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Category:General FR Notice Comment Letter
MONTHYEARML14002A2622013-12-17017 December 2013 Comment (1) of Rhonda Smith on Behalf of Us Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Review of the Supplement 48 Final Report to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement on License Renewal of South Texas, Units 1 and 2 ML13072A0722013-02-21021 February 2013 Comment (10) of Mary Sixwomen Blount on Behalf of Apalachicola Band of Creek Indians on Draft SEIS, Preliminary Conclusions ML13071A0592013-02-20020 February 2013 Comment (9) of Debra A. Griffin on Behalf of Us Environmental Protection Agency on Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 Nuclear License Renewal ML13044A4962013-02-0707 February 2013 Comment (7) of Kenneth Taplett on Behalf of STP Nuclear Operating Company on South Texas Project, Notice of Availability of Draft Supplement 48 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal ML13025A3592013-01-21021 January 2013 Comment (5) of Elizabeth Tobin on STP Nuclear Operating Company, South Texas Project; Notice of Availability of Draft Supplement 48 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants ML13025A3572013-01-20020 January 2013 Comment (3) of John Elder on Behalf on Himself on Notice of Receipt and Availability of Application for Renewal of Facility Operating License for South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 ML13017A4052013-01-11011 January 2013 Comment (2) of Sonia Santana on South Texas Project Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal ML13030A4452013-01-10010 January 2013 Comment (6) of Javier Loera, on Behalf of Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission'S (NRC) Environmental Review of the Effects of Renewing the Operating License for South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 (STP) ML12356A2332012-12-20020 December 2012 Comment (1) of Marvin Lewis Suggesting That License Proceeding for South Texas Project Be Stopped Until Waste Confidence Rulemaking Finds in Favor of Concept of Waste Confidence ML13022A4962012-12-13013 December 2012 Comment (248) of Deb Brown on Consideration of Environmental Impacts of Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation ML12334A3952012-11-22022 November 2012 Comment (99) of Steve Shuput on Consideration on Environmental Impacts on Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation ML12334A3872012-11-21021 November 2012 Comment (91) of Kenneth Clark on Consideration on Environmental Impacts on Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation ML11119A0172011-04-26026 April 2011 Comment (57) of Judy Moore on Behalf of Herself Opposing Re-Licensing of South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors ML11119A0102011-04-26026 April 2011 Comment (50) of John Trimble Opposing Re-licensing of South Texas Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2, NRC-2010-0375 ML11119A0162011-04-26026 April 2011 Comment (56) of Unknown Individual Opposing South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application ML11119A0092011-04-20020 April 2011 Comment (61) of Amy Turner on Behalf of Texas Parks and Wildlife, on Proposed License Renewal of the South Texas Project Units I & 2, Matagorda County, Texas ML1110105202011-04-11011 April 2011 Comment (42) of Thomas Nelms Opposing the Re-licensing of the South Texas Project, Unit 1 and 2 ML1110105192011-04-11011 April 2011 Comment (41) of Shannon Jurak Opposing the Re-licensing of the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 ML1110105212011-04-0909 April 2011 Comment (43) of Thomas Nehms Opposing the Re-licensing of the South Texas Project Units 1 and 2 ML1110104762011-04-0808 April 2011 Comment (28) of Jenna Findley, Opposing South Texas Project Units 1 & 2, Relicensing, NRC-2010-0375 ML1110104782011-04-0808 April 2011 Comment (30) of Scott & Cyndy Reynolds Opposing Re-Licensing of South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors ML1110104772011-04-0808 April 2011 Comment (29) of Margaret Reed Opposing the Relicensing of the South Texas Project Unit 1 and 2 ML1109600912011-04-0404 April 2011 Comment (18) of Tarek Tonsson Opposing the Re-licensing of South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 ML1109600902011-04-0404 April 2011 Comment (17) of C.J. Keudell Opposing the Re-licensing of South Texas Projects, Unit 1 & 2 ML1109600992011-04-0404 April 2011 Comment (26) of Eric Lane on Behalf of Self, Opposing South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2, Extending Its License Application Renewal ML11105A0202011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (45) of Maria Hogan on Safety Standards of South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 Be Followed ML1109805032011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (27) of Juan Garza, on Behalf of Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, on the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application Review ML1109600972011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (24) of Brandi Clark Burton on Behalf of Self Opposing South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2, Extending Its License Application Renewal for Public Safety and Environmental Reasons ML1109600832011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (11) of Kassandra Levay Opposing STP Nuclear Operating Company; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct the Scoping Process for South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 ML1109600862011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (13) of T. Burns Opposing South Texas Plants, NRC-2010-0375 ML1109600872011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (14) of Jolly J. Clark Opposing the Re-licensing of South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 ML1109600882011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (15) of Pat Bulla on the Decommissioning of South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 Not Re-licensing It ML1109600892011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (16) of William Stout Supporting the Decommissioning of South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 Not Re-licensing It ML1109600922011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (19) of Carol Geiger Opposing the Renewal of South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 Licensing ML1109600932011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (20) of Veryan Thompson Supporting South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 Decommissioning and Denied Its License Application Renewal ML1109600942011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (21) of Robert Singleton Opposing License Extension for South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 ML1109600952011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (22) of Karen Hadden on Behalf of Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition, Opposing Re-licensing of South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 ML1109600962011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (23) of Alan Alan Apurim Opposing Re-licensing of South Texas Projects, Units 1 & 2 ML1109600982011-04-0101 April 2011 Comment (25) of Carol Geiger on Behalf of Self, Opposing South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2, Extending Its License Application Renewal ML1109600772011-03-31031 March 2011 Comment (5) of Peggy Pryor Opposing South Texas Power Plants ML1109600802011-03-31031 March 2011 Comment (8) of Kamala Platt, Opposing South Texas Project Relicensing ML1109600812011-03-31031 March 2011 Comment (9) of Marion Mlotok Opposing the Renewal of South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 ML1109600822011-03-31031 March 2011 Comment (10) of Karen Seal Opposing the Licensing of the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 ML1110105172011-03-30030 March 2011 Comment (39) of B. Dunlap & T. Rinehart, Opposing Re-Licensing of South Texas Project Units 1 & 2 ML11119A0202011-03-30030 March 2011 Comment (60) of Unknown Individual on Behalf of Self Opposing Relicensing of South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 for Another Additional Twenty Years ML1109600782011-03-30030 March 2011 Comment (6) of Eva Esparza Opposing STP Nuclear Operating Company; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct the Scoping Process for South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 ML1109600792011-03-30030 March 2011 Comment (7) of Darby Riley Regarding Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct the Scoping Process for South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 ML11119A0132011-03-30030 March 2011 Comment (53) of Douglas S. Mcarthur Opposing Re-licensing of the South Texas Project ML1110104792011-03-30030 March 2011 Comment (32) of Joy Malacara Opposing Re-Licensing of South Texas Project Units 1 & 2 ML1110105062011-03-30030 March 2011 Comment (33) of Melanie & David Winters, Opposing South Texas Project Units 1 & 2 Relicensing 2013-02-07
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'I113 N FIRST STREET, MABANK, TX 75147 903-880-0240 Emtil Sixwomennapalachicolacreek.com Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Mail Stop TWB-05-B01M US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Monday, March 7, 2011
Subject:
Apalachicola Council Comments On South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application
Dear Branch Chief,
Thank you this opportunity to review and comment letter dated February 17, 2011. The Apalachicola Elder Council find this an important task as we have suffered historic and cultural losses despite existing promises under Environmental Policy Law. Therefore, we preface our comments with the following preamble:
Whereas the Apalachicola Town known as Red Ground Town, Econchatte Micco the Chief, was destroyed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build the Jim'Woodruff Dam in 1957 located at the confluence of the Flint, Chattahoochee and Apalachicola Rivers in Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and Whereas, the Apalachicola Indian Cemetery, previously located on Indian Hill near the City of Livingston in Polk County, Texas, was excavated by approval of the Trinity River Authority in 1969 sending the remains of our Apalachicola ancestors and Hereditary Chief John Blount to the bottom of the Trinity River thence to the Gulf of Mexico and without protection and guarantees of the Environmental Protection Act, and Whereas the Apalachicola Creek Indians have been in Texas since 1834 and have suffered cultural and historic losses in modem times despite legislative protections, we admit our comments today are sincere but tempered by painful experience..None the less,'
we cling to the hope that the Nuclear Regulation Agency will do no further harm to any
- Texas Residents, to the general environment we call home or to the historical and cultural sites not previously or thoroughly,examined by non Native Anthropologists and literary scholars..
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- 1. Re-evaluate STP Units I and 2 and surrounding area for compliance with National Environmental Policy Act amendments made from 1966 to present (not just to 1969) and take any actions required by Law.
- 2. Hire a Native American Anthropologist familiar that knows migratory habits of Texas/Louisiana tribes to conduct on site examination of Units 1 and 2. For example, the Alabama and Coushatta tribes arrived in Texas in 1795 followed by the Apalachicola Creek Indians in 1834. All three tribes customarily enjoyed spring and summer visits to the Coast for staple sup7!ies of fish and fowl. They did not build permanent coastal settlements but were temporarily encamped for a given season. Here they lived their lives, gave birth, and some died on the seasonal hunts for food. They left small middens or "kitchens" and individual burial sites that may not meet the Anglo definition of permanent dwelling sites and cemeteries. Such historic, migratory Indian sites may have been overlooked by a simple literature reviews and study of existing records done by non Indian researchers.
- 3. We also ask for a reexamine of the view of historic contributions of Texas Indians. Many tribes inhabited Texas by 1800, as your report acknowledges. These were not necessarily indigenous to Texas but they were Indians none the less. As indicated in your report, Karankawa bands ceased to exist by the Civil War but the report makes no mention of the Apalachicola Creek Indians, the Alabama and Coushatta tribes and other East Texas Indian men who were conscripted without pay into confederate military service in 1862. Their assignment was to build flat boats and transport military provisions up and down the Trinity River from Magnolia City in Anderson County, Texas to Galveston Port on the Gulf of Mexico. Proximity of these Indians on such occasions to Unit 1 and 2 geographic areas suggests that the possibility they left artifacts of a historic significan'ce behind. No matter how poor or how few, preservation and return of these artifacts to their respective tribes is as important as is the posting of a Texas State marker to celebrate the presence of a Texas Indian Confederate Navy.
- 4. We visited and interviewed tribal members living in the general area of STP Unit 1 and 2 sites on March Ist and 2 nd 2011. Respondents raised no issue or complaint and praised the project for economic benefits to area citizens.
- 5. Please make no decisions without a thorough review of public health records in all counties contiguous with the location of STP Units 1 and 2. Ensure review of demographic records such as deaths by cause, diseases by name and assess the potential links with contaminants known to be emitted by both sites. Include in this survey the number and type of birth defects of all types, incidences of mental retardation, or mental illness and Neurological anomalies that might be linked to ground water contamination, airborne gasses, or other contaminants known to be emitted at the two sites. The study period must be from date of opening to present noting the different operations start dates of each site.
- 6. Implement safeguards that address the numerous published criticisms of the South Texas Nuclear Project that have resulted in the media labeling STP as "A Troubled and Costly Project".
- 7. Rewrite and strengthen existing Project commitment language to reinforce quality of effort to ensure protection of the Texas Environment and the health of Texas citizens.
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- 8. Conduct a satisfaction survey using a representative sample including impoverished minority subjects living within a 30 mile radius of the Units I and 2. Our major humanitarian concerns are for the majority of residents in the area who are poor and non-white. It is our experience that a population so defined is often considered expendable by dominant cultures.
Finally, the Apalachicola Elder Council and the Principle Chief once again express our appreciation for this opportunity to respond to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission's request to review the South Texas Project, Units I and 2 License Renewal Application. We are long term allies of the United States, having cast our fate with this Nation in 1814 under the command of General Andrew Jackson in his efforts to tame and claim the Alabama and Florida Territories for the United States. We take pride in being allowed to comment on the well being of our current homeland.
Elder Council Member Approval Respectfully Submitted, this March 8, 2011 Apalachicola Creek Indians 113 N. First St, Mabank, TX 75147 Apalachicola Creek Indians 113 N.First St.
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