ML20153D966
| ML20153D966 | |
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| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 02/18/1986 |
| From: | Stovall C Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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| OL, NUDOCS 8602240324 | |
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e UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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GEORGIA POWER COMPANY, et al.
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Docket No. 50-424 (Vogtle Electric Generating-
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50-425 Plant, Units 1 and 2)
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AFFIDAVIT OF FEMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SPECIALIST CHERYL L. STOVALL IN SUPPORT OF AP-PLICANTS' MOTION FOR
SUMMARY
DISPOSITION OF JOINT INTERVENORS' CONTENTION EP-1/EP-1(a) /
EP-2(b) (24 HOUR STAFFING REQUIREMENT OF BURKE COUNTY ENN LINK)
County of Fulton
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State of Georgia
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Cheryl L.
Stovall, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
1.
My present position is Emergency Management Program Specialist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Included among my responsibilities is the radiological emergency planning liaison function between FEMA Region IV and the States of Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Tennessee.
In this position, I am responsible for the review of radiological plans and preparedness for these States and for the local governments within these States.
I have held this position since December 1981.
I have been employed by FEMA since June 1980.
A current statement of my professional qualifications is attached hereto.
My business ad-dress is 1371 Peachtree-Street, N.E.,
Suite 706, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
I have personal knowledge of_the matters discussed herein 8602240324 860220 PDR ADOCK 05000424 0
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2.
I make this affidavit in response to conten'tions EP-1, EP-1(a), EP-2 (b).
EP-1 contends:
Applicants fail to show that each principal response organization has the staff to re-spond'and'to augment its initial response on a continuous basis, as required by 10 CFR 50.47 (b) (1).
1 EP-1(a) contendet i
Applicants rely upon the Burke County Emer-gency Management Agency to coordinate-emer-gency planning and operation activities.
Applicants fail to note,-however, that.
Burke County has no full-time emergency manager or office.
EP-2 (b) contends:
[T]he Acting Director _of Emergency Manage-i ment of Richmond County,JPam Smith, states that she occasionally _has difficulty con-tacting emergency personnel in Burke' County due to the lack of a full-time emergency.
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NUREG-0654/ FEMA-REP-1-Rev. 1. Planning Standard A,.
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Assignment of Responsibility,. establishes the following planning 1
standard:
l Primary responsibilities 1for emergency response by the nuclear facility licensee,.and by State and local organizations within the Emergency Planning Zones have been assigned, the emergency responsibilities _of-the-various supporting organizations have been specifically established, and each principal response organization:
4 has staff to respond and to augment its initial're-sponse on a continuous basis.
i This. standard is measured by the following' evaluation-criteria:.
A.l.d.
Each organization =shall identify-a specific.
individual:by title who'shall be in charge of the emergency response.
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Each organizat' ion shall provide.for 24-hour-per-day emergency response, including _24-.
hour' day manning of communications links.:
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Each principal organization shall be capable of continuous (24-hour) operations for a pro-tracted period.
The individual in the princi-pal organization who will be responsible for assuring continuity of resources-(technical, administrative, and material) shall be speci-fied by title.
3.
In response to EP-1, EP-1(a) and EP-2 (b), the Burke County Radiological Emergency Plan addresses NUREG 0654 criteria A.l.d. on page number 34.-
The county plan identifies the EMA Director as the specific individual by title who shall be in charge of the emergency response.
Information presented in the affidavit of Richard L. Bryant establishes in paragraph #1, that the EMA Director is a full-time paid position.
Thim gosition is described in Mr. Bryant's affidavit in Exhibit A, paragraph #2. %s Director, Mr. Bryant has responsibility for fire,~ rescue, and ambulance services cui a county-wide basis, as well as responsibility for planning and implementing the re-sponse to the full range of natural and technical disasters potentially affecting Burke County".
From review of paragraph #5 of Mr. Bryant's affidavit, information is provided which establishes a "24-hour" dispatching system.
This dispatch system will be consolidated for emergency response organizations and will be located in the Burke County Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
Burke County will staff a central dispatcher's position to man the consolidated dispatching system on a 24-hour-per-day basis.
As required in NUREG 0654 criteria A.l.e. and A.4. the Burke County. Plan, page number 50, Attachment F, Communications, states:
The Burke County Emergency Management Agency can be contacted 24-hours daily through one of the following means:
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Telephone (404) 554-6666 (EMA EOC).
2.
GEMA statewide radio network frequency on 45.56 MHz (EMA EOC).
3.
Telephone (404) 554-2133 (Burke County Sheriff's Department).
4.
Burke County Sheriff's Department /ICC radio network on frequency 154.905/154.
935 MHz.
5.
Emergency Notification Net'(ENN) by.
Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) and Plant Vogtle officials (dedicated
' circuit).
6.
Burke County Emergency Management Agency radio network on frequency 39.98 MHz by l
Pl ant Vogtle officials.
Further in Exhibit A of Mr. Bryant's affidavit, para-graph #3, states that as director "he supervises a paid staff of approximately 30 people as well as more than 50 volunteers".
Therefore I conclude from the Burke County Plan and Mr. Bryant's affidavit that Burke County does have adequate staff and a full time director to manage the emergency response opera-tions that are necessary on a 24-hour-per-day basis.
4.
Emergency Communications in NUREG 0654, Planning Standard F. requires that " Provisions exist for prompt communications among principal response organizations to emergency personnel and to the public".
The emergency communications standard is measured by the following evaluation criteria:
F.1.
The communications plans for emergencies shall include organizational titles and alternatives for both ends of the communi-cation links.
Each organization shall establish reliable primary and backup means of communication for licensees, local, and State response organizations.
Such systems should be selected to be
c compatible with one another.
Each J plan shall, include:
F.1.
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provision for 24-hour!per day-noti-fication to and activation of the State / local. emergency response. net-work; and at a minimum,.-a telephone link and alternate,Lincluding.24-hour.per. day manning'of.communica'-
tions links 1that initiate emergency response actions; F.1.
d.
provision for communications between-the_ nuclear. facility'and the. licensee's near-site Emergency' Operations Facility, State and local emergency operations centers, and radiological monitoring teams; F.1.
e.
provision for alerting or activating emergency personnel in each: response organization....
Emergency communications at a minimum ~ require a telephone link and =.2'arnate to comply with NUREG 0654 criteria.< As required.in F.1, F.1.a.,
F.1.d.,
and F.1.e. personnel must provide 24-hour-per-day communications notification by a reliable' primary'and back-up system for communication with the licensee, local and
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State response organizations.
-As discussed in Item #3 of this affidavit,-staffing,has-been established which can adequately provide for a 24-hour-per-day' capability for emergency response.
Equipment-and communication systems to be used in emer-gency response have been' identified in the. Burke l County Radiolo-gical Emergency Plan on page 50.
The communications include::
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Telephone'(404) 554-6666 (EMA EOC)..
2.
GEMA statewide radio network frequency on 45.56 MHz (EMA'-EOC).
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Telephone ' (404) L 554-2133 (Burke County '
u Sheriff!s Department).
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Burke County Sheriff's Department /ICC radio-network on. frequency 154.905/154.935 MHz.
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1 Emergency Notification NetE(ENN) by. Georgia j
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Emergency Management Agency (GEMA).and Plant Vogtle officials (dedicated circuit).
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Burke County Emergency Management Agency radio network on frequency 39.98 MHz by Plant Vogtle officials.
The six identified systems provide redundant communications capabilities.
In Mr. Bryant's affidavit, paragraph #3, he-iden-tifies "four means--one primary and three back-up means--by which Burke County could be notified of an emergency at Plant Vogtle.
On page 53 of the Burke County Plan the following notifi-cation procedures are established.
D.
Notification Procedures In the event of a radiological emergency at Plant Vogtle, the Georgia Power Company offi-cial designated as Emergency Director will be responsible for notifying state and local authorities utilizing the Emergency Notifica-tion Network (ENN) in accordance with Section E.,
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Emergency Plan, Volume 1.
1.
Should the ENN be inoperable, Burke County Emergency Operating Center will be noti-fied at.the following 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> a day tele-phone number:
404/554-6666.
2.
In the event the above number cannot be reached, the Burke County Sheriff's Depart-ment willLbe notified at the following 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> a day telephone number:
404/554-2133.
3.
The Burke' County EMA radio network on frequency 39.98 MHz will serve as a backup channel between Plant Vogtle EOF and Burke County EOC.
4.
The Burke County Energency Management Agency's-1 l
key staff, emergency workers and other emer-gency response personnel will be notified in i
accordance with procedures cutlined in Section V., paragraph F, and Attachment C of this plan.
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Burke County EMA will initiate request through GEMA-for assistance from DOE Savannah River Plant and/or State of South Carolina relative to notification and warning of transient population along Savannah River.
r These procedures are also identified in affidavit submitted by Mr. Bryant in paragraph #4,5 and 6.
Given the established communicati7ns links,. procedures are described in Mr. Bryant's affidavit paragraph #7 which establishes the authority to activate the Burke County Plan and what actions will be taken by the central dispatcher.
"The centra.'
dispatcher will contact one of the following persons in succession:
EMA Director, first Deputy EMA Director, second Deputy EMA Director, EMA Operations Officer and EMA Training Officer."
Mr. Bryant further states, "the line of succession (as described above) will be included in the next revision of the Burke County Plan.
From information contained in the Burke County Plan and supporting affidavit submitted by Burke County EMA Director there are adequate links for communications and notification in the event of an emergency at Plant Vogtle.
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STOVALL
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Sworn to and subscribed before me thisl3k. day of February 1986.
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DOCMETED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USNRC NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 116 FEB 21 P4:53 BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD OFFICE GF Si enJrd DOCMEltNG & st evir.f.
In the Matter of
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BRANCH j
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GEORGIA POWER COMPANY,
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Docket Nos. 50-424 et al.
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50-425
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(Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,
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Units 1 and 2)
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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE i
I hereby certify that copies of "NRC STAFF RESPONSE TO l
' APPLICANTS' MOTION FOR
SUMMARY
DISPOSITION OF JOINT l
INTERVENORS' CONTENTIONS EP-1/EP-1(a)/EP-2(b) (24-HOUR i
STAFFING OF BURKE COUNTY ENN LINK)'" in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class or, as indicated by an asterisk, through deposit in the Nuclear. Regulatory Commission's; internal mail system, this 20th day of February,1986.
Morton B. Margulies, Esq., Chairman
- Mr. Gustave A. Linenberger, Jr.*
Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Boa =d Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Washington, D.C.
20555 Dr. Oscar H. Paris
- Bradley Jones, Esq.
j Administrative Judge Region 1 Counsel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Panel Suite 3100 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street -
Washington, D.C.
20555 Atlanta, GA 30303 Bruce W. Churchill, Esq.
Douglas C. Teper David R. Lewis, Esq.
1253 Lenox Circle Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Atlanta, GA 30306 1800 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20036 i
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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Docketing and Service Section*
Atomic Safety and Licensing.
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Office of the Secretary Appeal Board Panel *
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U.S. Nuclear Regulartory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Washington, D.C.
20555 James E. Joiner, Esq.
Ruble A. Thomas Troutman, Seinders, - Lockerman, Southern Company Services, Inc.
& Ashmore P.O.. Box 2625 127 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Birmingham, AL' 35202 Candler Building, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30043 NRC Resident. Inspectors P.O. Box 572 i
Tim Johnson Waynesboro, GA 30830 Executive Director l
Carnpaign for a Prosperous Georgia H. Joseph Flynn, Esq.
1083 Austin Ave. NE Assistant General-Counsel Atlanta, GA 30307 Federal Emergency Management Agency 500 C Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
30472 Steven M. Rochlis 1
. Regional Counsel i
Federal Emergency. Management Agency Suite 700 1371 Peachtree Ftreet, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309 (M
Bernard M. Bord'enick Counsel for NRC Staff i
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