ML20080C634

Notifies That Town of Ossining Voted on 830517 to Remain in Emergency Response Plan W/Special Appeal to Westchester County to Establish Municipal Task Force.Discontent Expressed Re Emergency Communications Sys

ML20080C634
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	01/30/1984
From:	Fratianni B OSSINING, NY
To:	Cuomo M NEW YORK, STATE OF
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NUDOCS 8402080161
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The Honorable Mario Cuomo k State of New York Executive Chamber i Albany, NY 12224 =

Dear Governor Cuomo:

The Town of Ossining is one of the municipalities that is i actively participating in the Indian Point Emergency Re-

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l On May 17, 1983, the Town of Ossining held a Special Meeting _

to consider withdrawing from compliance to the Emergency Response Plan. By 3-2 majority vote on that date, ossining remained in the Emergency Response Plan with a special appeal to the County of Westchester to establish a Municipal Task Force of local government officials.

Since May 17, 1983, the Board of the Town of Ossining has been monitoring the progress of the Emergency Response Plan and has recorded at the conclusion of two 90-day periods its dissatisfaction with several aspects of the plan, namely the issuance of emergency equipment and the establishment of an effective emergency cc=unications system. (n copy of the August 18, 1983 resolution is enclosed.)

A Town Board resolution dated November 22, 1953 was sent to you on December 2, 1933. Since the passage of that resolution, we have received additional equipment and plans are being formulated that will address some of our other concerns.

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The Town Board, with two new members, still supports j Westchester County Executive Andrew O'Rourke's position j and feels that it fulfills the intent of the Town Board's j 1

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However, the Town Board still remains discontented about the

, emergency communications system. The one factor that is central to the success of the entire Emergency Response Plan is the emergency communications within the ten-mile area.

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The Town Board hereby requests that the two hundred thousand  !

dollars (S200,000) earmarked for the Westchester Mobile Radio E District 3 proposed for the 1985-86 New York State budget be '

advanced to the 1984-85 budget.

Ossining's third monitoring period, our " third clock", will $

expire on May 15, 1984, exactly one year from our first @

resolution. If the members of the Town Board feel at that i time that the Emergency Response Plan still has too many unaddressed components, the possibility for withdrawal from -

compliance with the Emergency Response Plan may becoce a ..

reality. '

I sincerely hope that every consideration wil'. be given to @

the need for the allocation of the MRD's, Westchester 3, in '

the 1984-85 budget.

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L WHEREAS, for scme time, the Town Board had been concerned h with che effectiveness of the Emergency Response Plan (Plan) ~

developed to cope with any emergency at the Indian Point Nuclear

• Power. Plants operated by Consolidated Edison of New York (Con Ed) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) formerly named the Power "

Authority of the State bf New York (PASNY), and -

WHEREAS, the Town Board had expressed its reservations about =

serious apparent defects in the plan, among which were: L

1. A serious inability for adequate inter-agency police  !

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2. A lack of emergency equipment for e',ach member of our 7 local emergency services including police , fire , highway u and ambulance personnel for the Town of Ossining and E the Villages of Ossining and'Briarcliff Manor, which $

equipment includes basic monitoring devices required, W such as a dosimeter or T.L.D.; E e

3. A lack of training of emergency service personnel 5 both within the 10 mile radius and outside, and 9 t

WHEREAS, as a result of the Town's concerns, the Town Board [

met at a special meeting on May 17, 1983 to consider a resolution 5 whereby the Town of Ossining would withdraw from the Plan, and  ;.-

WHEREAS. on May 17, 1983, the Town's forn.er Supervisor met $

with the County Executive and representatives of Con Ed and NYPA F following which meeting Con Ed and NYPA provided the Town with a p.

letter reiterating their " commitment to continue to cooperate with  :

and assist local and county governments in enhancing their emergency  ;

response," and 1 s

WHEREAS, based in large part on the letter from Con Ed and NYPA, the Town Board amended the proposed resolution calling for @

the immediate withdrawal from the Plan and adopted a resolutio'n '

i providing a period of up to 90 days for the Federal and State  ?

governments, the County of Westchester, Con Ed and NYPA to correct f the existing deficiencies with the plan and to address the major  ;

concerns raised by the Town which resolution also called for the County to establish a Municipal Task Force of local governments f within the 10 mile radius to discuss and address all local concerns raised with respect to the Plan, and j

WiiEREAS , the 90. day period is expiring and the following -

actions have taken place: .

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1. The Municipal Task Force has met and it is excected b it will continue to mer.t to address the many ' local i Concerns; g E

2. Meetings have been held w.th various agencies and 5 departments and a survey .aken by Con Ed and NYPA 3 in an attempt to develop and establish an effective emergency communications system which could be used @

in the event of an emergency and there is now Federal h legislation pending to release certain radio frequencies n for emergency use; E 5

3. The Town has been provided with some emergency equipment [

and it is expected that additional equipment will follow  ;

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4. Training has been provided to local emergency service h personnel and it is expected that the training will d continue and be expanded as expeditiously as possible a to include practical and applicable aspects in order to 2 insure that all emergency service persennel will have .:

the proper training to act in the event of any emergency l.,l which could arise, and g 5

WHEREAS , the Town Board realices that there are no simple or 41 casy answers to the maj or deficiencies existing , but is aware that i

the appropriate authorities have at least started to address the problems and are working toward appropriate solutions,  ;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town will continue to participate with the Emergency hesponse Plan and will extend the ]

evaluation period to November 15, 1983 when a special Town Board 3 meeting will be held at 8:00 p.m. to evaluate progress to that date, and it is further

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RESOLVED, that the-Town Board shall appoint liaison to meet with the Municipal Task Force, its committees, NYFA and Con Edison .

to provide for additional dialogue between the agencies, committees 5 and Town Officials, and be it further y RESOLVED, that the Town expects that all goverrmontal and .

private agencies concerned continue to work toward bettering the -

Plan and removing its deficiencies to protect our citizens from any emergency which could arice at the Plant.

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WHEREAS, the Town Board continues to be concerned with the effectiveness of the Emergency Response Plan (Plan) developed to cope with an emergency at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants D

operated by Consolidated Edison of New York (Con Ed) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) formerly the Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY) ; and WHEREAb, the Town Board hcid a special meeting on May 17, i

1983 to consider withdrawing frc; the Plan; and WEEREAS, on the day of that special meeting Con Ed and PASNY provided the Town with a letter reiterating their "cc=mitment to continue to cooperate with and assist local and county governments in enhancing their emergency response" and based on large part on that letter, the Town Board amended the proposed resolution calling for immediate withdrawal from the Plan and adopted a resolution providing for a period of up to 90 days for the Pederal and State Governments, the County of Westchester, Con Ed and PASHY to correct existing deficiencies with the Plan, and to address the concerns raised by the tcwn which included a serious inability of adequate inter-agency police communications, a lack of emergency equipment '

for local emergency services personnel and lack of training for those emergency

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County of Westchester to establish a Municipal Task Force of local governmente to discuss and address all local ccncerns raised with respect to the Plan; and WHERIAS, a Municipal Task Force was thereafter established and by resoluticn adopted August 15, 1983, the Tcwn Boarc noted its establishment and noted that various meetings had been held with

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. respect to establishing an emergency communications system, that the Town had been provided with some additional emergency equipment and t

y that some additional training of emergency services personnal had been I

provided; and WHEPEAS, in_said resolution the Town Board voted to continue I to participate with the Plan and evaluate further progress made at a special Town Board meeting on November 15, 1983 and stated its e::-

pectation that all governmental and private agencies concerned would continue to work toward bettering the Plan and removing its deficiencies; ~

and WHEREAS, the Town Board met at a special neeting on November 15,fl983 and has found that i '

there has been some progress in resolving  :

the concerns previously raised by the Town Board, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Town will continue to .

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participate with the Emergency Response Plan for a period of time up to .

May 9, 1984 and will continue to evaluate changes and improvements, and nuggest further changes and improvements through continued and direct involvement with the Municipal Task Force to assure the safety of the  :

-citizens of the Town.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:

That the Tcwn Board of the Town 5 of Ossining will review and moniter closely the actions taken to I correct.the deficiencies and if not satisfied, will take appropriate .

action to withdraw from compliance with the Emergency Response Plan for Westchester County. .

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ADOPTED BY THE OSSINING TOWN BOARD: ,

November 22, 1983  ?

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