Mr. Paul A. Giardina. 'Since 49 testimony was given, significant knowledge has bee. -

. 50 in certain radiation areas related to the environno .j

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l acceptability of the proposed Jamesport facility. EPA's

. 2 i technical analysis of this proposed facility hac cor .inued 3 lin light of the advances made-in the past two years ind 4 Mr. Giardina has once again provided EPA's position en the 5 proposed Jamesport facility in supplemental testinon;r on 6 behalf of Suffolk County. In that supplemental tes t YP.ony 7 EPA's position on the proposed Jamesport site is sta:ed as 8 follows:

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10 " EPA recommends that the Siting Board deny the 11 Applic,ation of Long Island Lighting Company for

'12 a certificate of environmental compatibility anel 13 pdblic.need to construct two 1150 Mwe nuclear 14 fueled generating units at a site in the Town.;

15 of Riverhead and Southold, Suffolk County, on 16 t.he grounds that the State of New York could .c-17 provide radiological emergency response prote: b' t 18 .to citizens residing within a ten-mile radiut. of 19 the. proposed plant that is consistent with pre te : ..i'ze  !

20 actions outlined in EPA's Manual of Protective t r. '  : r. l

.21 Guides and Protective Actions for Nuclear Accip 2[ . .

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.. 23 As the Acting Director of EPA's Region II Air and .m ,

24 Materials Division, I have supervisory responsibij-' .- /r

. 25 Giardina and the Radiation Branch. The analysi, pr L 26 as well as the findings, and recommendations have )

27 reviewed by the appropriate EPA Staff and thereforr 28 position' stated by Mr. Giardina is that of EPA. I i

' 29 it is imporAgnt to make this point clear'because si c. I 30 to our previous testimony, LILCO raised question a 31 whether the testimony supplied by Mr. Giardina was- 7:

32 position or policy of EPA. Therefore, this shou) 'erif

, 33 EPA's posit' ion on Jamesport and.our policy on thc d .

34 issue of nuclear power.

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37 Siting Board hearings?

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'39 relate to radiological emergency response plannine e 1 40 comparitive cost estimates for items such as nuclem w7ste l 41 disposal, decontamination and decommissioning, and .sd o-  !

42 active material transport. It is apparent to EPA te tha 43 most appropriate forum for resolution of the issur , .

44 State Siting Board hearings. Radiological emergen : re;quan- '

45 planning is currently the primary responsibility c.C h? "tnu-46 and not the Federal government. Since our prime ot.!::- .a to the Jamesport site are involved with this area. '-'

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48 appropriate forum for resolving this issue is the s. ' ' '

49 Siting Board hearing. Also, since it is the resp c' 50 of the State under the Article VIII sitinr. proces 'l I

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1 i the various costs of producing power by alternative modes 2 i of generation and at alternative sites, our impact on cost 3 i comparisons was most appropriately supplied throu;-h this 4 i process for resolution of these issues by the State.

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Appendix "A" STATEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS JAN N. GEISELMAN My name is Jan N. Geiselman. I am employed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , Region II, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY. Since January 1975 I have held the following positions with EPA:

1/75 - 1/77 - Attorney-Advisor, Division of Stationary Source Enforcement, Washington, D.C.

1/77 - 11/77 - Attorney-Advisor, Enforcement Division, Region II 11/77 - 2/78 - Special Assistant to Regional Administrator, Region II 2/78 - 4/79 - Director, Office of Congressional and Inter- ,

governmental Relations, Region II 4/79-Present - Acting Director, Air and Hazardous Materials

- Division, Region II a My. present responsibilities include the formulation and execution of,the Region II (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands) program for air, noise, radiation and pesticides. Specifically, the Radiation Program includes:

the radiological reylew of light water nuclear power plant environmental impact statements; assistance to States in devel-opment, testing, evaluation, modification and maintenance of State radiological emergency response plans; the gathering and .

reporting of technical information on selected facilities and procedures inicuding nuclear power plants, radioactive waste.

disposal' sites and radioactive shipment transport methods; and ot'her technical assistance to States pertaining to radiatian program activities. In carrying out these responsibilities, personnel under my direction provide technical support for- the Agency's Regional Radiation program.

I received my' Bachelor of Science in Arts and Sciences from the

. University' of Texas at Austin in 1971 and my Doctor of Juris-

.s l prudence from the University of Texas School of Law in 1974.- -

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I am presently' a member of the State Bar 'of Texas, r

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AFFIDAVIT OF JAN N. GEISELMAN

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JAN N. GEISELMAN, being duly sworn, desposes and says: .

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$ 1. I am Jan N. Geiselman, Acting Director of the Air 2

Environmental Pro-fandHazardousMaterialsDivisionoftheU.S.

tection Agency located at 26 Federal Plaza,.New York, H.Y. I have attached my qualifications to the testimony mentioned below. .

2. I have prepared the attached testimony on behalf  ;

of the County of Suf folk for submission in Case 80003. This  ;

testimony summarizes EPA's policy and position regarding the proposed Jamesport Nuclear Facility and adopts the Supplemental .

Testimony of Paul A.' Giardina of this office al,so submitted in Case 80003, 'The statements contained in my testimony are true

.' and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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