KAPLOWITZ AND ABINANTI LEAD COUNTY LEGISLATURE IN UNANIMOUS VOTE CALLING FOR HEARING ON INDIAN POINT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION
Resolution No. 87-2007 calls on NRC to hold formal hearing in Westchester
For Immediate Release: May 8, 2007
Contact: Michael B. Kaplowitz
(914) 995-2848
Westchester County Legislator Michael B. Kaplowitz (D-I-WF, Somers), chairman of the County Board’s Budget & Appropriations Committee, joined by fellow lawmaker Thomas J. Abinanti (D-I-WF, Greenburgh), chair of the Environment & Energy Committee, last night led the full Board of Legislators in a unanimous vote, formalizing their request that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) hold hearings in Westchester County regarding Entergy Corps.’ recent application for license renewal of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants in Buchanan.
“The NRC needs to realize how critical an issue this is for Westchester residents. You’re talking about allowing these old plants that are plagued with leaks, unplanned shutdowns, broken sirens, etc. to operate for another twenty years,” said Kaplowitz. “I want hearings at a time and place that will allow for maximum input from Westchester residents.”
See Resolution below.
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BOARD OF LEGISLATORS INTRODUCED BY:
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, KAPLOWITZ & ABINANTI
STATE OF NEW YORK
Resolution No. 87- 2007
WHERERAS, the operating licenses for Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3, located in Buchanan, New York, expire in 2013 and 2015,respectively, and
WHERERAS, this Honorable Board has passed numerous Resolutions regarding the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants, calling for, among other things, the NRC to deny the applications for license renewal for Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3, and
WHERERAS, Entergy Corporation, the owner and operator of these power plants has submitted their application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for license renewal which would extend the plants’ operations for another twenty years, now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Westchester County Legislature urges the NRC to hold hearings in Westchester County at a time and place that will allow for maximum input from Westchester residents, and be it further
RESOLVED, that NRC representatives coordinate these meetings with this Honorable Board, and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Westchester County Legislature forward a copy of this Resolution to U.S. Representatives Nita Lowey, Eliot Engel and John Hall, U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the appropriate NRC personnel, so the intent of this Honorable Board be widely known.
May 7, 2007: Passed unanimously (17-0)
