ML19309D545
| ML19309D545 | |
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| Site: | 05000516, 05000517 |
| Issue date: | 06/29/1979 |
| From: | Geiselman J SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY |
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| FRN-44FR75167, RULE-PR-50 NUDOCS 8004100460 | |
| Download: ML19309D545 (6) | |
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1 Q. Please state your name, title and employer.
'A. My name in Jan N. Geisclman, and I am Acting Dirceter
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2 3 ! of the Air and Hazardous Materials Division, U.S. Er.v . r o r. -
4 l mental Protection Agency (EPA), Region II Office, loccted 5 at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10007 6 l 7 Q. Have you included a copy of your professional q .211f1- l, 8 cations to this Testimony?
I 9 A. Yes. These appear in Appendix "A", attached ta.
10 l 11 Q. What-is the purpose of your testimony? l 12 A. The purpose of my testimony is twofold: (1) c u. 2 l
13 that the US Environmental Protection Agency's-(El : clicy 14 and position with regard t our recommendations t :" S h o t.e 15 of New York Board on Electric Generating Siting a v En-16 vironment (Siting Board) on Case 80003 - Long Is: .. !J -hting 17 Company, Jamesport Generating Station, Nuclear Ur ' La 1 and 2-18 in an application of the Long Island Lighting Compu.. (LILCO) 19 for a certificate of environmental capability and t m'ic rs ed
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20 to construct two.1150 MWe nuclear fueled units at a In bes ; l 21 the Towns of Riverhead and Southold, Suffolk Count.s 22 and (2) to support th.e recommendations made to the 0 i. .- !
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24 II Radiation Branch.
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- 26 Q. What is EPA's policy and position r'e garding the r oesed :
27 Jamesport Nuclear Facility? i EP1 i 28 A. EPA has an overall policy regarding nuclear power.
29 is neither an opponent nor a proponent of nuclear p>-c: . . lith 30 regard to nuclear power plants, EPA decides on a cria-t y-case 31 basis the environmental acceptability of such a facilit.y 'c . r.;
32 on its analysis of the-project. This analysis it ge r 4e ra13 i 33 performed by.the Regional Office and is based upc" auch .n; - Z 34 as the applicants environmental report, the U.S. ;Nelear !
35 Regulatory Commission's (NRC) environmental impact ctn :c. :o.. l 36 and safety analysis report, and any other pertinent infor . ,
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38 determine our position on the enviornmental accepe=i ~ty l
'39 of each proposed nuclear power plant. EPA then art alc.tec l 40 its position through the various appropriate forums to-41 licensing such as the National Environmental Policy '
42 (NEPA) review process and, as is the case in New Ye .te ,
43 the Article VIII State Siting Board process.
44 45 Based on EPA's analysis of the proposed Jamesport C re'ljty 46 we provided testimony as a witness on behalf of Sun. '. .
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48 testimony was given by Mr. Paul A. Giardina. Since l 49 testimony was given, significant knowledge has bece- H .
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1 acceptability of the proposed Jamesport facility. EPA's
. 2 technical analysi s of this proposed facility has con inued 3 in light of the aivances made in the past two years snd 4 Mr. Giardina has )nce again provided EPA's position en the 5 proposed Jamespor; facility in supplemental testinony on 6 behalf of Suffolk County. In that supplemental testt.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
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'll Application of Long Island Lighting Company for I '
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13 pdblic.need to construct two 1150 MWe nuclear 14 ' fueled generating units at a site in the Tour.;
15 of.Riverhead and Southold, Suffolk County, on 16 the grounds that the State of New York could act 17 - pro, vide radiological emergency response protec;.lo" 18 .to citizens residing within a ten-mile radius, of' 19 the. proposed plant that is consistent with protective i 20 actions outlined in EPA's Manual of Protective Act! p. j
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- 28 position stated.by Mr. Giardina is that of EPA. I 29 it is impor. tant to make this point clear because st ent I
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30 to our previous testimony, LILCO raised question a 31 whether the testimony supplied by Mr. Giardina war,.tna .
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33 EPA's position on Jamesport and our policy on thc' A
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34 issue of nuclear power.
.35 36 Q. Why did EPA choose to state its. position at ' ht . ate 37 Siting Board hearings? :
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40 comparitive cost estimates for' items such as nuclet- vaste 41 disposal, decontamination and decommissioning, and rvdio-42 active material transport. It is apparent to EPA tirst tha 43 most appropriate forum for resolution of the innue3 1, t -
44 State Siting Board hearings. Radialogical emerien y neapans 45 planning is currently the primary responsibility o ha Stav ,!
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1 the various costs of producing power by alternative modes
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Appendix "A"
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': STATEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
JAN N. GEISELMAN
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My name is Jan N. Geiselman. I am employed by the United States Environmental Protection Agenc'y (EPA) , Region II, ,
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2G 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
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2/78 - 4/79 - Director, Office of Congressional and Inter- ,
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' governmental Relations, Region II 4/79-Present - Acting Director, Air and Hazardous Materials
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execution of,the Region II (New York, New Jersey, Puerto
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. Rico and Virgin Islands) program for air, noise, radiation and pesticides. Specifically, the Radiation Program includes:
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the radiological _reylew of light water nuclear power plant
, environmental impact statements; assistance to States in devel-
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-State radiological. emergency response plans; the gathering and .
reporting of technical information on selected facilities and procedures inicuding nuclear power planbs, radioactive waste disposal' sites and radioactive shipment transport methods; and other technical assistance to States pertaining to radiation prcgram activities. In carrying out these responsibilities,
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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 t
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prudence from the University of Texas School of Law in 1974.
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AFFIDAVIT OF JAN N. GEISELMAt1 f
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h JAN N. GEISELMAli, being duly sworn, desposes and says:
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$ 1. I am Jan N. Geiselman, Acting Director of the Air
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I l tection Agency located at 26 Federal Plaza,.New York, N.Y. .
I have attached my qualifications to the testimony mentioned below.
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of the County of Suffolk for submission in Case 80003. This testimony summarizes EPA's policy and position regarding the .:
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proposed Jamesport Nuclear Facility and adopts the Sup*plemental ij
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Testimony of Paul A.' Giardina of this office also~ submitted in
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