ML19329F185
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| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 03/29/1971 |
| From: | KAYE, SCHOLER, FIERMAN, HAYS & HANDLER |
| To: | US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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) Docket Nos. 50-329 CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY )
) 50-330 Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2 )
DOW RESPONSES TO SAGINAW INTERROGATORIES The following are Dow's Responses to those i, Interrogatories served by the Saginaw Intervenors by mail on March 22, 1971 to which Dow is not simultaneously herewith serving notice of its objections: j Interrogatory No. 233 In specific response to Saginaw/Dow Inter-rogatory No. 233, and in general response to those portions f of other Saginaw/Dow Interrogatories seeking information with respect to Dow's plans to introduce evidence at the l Hearing: Dow does not presently intend to call any witnesses or offer any documents into evidence at the Hearing. 8006200 [ [ O
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Dow expects only to be ' responsive to requests of the
' Hearing Board and Applicant and other parties .
To the extent that there may be controversy with respect to issues on which Dow has special expertise, such as the geological effects of brine mining over the years or possible synergistic consequences of the Dow chemical plant location adjacent to the proposed i nuclear plant , -Dow expects that its personnel will be , called as witnesses by Applicant or at the initiative l of the Board or some other party. ! Dow does expect to continue to participate in a manner similar to its participation to this point, with the purpose of trying to help expedite conclusion of this proceeding. The identity _ of any Dow personnel whom Applicant presently intends to call as witnesses, or of any Dow documents which Applicant intends to introduce, will be furnished to Applicant at Applicant's request, and presumptively will be included by Applicant in its l responses to the Saginaw/ Applicant interrogatories as 1 and to the extent they are answered by Applicant. Interrogatory No. 240 I. Detection Eculpment A. Tyge Manufacturer Detecting Ultra-Violet The Dow Chemical Co. Halogenated Organic Analyzer 2
TZge Manufacturer Detecting Infrared Analyzer Mine Safety Appliance Organic Corp.- Perkin-Elmer Co. Halogenated Organ The Dow Chemical Co. Acid Gas Perkin-Elmer Co. Acid Gas The Dow chemical Co. Halogenated Organ Phot ometric The Dow Chemical Co. Halogen Research Appliance Corp. Suspended dust Coulometric The Dow Chemical Co. Halogen l Atlas Electric Co. Oxidant Amperometric Fischer & Porter Co. Halogen The Dow Chemical Co. Odor Conductimetric Beckman Instrument Hydrocarbons Co. Scientific Industries Acid Gas Inc. The Dow Chemical Co. Acid Gas The Dow Chemical Co. Halogenated Hydre carbons Titration The Dow Chemical Co. Halogen Recorders Colorimetric Wilkens-Andersen Co. Acid Gas Radiation Victoreen Instrument Gamma Rays Detector Dividion-Cleveland, Ohio Potentiometric The Dow Chemical Co. Halogen Gravimetric The Dow Chemical Co. Particulates (Dust fall jars) Sulfate candles The Dow Chemical Co. Acid Gas Filtration Gelman-Instrument Co. Suspended dust II. Control Equipment A. Type Wet Collectors Controlling I-L Packed Scrubber Odor Control
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i Tyge Wet Collectors Controlling Venturi Scrubber Particulate Venturi Jet Scrubber Halogen Odor Acid Gas Centrifugal Wash Collector Soluble Partic-ulates Cyclonic Scrubber Soluble Partic-ulates Demister Scrubber Acid Gas Entrainment l Condensors Organic Vapor B. Type Dry Collectors Controlling ! Bag Filter Organic Dust Cyclone Organic Dust Centrifugal Separator Organic Dust . Charcoal Organics Conservation Vent Organic Vapor C. Tyge Chemical Reaction Oxidation Odor (E. S. Shannon, Manager, Waste Control, Dow Midland Division) Interrogatory No. 244 Those employees who have expertise in nuclear technology and who are currently directly associated with matters relating to the Midland power plant are: (a) Radioactivity' Measurements Fred A. Blanchard, Ph.D. Physics, University of Cincinnati, employed in the Radiochemistry- Research Laboratory, , 4
o- .. q l The Dow Chemien1 Company since 1951. Irene T. Takahashi, Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, University of Washington, employed in the Radiochemistry Research Laboratory,The Dow Chemical Company since 1959. Arthur Kamp, B.S. Chemistry, Clarkson College, Potsdam, New York, employed in the Radiochemistry Research Laboratory, The Dow Chemical Company since 1968. + (b) Industrial Hygiene Joel B. Charm, M.S. Radiation Biology, Health Physics, University of Michigan, employed in the Industrial Hygiene Section, Chemical Biology Research Laboratory, The Dow Chemical Company since 1968 as Research Environmental Health Engineer. Lawrence G. Silverstein, M.S. Radiation Biology, University -of Rochester, Certified -Health Physicist, em-played in the Chemical Biology Laboratory, 1955 to 1969, Manager of. Safety and Industrial Hygiene, Midland Division 1 1969 to date.
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There are numerous other Dow employees with expertise in various fields of nuclear technology, but who are not involved to any substantial degree in the Midland nuclear project. Interrogatory No. 250 Yes. Interrocatory No. 253 See attached Exhibits "A", "B", "C"3 " D an d " E" . (R. . E. Reinker,' Manager, Basic Operations , Dow Midland ~ Div tsion) ' 5 _,
. i Interrogatory No. 257 :
Dow has never contended, and does not now contend, that there will be any affirmative and direct health benefits received from a person being exposed to any radiation which might result from the proposed Midland plant. 1 Interrogatory No. 261~ ! The -site of the proposed, Midland plant was selected by Applicant and not Dow. However, Dow believes that the i need for process steam was an important factor in siting l the plant in proximity to its point of use, because any significant geographical separation between production and , use of process steam would involve such substantial capital investment to avoid heat loss as to render such supply uneconomic. l Interrogatory No. 274 No. Applicant has made such projections. Interrogatory No. 275 (a) Yes; twenty years but cancellable by Dow at the end of the seventh or any succeedin6 year upon tuo years prior notice to Applicant; monthly upon receipt of a bill from Applicant. (b)- The contract between Dow and Applicant will automatically terminate on July 1, 1971, if Applicant has ) i 6 l l c
not received a final, unappealable construction permit from . the Atomic Energy Commission, unless the termination date is extended as it has been on several previous occasions. (c) Dow understands that a copy of the Dow/ Applicant contract is being produced by Applicant for Intervenors' inspection. i
. Interrogatory No. 276 None. ,
f Incerrogatory No. 277 Dow knows of no.such consideration. Interrogatory No. 278 No. Interrogatory No. 279 No. . Interrogatory No. 280 Dow knows of no studies indicating that radiation
- can be either more or less harmful, at the levels to be expected from the Midland nuclear power plant, to persons living or working in the greater Tri City area as a result of having worked or lived in an industrial community such as Midland, Michigan.
(Joel B. Charm, Research Environmental Health Engineer, and ! Howard Spencer, Research Scientist, Chemical Biology Research ' Laboratory, Dow Corporate Division) i 7 i J . I
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l Interrogatory No. 281' No. Dow has no reason to believe, with respect to the building of the proposed Midland nuclear power plant, that there will be any increased risk of emphysema and lung diseases in the Midland, Michigan area as compared to the other parts of the State of Michigan. (Charm and Spencer) Interrogatory No. 282 Dow knows of no surveys or studies in Midland or surrounding counties dealing with the incidence of radi-ation induced leukemia, cancer or other diseases; nor does it have any reason to believe there will be any increased risk of leukemia, cancer and other radiation induced diseases in connection with the proposed Midland nuclear power plant. (Charm and Spencer) Interrogatory No. 284 No officer of Dow has ever asked Consumes Power to contribute proportionately or to contribute any amount to the cost of the trip to Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1970, by persons who later became members of intervenor Midland Nuclear Committee. Interrogatory No. 287 Careful consideration has been given to the effect of train wrecks.on the C & O Railroad with regard to 8 t
t interaction with the Midland Dow plant site. ! Credible events considered include the maximum hazard potential associated with a train wreck itself occur-ring within the fence lines of The Dow Midland plant (i.e., west of Saginaw Road to the junction of the C & O tracks and the Tittabawassee River at State and Main Streets in Midland). The primary potential was considered as well as the likely secondary effects -- i.e. , interaction with Dow production facilities. Conceivable events resulting from a train wreck along the main line of the C & O, where through trains are limited to 20-25 mph passing speeds, include explosions , fires , ,
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In the case of explosions, the design criteria for the reactor buildings at the Midland nuclear power plant is for a 2.5 psi positive external overpressure (see PSAR 5 1.1.27, Amendment 8). Using the standard U. S. Government shock-wave explosion parameter curves (TM 5-1300/NAVFAC P-397/ AFM 88-22, Figure 4-12, attached), an overpressure of 2 5 psi at the nuclear plant would require a single explosion of about 2,000 tons (4,000,000 lbs.) of TNT at a point 3,600 feet to the northeast of the plant on the C & O tracks very near to the Saginaw Road C & O crossing. Explosion sites in the C & O yards N.W. of Dean Station also would be about 4,500 ft. north of the nuclear plant and would require about 3,500 tons of TNT for 2.5 psi overpressures. A hypothetical 9
explosion inside the Dow fence near lith and G Streets (7,000 ft.) would require about 14,000 tons of TNT to create a 2 5 psi overpressure at the nuclear plant. No lawful train manifest of any combination of reactive chemicals could produce a single explosion equal to 2,000-2,500 tons of TNT (40 to 50 rail cars). There 1 are no concentrations of reactive, explodable chemicals within the Dow plant with yields of more than a very small fraction of the required minimum in either a single ex- l plosion or in a sequence of explosions. - It is,therefore, concluded that no credible train i accident with or without interaction with Dow facilities could produce an explosion with forces exceeding design criteria of the reactor buildings at the Midland nuclear power plant. Large scale fires resulting from wrecks of tank cars containing flammable low-boiling liquids are recorded and credible events. However, even massive involvements of 10 to 15 cars (e.g. crescent city, Illinois , June 21, 1970) of propane and similar materials involve only areas within a , few hundred feet of the right-away. (Radiation heat fluxes from massive fires are insignificant beyond 500-1,000 feet. ) It is concluded that no credible fire could occur in the C & O rail yards or on Dow property of physical significance to the nuclear site. I 10 m
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The release of toxic vapors from low-boiling liquids transported regularly. in tank cars is a credible event. Puncture of car walls with broken rails or other moving objects can occur as well as damage to valving on the loading dome. The most hasardous chemical transported by the C & O from or to the Dow plant is considered to be
, chlorine, which is non-flammable and heavier than air. Any chlorine spill upwind of the nuclear plant will presumably !
produce some concentration of chlorine at the site for a period of time. . The concentration of vapors downwind is readily I calculated for various meteorological conditions of wind ; and temperature , etc. As per Figure 3-6E, F#, the con- , t centration'of vapor in gm/m 3 for Class F stability and a three (3) meter /sec. wind at a site 1,200 meters (4,000 feet) directly downwind of a spill will yield a concentration of 5 x 10-4 gm/m 3 per 1 gm/sec. released at a point source. At 3,000 meters (10,000 ft. or roughly the Dow No. 2 gate) the concentration will be about 1.5 x 10 -N gm/m3 . Accordingly, a point source release rate of about 1.4 lbs/ minute will give a concentration of 3 x 10-3gm/m 3 at 4,000 feet downwind or
- about 1 ppm of chlorine which is about the recognized TLV.
Higher ppm levels require proportionally higher releases. Workbook of Atmospheric Dispersion Estimates, D.B. Turne r, U.S. Public Health Service, Pub. No. 999-AP-26. 11 i
s Credible chlorine point source or line source release rates of 250 lb./ min. or respectively 5-15 lbs./hr./ft.2 i of a liquid pool are possible.- Broken lines may vent several hundred pounds' a minute from a warm C1 car. Pools of C1 2 in 2 a ditch from a punctured railcar will evaporate C1 at rates 2 of about 3 lbs./hr./ft.2 on a hot summer day with incident solar radiation alone of 360 BTU /hr./ft. . Convection from air and conduction from the ground add to the amount. Total emission rates exceeding about 10 lbs./ minute /ft.2 yyyy produce ppm levels at 4,000 ft. on level ground or 30 lbs./ minute /ft.2 at 10,000 ft. that would require air treatment ' at a downwind site to protect personnel from unsafe C1 2 levels. Spills with continued emissions for several hours are possible where spill depths af ter release are " inches deep" unless covered with protective foam or pumped up. However, complex incidents involving fires , etc. , may pre-clude immediate preventative measures and downwind facilities need appropriate air cleanup systems or total recycle air systems. This information has been supplied to Consumers Power Company in order that they can provide such systems. Based on actual experience, Dow foresees no problems in designing appropriate air cleanup systems or total air recycle systems to cope with any such releases, including 12 -
j warning devices to activate any such systems. l Preventative measures to eliminate the hazard i potential of train wrecks and possible subsequent fires, ! explosions, etc. are already in daily practice. Railroad , car design, operation, and maintenance preanticipate minor derailments with no damage to contents. Rail practice in
, the Dow plant involves about 100,000 switches a year.
Activity in the C & 0 yards is greater. Numerous trains move through the yards daily. No rail incident has ever i occurred at the Midland plant site of any significant hazard l potential. f In conclusion, with the ex^eption of a release or , spill of chlorine or other materials of comparable hazard, no credible accident or chain of events could happen which would begin with an accident on the C & O rail tracks inside the Midland Dow plant boundaries that can create an opera-tional difficulty at the Fudland nuclear plant site. Documents pertinent to the foregoing Response, copies of which are attached as Exhibits F, G and H, are: Exhibit F:U. S. Dept. of Defense, TM 5-1300/NAVFAC P-397/ AFM 88-22, Fig. 4-12. Shock wave parameters for hemispherical TNT surface explosion at sea level. Exhibit G:" Freight Train Derailment and Fire, Crescent City, Illinois," Fire Journal, November, 1970. I 13 , L
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Exhibit II:" Work llock of Atmospheric Dinpr rn ton I:stimaten", l F16 ure 3-6E,F U.S. Public ifcalth Science l'ublication i No. 999-AP-26. (W. C. Brasie, Process Specialist, Process Systems Engineering, Dow Midland Division) Interrogatory No. 288 t None, . except for stand-by fossil-fuel fired steam boilers with sufficient capacity to supply steam necessary
- to prevent freeze-up of processing and storage facilities and product or water transfer lines, and to maintain building temperatures above 32*F. Dow knows of no accident likely to occur as a result of the cessation of the equipment specified following a total cessation of the process steam.
Interrogatory No. 292 Dow believes that Interrogatory 292 refers to a meeting between Applicant and Midland City Officials, at which W. L. Tisdale, Dow Assistant Manager of Industrial Relations, Midland Division, and Robert Westjohn, Manager of Dow Plant Security, were present. Dow's acceptance of the conclusion expressed, is based upon its observations of em-ployees leaving the Dow and Dow Corning plant premises at the end of their regular work days at 4:30 and 5: 00 p.m. These observations indicate that by utilizing existing traffic flow patterns, . conveyance by automobiles transporting the 14 i
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.outside the City boundaries could be accomplished i'ithin about one hour.
(W. L. Tisdale, Assistant Manager, Industrial Relations , Dow Midland Division) Interrogatory No. 293 Coordination of each of the units referred to at Page' 2C-30 of the PSAR and in Interrogatory 293, along with Dow Plant Protection, will be accomplished through and under the direction of Dow Emergency Field Headquarters within the Dow plant. The headquarters will be under the supervision of one of the several executives assigned to be in charge of headquarters on a weekly basis. Details of the plan are i set forth at PSAR Pages 2C-34 through 2c-36. (Tisdale) lI Interrogatory No. 294 Fortunately, Dow has had no plant-wide evacuation t within the last five years, so that there has been no real - emergency test of an evacuation plan similar to that which will be introduced with operation of the Midland units. Dow's experience in emergency plans, however, will l be helpful in assisting Applicant to develop the emergency ' and evacuation plans in connection with the proposed Midland units. Each of the 600-800 units within the Dow plant has 15 l l
a its own written emergency plan, which in updat ed an l'rcipien t. l y i as required, but at least once every two years. Thene uoverni hundred different plans are coordinated and supervised by . the Dow Plant Emergency Committee, which reports to the . General Manager, and which is assigned the function of being sure that Dow plans and procedures are current and implemented. From time to time during the last five years there have been limited problems, including loss of service water due to a water main break which in turn caused electrical < outage, loss of utilities due to lightning and fire. The reports of these episodes are voluminous. In addition, the followit.g simulated problems have been covered in developing Dow's emergency plans at its Midland plant: A. Hydrocarbon fires and explosions B. Chlorine leaks and leaks of other corrosive materials C. Loss of utilities (electrical power, cooling water) D. Flammable gas releases E. Tornados (Tisdale) Interrogatory No. 295 (a) Applicant.
-(b) Dow has not seen the subject document.
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(c) Dow docu not know who the civil authoritieu will be; nee page 2c-34 of Preliminary Sarcty Analysis Report (Amendment'2, dated May 28, 1969) for the " authorities" designated by. Dow. (d) Yes.- Letter,1/22/70, Harold Bosscher to Robert D. Allen, atta,ched as Exhibit I. Interrogatory No. 307 In locating future production, storage, or other facilities at its Midland site, Dow will give consideration to whether such facilities could create a potential hazardous exposure to Applicant's Midland nuclear power plant. If there is any such potential, Dow will consult with Applicant before siting the facility. See memoranda of J. F. Maddox, dated 12/17/69 and 8/12/70, attached as Exhibits J, K and L. Interrogatory No.'308 (a) and (b) To the best of Dow's knowledge , Applicant has made no final determination on the number of tertiary heat exchanger units. j See Amendment 18, dated September 15, 1970, l (c)
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i I See Responses to Interrogatories 253, 287, 295 i and 307 Dated New York, ' New ' York March 29, 1971 Respectfully submitted, j KAYE, SCHOLER, FIERMAN, HAYS & HANDLER Trial Attorneys for The Dow Chemical Company 1 e 18
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STATE OF 14I01110/.f! AIR POLLUTIO!! CO.'tTP.0L CG'lilSSIO!i 110TICE OF DETEf"ill!ATIO t In 'the rc.atter of an application for a variance dated Octo';cr 18,1960 . nd cntorad into the record of the receting of the Cc.v;aission of Dacca.ber 17, 1953, the 007 Chemical Cor:pany of Midiand M . ichigen, uith referanto to the instalIc-tion of control devicc.s and all other installaticns and procedures ncc:cscry in the control of air pollution from the aforesaid corporation's r.unufccturing operations in the state of liichigan. . in:EREAS, the Cor~nission considered this application at tr.0etings of record
- held on Cace.ecr 18, 1958 in the City of Lt.nsing, Lensing, ti!chigan.
and on April 29, 1969 in the City of liidland, Midland, Michig.n, and en June 17, 1969 in the City of Lansing, Lansing, liichicj.a; cad WilEREAS, the staten. nts plade and filed with the Ccy:dission by the Dc Chuuiccl Company and the statenants made and filed by the Cc:0.ission staff appear in the minutes of the aforesaid t20 tings; and WilEREAS, the action aid determination of the Corr.;itssion on this applicttica apocars in the record of the 'iichigan Air Pollution Control Cc.i..ais-sion r.:actihq of June 17, 1969; there fore PURSU//!T to the powers and duties of the fitchigc.n Air Pollution Centrol Co..:/.is-sicn es provic'ed in Act 348, Public Acts of 1965, the flichig:.1 Ai r Pollution Cnntrol Cornaission adopted the follo.iing ordar of d.: twain-ation: The Comissicn approves of a variance for a six conth period with the follo. vines stipulations:
- 1. The Do s Chemical Cor:'pcny, either alene or jointly with Cnnstrars Pc.ver Coupany, shall submit a dtailed r2 port revealing the proposed nuclear base pc.:Or plant construction schadule and indicatino wnether the sch2dule is being satisfied. The report
- shall also indicetc any cause:1 conditicas which can ccncaivably d21ay the cons truction p'rojeci..
- 2. The ccmp:ny shall invcstig3t on 'a thorcugh 500.rch basis th0 availability of 10.. sulfur coal in the event thct its use becoms necessar/ in tac future.
.- 3. As the result of rccent orc..119 :. tion of aQiant air qu.91ity criteria for sul fur oxids by the federal r;overnr.at s tu :y . techniquus should be t.;mlicd in liidland so that the or;vailir.g levels or sulfur dio::ir' can be dataiminied in di f ferent sectic is '
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- 4. 'The Comrissica requests that the D:.i Cheraical Conp[ny initiaio a ir. ore extensive series of cir pollutten re:csurarants than those conducted up to the prescat tin.2 and tche steps to encble the implen.cntation of tem,)orary control r.2asures so as to cricct reductions in the release of air poljutants fro:a the ro.::;r plant fac'litics should such rr.catures cycr becc:.:2 necessary. '
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PRESEllT Afl0 V0 TING: John C. Soot, Ac. ting Chairman
- Comissioner Jarr. s A. Kelly Cornmissioner Stenley Qucckenbush Comissioner Richard Rasir.ussen Comissioner George Reicks ,
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Dear Mr. Reinker:
This is in reference to the application of the Dou Chemical Co:npany dated Jcnuary 20, 1970 for an extension of the variance granted to the company by previous action of the Ilichigan Air Pollution Control Comission on June 17, 1959. The liichigan Air Pollution Control Cor.tnission acted on your . application at a rr.celing of record of January 20, 1970 and approved an extension of the expired varianca for a six inonth pcried ter..11nating on July 20, 1970 uith the provision that the Dow Cheraical Cetgaany appear before the Conmission for a progress revieu at the end of the variance period. Sincerely, 1
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GeorCo Rr.!cics w.'a r..' . ::::- c-... Mor on 5tertir.2 Mr. R. E. Reinhcr Manager Basic Operations The Do'.t Chemical Company - 256 Building Midland, Michigan
Dear Mr. Reinher:
This is to inform you of the action of the Michigan Air Pollution Control Corrnission with referenco to your application for an extension of a variance granted to the compnny on January 20,
.- 1970 with an expiration date of July 20, 1970.
At a meeting of. record of the Cctr. mission on September 22, 1970 the Corxalssion adopted the following resolution: The Michigan Air Pollution Control Cerwaission approves of a six month extension of the variance beginning on September 22, 1970 and ending on March 22, 1971, con-tingent on the development of an alert or action program so that _immediato and appropriato action can be taken in the event of a contaminant buildup. S.lncereIy, ;
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Mc eton $8erlen; I4r.11. E. fleinker Ianager Basic Opt. rations The De.i Cheuical Co:cpany 25G Building liiciland, i.ichigan Daar !). Rein!:er: The i;ichigan Air polluticn Control Co:caission will i;cet in Lansing on April 19 and 20, 1971 at the Capitol Parh i4';tel . The Cc;:uission rcspect-fully rcou::sts that you attend this' c?cting
,for the purpor.e of sub:nitting a pro;;rass report ca your coi.:pany's air pollution control progia:a t.hich should includa a dcscriptien of the
" alert" prograu viiich you are putting into action.
The itou of business cc:iccrnir.g your plant has bxn placed on the
, aget.da for 2:30 p.u., Acril 20, 1971. He should cpprcciate rccciving confir;;..itio.i of your plans to atter.d.
Sincerely,
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Dear Mr. Reinker:
The Michigan Air Pollution Control Cocaission will raeet at the Ca,.itol Park liotel in Lansing on March 16, 1971. In vic.t of the fact that your variance will expire in f! arch the Cocnission respectfully requests that you appear at the timo of its o liarch 15 r.:aeting for the purpose of bringing it up-to-date on air pollution control progress being achieved at your facility. You may wish to mention the alert or emergency control program which you have been asked to develop and the action you are taking in this regard. Also, you are advised to prepare a letter requesting a variance. This can be directed to the Coraission before the r.:ceting or sub:aitted at the time of your appearance. The item of business concerning your plant has been placed on the agenda for 10:30 a.m. We should appreciate racciving confinnation of your plans to attend the meeting. Sincerely, .
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FREIGH' ' RAIN DERAILMENT AND FlRE Crescent City, Illinois L A U R E N C E D. K A TR O US , Superchor, XFPA Fire Rccord Department Ox 3.s.n u, m.1m rn ,x th,t haa passcareicdo,reo,ia dairy ana w esic,n P.a i,oaa 1,ain x .co _ for > cars through the center of the lin .. cominunity of P2 left Peoria, Illinois. with SG lo.uled cars anal .IG s mp-Cre> cent City derailed, causing fires and explosions that festioyed the business distiiet and many surrounding g ties on its way to EITner. Indi.ma. for intercha hom. the Penn Central Itiihoad. ~1he train, puHed by four _5. . dicac1 locomotives, was supposed to pass through Cies.
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car enem.ntered a suitch track for a siding. Th hang- on No. 3 rdieved from expmure fire and' torch uas directed at idg whccis and the suppoit caught in the switch track, No. 2. (5) No. 2 npfoded, a!>out 7dC am. (6) No. 3 cxploded. (7) No. 5 cxploded. (6) No. .i explcJcd. (9) No. 7 cxplodcd. which formed a large mass of welbbraced steel that U8) # 8 "'" "A'd "P'" hV " P'"# ## f rced the entire truck and the car Off the track. As rzploded the and drove b o. 9 back one car length. " I UI) #
- 8 sand car left the tracks it uncoupled from the head end cf the train. Figure 1 shows the location of the derail-inent. .
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diameter shallow well and pumped into the system to maintain some semblance of water supply.
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cn the fire, as it seemed relatively small, when at 7:10 am one of the LP.Cas tank cars exploded. One piece of blast occurred; however, when the tank stnpped sliding the tank rocketed past the fire fighters standing near the toward the men they were ahic to advance quickly and water tank. The flying tank broke off utility poles 12 to douse the flames. 15 feet above the gro.und. It hit the ground 500 feet from wheie it had started and bounced another 75 feet, South cnding up in the middle of North hiapte Street. The Other companies set up south of the fire and took force of the blast blew the men into the street, along with raihoad ballast, ties, and track. their water supply from a portable tank. They hand-laid 2'i. inch lines up to the back of the burning hminess Police and private cars were immediately put into service to transport the injured to nearby hospitals. Afu- buildings fronting on hiain Strect. Those lines kept the fire from spreading from the business area southward;
' tual afd fire departments that had responded regrouped and attacked the fire again. Portable drafting tanks were but a wind from the north was blowing heat, smoke, and buming embers toward the fine fighters.
set up, as Crescent City's water supply had become nearly uscicss because of main breaks and the electric Some progress was being made when about 9:30 am power outage. Every possible container was used to anoth'cr LP-Cas tank exploded, sending t:,e men runs haul water from surrounding communities to the fitu ning for cover. Lines had been chopped and prepara-area for deposit in the por table tanks. tions had been made to remove the apparatus when still another tank blew, again sending the men for cover. They returned to their apparatus and moved them. FmE nCimNG When they were about two blocks south there was an-East other blast. About 10:15 am the final blast sent them scurrying for cover for the last time. One mutnal. aid company set up a portable pump to
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eperating. Three nearby houses were ignited when this were laid to within 75 feet of the tracks and used to cool the tankt. The nearest water supply m in Cihn.,n. eight miles away-too far to he reliable. When the
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Sixty four pec.ple received treatment at ene of the many area hospitals that accepted patients from the disaster. Several had to remain in the hospital more f.rrive. About ten minutes after the water had run out than two weeks because of the severity of their burns. a tank exploded; trascled through a wood frame ga. The Illinois State Police, who started evacuating the rage, then a house; can.med off another house; knocked town shortly after their arrival at 6:30 am, can take doun tuo trees; and ended up inside a third honse credit that there were no fatalities.
- about O'20 feet from the tracks. The men returned to The Illinois State Ifighway Departnu nt sent nine their apparatus and backed them out, leaving their trucks and five loader-grader units to help in the equipment behind. The paint on the cabs of the appa. cleanup operations. Its equipment was used to remove ratus was beginning to burn, burned out buildings and to fill in open foundations.
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tem until the nonnal supply could be returned to serv- ing their chin straps, ami they suffered head burns. fee. Others received arm burns because their crats did not Alany of the flee departments commented on the lack have wrist! cts sewn in. of a command post at the scene. The major reason for Crescent City will never forget June 21, jrgo, this difIleulty was the size of the problem, along with Twenty fourindividualliving quarter > (ap.ntments and the fact that the chief of the Crescent City Fire Depart- dwellings) and 18 businesses (about 90 per <ent of the ment was one of the first to be taken to the hospital for business district) were destsoyed, htany other buildings burns. Without supervision, each fire company attacked received varying degrees of damage. The damage was a section of the fire almost individually. The extent of so great that the city was declared a disaster area (con-the fire, the con'stant threat of explosions, and the pres- sequently the SmallIlusiness Administration could offer cnce of different fire department radio frequencies pro. Ioans at 3 per cent interest). Unofilcial reports indicate hibited any one chief from getting the full picture and that the damage went as high as three million dollars. taking command. Illinois Covernor Richard Ib Ogilvie, a tank commander hiany injuries resulted from the firemen's not wearing in Europe during World War II, reportedly remarked protective clothing or their wearing inadequate cloth- that Crescent City resembled a small French town that ing. For example, the chief of Descent' City was about had just been bombed. A 6 Indmirial Fire piob! cms Exchange (connnucJ /mm page 21) . assume many risks for which insurance will no longer he may find it difficult to imtify the return on invest-be available. ment for a capital expenditme for loss preventiim, such
*l. Hisk management teams will have to redouble as making an addition to a sprinkler system upgiading their efforts to develop and implement eficctive loss carbon dioxide equipment, providing smoke-vcuting presention practices and procedurcs. or draft curtains o'r a liie wall. or complying with other All the technical "know-how' to control fire will have impoitant recommendations of the insurance carriers.
to be applied every day of the Seventies. Our risk man. But imtead of placing too much emphasis on " prof-agement team will require greater efforts from our itability," perhaps we and our risk management team secur'ty management and from our industrial fire pro. ' should reconnnend to the plant manager that greater
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All of us in our respective areas of work have the re- bility for continuity of operations and accountability spontihility to ptotect our " going thing." our company for continuity of an aduluate insurance piogram. After and its busine.s activity. None of us wants to esperi- all, he i.s accountable for the protection of a ptation of cme loss and have to revert to an imurance policy to the corporate contolidated opeiating statement and colle(t for that loss. We agree that there are things we the corporate balance sheet, lie mmt protect it against can do to manage assets more clitetively, to challenge fortuitous loss, i.e., all loss r than those losses of a the Seventies and offer ourselves as more eficetive risk business nature. Ile evah Os his plant's ri>ls. With managers, the help of the risk manageusent team. he determines hlany indmities, oms included, and peihaps your what risks can be reduced how ha/ards can be con-coinpany ahn, hate adopted the " profit center" prin- trolled, what Ims presention and safety measures cip!c of management. The pl.mt manager has many of mmt he taken. lie is rnpomible for developing and co-the premgatives of an enterpicacur, and he is judged ordinating all the aspn is of in s po vention, which largely by 'the results shown on the last line of the provide a high degree of assurance that the plant will plant's profit and loss statements. In many instances enjoy continuity of eperations. .
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):r. Robert D. Allen
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Dear 1-Ir. Allen:
s The' Dow Chenical Corpany is carecable to Consuaars Pouer Co:qnny using the followire, state: rent in its cppifection fer licensing of the Ilidlarni 1:oc1ccr Plant and vill comply uith the provisions thereof:
"Conseners Po.cr Coupeny uill be cognizant at c1]. time of persons within that portion of The Dou Chenien1 Co:pany
. property s:hich fr.11s uithin the plant c:.:clusion zone.
Consur..'rs Pouer Co:pany uill exercisa the rii,ht to rehove
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-Sincerely, llarold li tr.cher
- General ;anager Flidinnd Division clh bec: R. E. Reinher J. O'Connor.
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. R. E. Rein 1:cr. liar;ie Operations, 256 Bldg. .
- 11. A. Starks, Midland Division /.dmin. , 47 ):1dg.
J. N. O'Connor, T.cgal Department,'2030 Eldt . j_ l
'Coissemero Pouer Co:n.icny needs a state =:nt from us, relative to citing '
of future pit.nts in liidland, to inclu:!c in their application for
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In locat inn future production, stors:ge, or other facilitics at' the Midit:nd site, Dos ulil give consideration to tdiether such facilitics could create a potential hazardous c>:posure to Cour:umers Pouer Company's,nucicar poteer plant. ' If'there is any su$h potential, Dot: t.'111 consult uith Consumers Pouer
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION In The Matter of ) CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-329 (MIDLAND PLANT UNITS 1 and 2 ) 50-330 STATE OF MICIIIGAN COUNTY OF MIDLAND l James F. Maddox being duly sworn disposes and says that he is Manager, Nuclear Energy Project, Basic Operations, Midland Division, The Dow Chemical Company, and that he has read the foregoing Responses to Interrogatories submitted by Intervenors Saginaw Valley Nuclear Study Group, et al, and that the same are true to his personal knowledge or upon the basis of his information and belief. Where another Dow employee has furnished information in specific response to one of the said interroga-tories, that persons name and title are included at the end of the Response.
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,, J. F. Maddox Sworn to before me this 2Sth day of Mardh, 1971 JO)W F. l'I.YER Notary Puiitic. f
- tt * .vi'v. MWnn Act i; ia and let the County f t f rd My Corn ru.a.io.i bpires .lu'y 31,19/2 Notary Public}}