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Transcript of 790629 Testimony Before Ny State Board on Electric Generation Siting & Environ.Pp 1-3
ML19309D087
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Site: 05000516, 05000517
Issue date: 06/29/1979
From: Geiselman J
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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FRN-44FR75167, RULE-PR-50, TASK-OS, TASK-SD-906-1 NUDOCS 8004100050
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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? ,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27 Jamesport Nuclear Facility? i

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  • 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 - "

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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. 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:

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

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34 issue of nuclear power.

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36 Q. Why did EPA choose to state its position at t he. ste j

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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 , .

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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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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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STATEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • 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

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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

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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,

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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

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AFFIDAVIT OF JAN N. GEISELMAN

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h 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

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Case 80003, 'The statements contained in my testimony are true

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