December 18, 2013 

MEMORANDUM TO: Andy Imboden, Chief 

Communications, Planning, 

 and Rulemaking Branch 

Waste Confidence Directorate 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

FROM: Sarah Lopas, NEPA Communications Project Manager /RA/ 

 Communications, Planning, 

 and Rulemaking Branch 

 Waste Confidence Directorate 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF NOVEMBER 20 PUBLIC MEETING IN SAN LUIS 

OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE WASTE 

CONFIDENCE DRAFT GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 

STATEMENT AND PROPOSED RULE 

On Wednesday, November 20, 2013, members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) staff held a Category 3 public meeting at the Courtyard by Marriott San Luis Obispo in 

San Luis Obispo, California. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an overview of the 

Waste Confidence draft generic environmental impact statement (DGEIS) and proposed rule, 

and to accept public comments on the documents. Participants also had an opportunity to ask 

questions about the NRC’s environmental review and rulemaking process. 

The NRC conducted an open house beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST where members of the public 

met informally with NRC staff and asked questions related to the DGEIS and proposed rule. 

The public meeting began at 7:00 p.m. PST and concluded at 11:15 p.m. PST. The meeting 

began with an introduction of NRC staff and a review of meeting ground rules, followed by a 

short presentation on the Waste Confidence DGEIS and proposed rule. The majority of the 

meeting was dedicated to receiving comments from members of the public. 

The staff's slide presentation is available in the NRC's Agencywide Document Management and 

Access System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML13273A339. The transcript for the meeting is 

available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13339A946. NRC handouts available at the 

meeting can be accessed at ML13319A111, ML13319A108, and ML13319A110. Posters 

displayed during the open house can be accessed at ML13279A004. The ADAMS Public 

Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons 

who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing documents 

CONTACT: Sarah Lopas, WCD/CPRB 

 (301) 287-0675 
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located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC’s Public Document Room reference staff at 

1-800-397-4209, or via e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. For convenience, web links to the staff’s 

presentation materials and the meeting transcript are also available on the Waste Confidence 

Directorate’s website at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/wcd/pub-involve.html. 

Approximately 230 people attended the meeting and 65 provided comments. Meeting 

attendees included members of the public, staff members from Senator Dianne Feinstein’s 

office (D – CA) and California State Senator Bill Monning’s office (D – Carmel), representatives 

of the Chumash Nation and the Northern Chumash Tribal Council, a representative of San Luis 

Obispo County, and members of industry and public advocacy groups. A list of meeting 

attendees is included as Attachment 1. 

Topics and concerns raised during the public comment portion of the meeting included: general 

opposition to nuclear power and support for renewable energy and conservation; calls to stop 

making additional nuclear waste; opposition to the Waste Confidence rulemaking; opposition to 

the generic approach of Waste Confidence and support for site-specific reviews; critique of 

assumptions in the DGEIS regarding institutional controls and the replacement of dry casks; 

opposition to onsite storage of spent nuclear fuel at Diablo Canyon; concern about storing highburn-up-fuel; critique of the NRC’s analysis of accidents; concern about accidents caused by 

earthquakes and terrorism; Fukushima; spent fuel pool density; support for expedited transfer of 

spent fuel from pools to dry cask storage; climate change impacts on the safe storage of spent 

fuel; the costs of storing spent nuclear fuel; issues specific to Diablo Canyon, including 

opposition to the plant and seismic risks; NRC oversight and enforcement; the Blue Ribbon 

Commission recommendations; thorium reactors; support for nuclear power in light of climate 

change concerns; support for the continued safe storage of spent fuel; support for reprocessing, 

consolidated interim storage, and a permanent geologic repository (Yucca Mountain); and 

support for the DGEIS, proposed rule, and the NRC’s 24-month timeline. 

Enclosure: Meeting Attendees List 

cc: See next page 
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located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC’s Public Document Room reference staff at 

1-800-397-4209, or via e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. For convenience, web links to the staff’s 

presentation materials and the meeting transcript are also available on the Waste Confidence 

Directorate’s website at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/wcd/pub-involve.html. 

Approximately 230 people attended the meeting and 65 provided comments. Meeting 

attendees included members of the public, staff members from Senator Dianne Feinstein’s 

office (D – CA) and California State Senator Bill Monning’s office (D – Carmel), representatives 

of the Chumash Nation and the Northern Chumash Tribal Council, a representative of San Luis 

Obispo County, and members of industry and public advocacy groups. A list of meeting 

attendees is included as Attachment 1. 

Topics and concerns raised during the public comment portion of the meeting included: general 

opposition to nuclear power and support for renewable energy and conservation; calls to stop 

making additional nuclear waste; opposition to the Waste Confidence rulemaking; opposition to 

the generic approach of Waste Confidence and support for site-specific reviews; critique of 

assumptions in the DGEIS regarding institutional controls and the replacement of dry casks; 

opposition to onsite storage of spent nuclear fuel at Diablo Canyon; concern about storing highburn-up-fuel; critique of the NRC’s analysis of accidents; concern about accidents caused by 

earthquakes and terrorism; Fukushima; spent fuel pool density; support for expedited transfer of 

spent fuel from pools to dry cask storage; climate change impacts on the safe storage of spent 

fuel; the costs of storing spent nuclear fuel; issues specific to Diablo Canyon, including 

opposition to the plant and seismic risks; NRC oversight and enforcement; the Blue Ribbon 

Commission recommendations; thorium reactors; support for nuclear power in light of climate 

change concerns; support for the continued safe storage of spent fuel; support for reprocessing, 

consolidated interim storage, and a permanent geologic repository (Yucca Mountain); and 

support for the DGEIS, proposed rule, and the NRC’s 24-month timeline. 

Enclosure: Meeting Attendees List 

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ADAMS Accession No.: ML13352A447

OFFICE PM: NMSS/WCD/CPRB OGC BC: NMSS/WCD/CPRB 

NAME SLopas SClark(NLO) AImboden 

DATE 12/12/13 12/12/13 12/18/13 

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
 Enclosure 

List of Attendees 

Public Meeting to Receive Comments on the 

Waste Confidence DGEIS and Proposed Rule 

San Luis Obispo, CA - November 20, 2013 - 7:00 – 11:15 PM PST

First Name Last Name Organization or Affiliation 

1 Shelly Abajian Senator Feinstein's Office 

2 Kara Abell Private Citizen 

3 Jay Adams Private Citizen 

4 Bev Aho Avila Resident 

5 Ron Alsop County of San Luis Obispo Emergency Services 

6 Janet Anderson Private Citizen 

7 Charles Andree Private Citizen 

8 Charlie Archibald Unitarian Church 

9 Susan Atlee Private Citizen 

10 Elie Axelroth Mothers for Peace 

11 Savannah Bailey CASEnergy Coalition 

12 Crystal Baker 

North American Indigenous Peoples Caucus, 

Chumash Nation 

13 Tom Baldwin Private Citizen 

14 Judith Bean Arroyo Grande Grover Beach Chamber of Commerce 

15 John Beccia Mothers for Peace 

16 Rita Benavides Private Citizen 

17 Kevin Bommarito CA State Senator Bill Monning's Office 

18 David Boortz Pacific Gas & Electric 

19 Julie Borba Private Citizen 

20 Dorothy Brandt Trinity United Methodist Church 

21 Elizabeth Brousse Private Citizen 

22 Jerry Brown World Business Academy 

23 Julie Brown Private Citizen 

24 Jaleah Brynn Private Citizen 

25 Brian Bullock Santa Maria Times 

26 Lorenzo Burragio Private Citizen 

27 Morgan Butler Private Citizen 

28 Peter Byrne Private Citizen 

29 Bruce Campbell Various 

30 Jody Carlson Resident 

31 Dixie Carpenter Private Citizen 

32 Milton Carrigan Private Citizen 

33 Joan Carter Mothers for Peace 

34 Lee Andrea Caulfield Private Citizen 

35 Carissa Chappellet Avila Beach Resident 

36 Nicole Charles CA State Senator Bill Monning's Office 

37 Andrew Christie Sierra Club 
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First Name Last Name Organization or Affiliation 

38 Cameron Clapp Private Citizen 

39 June Cochran San Luis Obispo Clean Energy 

40 Fred Collins Northern Chumash Tribal Council 

41 Gail Comer Mothers for Peace 

42 Diane Conn Private Citizen 

43 Vicki Conner Private Citizen 

44 Reo Cordes Private Citizen 

45 Steve Crimmel San Luis Obispo Resident 

46 Liz Curren Sierra Club, Mothers for Peace 

47 Eric Daniels Pacific Gas & Electric 

48 Sherri Danoff Private Citizen 

49 Phyllis Davies Private Citizen 

50 L. Jeannette Davis Resident 

51 Adrianne Davis Santa Barbara Resident 

52 Dempsey Davis Private Citizen 

53 Lizza Demsetz Private Citizen 

54 Bill Denneen Sierra Club 

55 Andrea Devitt Private Citizen 

56 Lindi Doud Los Osos Resident 

57 Diane Duenow San Luis Obispo Resident 

58 Pete Evans Private Citizen 

59 Nancy Foley Private Citizen 

60 Billy Foppiano Private Citizen 

61 Vaughn Fosmo Los Osos Resident 

62 Matt Fountain New Times San Luis Obispo 

63 Fred Frank Private Citizen 

64 Maggie Fretschneider 

United Methodist (Atascadero), People of Faith for 

Justice 

65 Lauren Fulwiler Private Citizen 

66 John Geesman Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility 

67 Julie Gibson Trinity United Methodist Church 

68 Dana Gibson Human on Planet Earth 

69 William Gloege Private Citizen 

70 Toni Gold Private Citizen 

71 Monique Grajena Private Citizen 

72 Fabrizio Griguoli Presbyterian Church, People of Faith for Justice 

73 Luanne Griguoli Presbyterian Church, People of Faith for Justice 

74 Henriette Groot Private Citizen 

75 Ingrid Gutierrez Resident 

76 David Hafemeister Private Citizen 

77 Gina Hafemeister Resident 

78 Elaine Halder Mothers for Peace 

 
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 First Name Last Name Organization or Affiliation 

79 Rich Hamilton Private Citizen 

80 Walt Hammond Private Citizen 

81 Cecilia Harmon Private Citizen 

82 Anita Henry Private Citizen 

83 Debbie Highfill Private Citizen 

84 Adam Hill San Luis Obispo County Supervisor 

85 Timothy Hollingsworth Private Citizen 

86 Nick Homick Mothers for Peace 

87 William Horstman Pacific Gas & Electric 

88 Joe Ivora Pacific Gas & Electric (retired) 

89 Dianne Jackson Private Citizen 

90 Norm Jackson Private Citizen 

91 Nozar Jaliangin Pacific Gas & Electric 

92 Molly Johnson Mothers for Peace 

93 Anna Johnson Sierra Club 

94 Evy Justesen Mothers for Peace 

95 Herb Kandel Private Citizen 

96 

Willow 

Walking 

Turtle Kelley Private Citizen 

97 Anne Kellogg Mothers for Peace 

98 Stratton Kirton CASEnergy Coalition 

99 Kyra Kitts Private Citizen 

100 Mark Krist Mothers for Peace 

101 Will Landreth Private Citizen 

102 Laurie Laughlin Mothers for Peace 

103 Patrick Lemieux California Polytechnic Institute, ME 

104 Heather Lewis Atascadero Resident 

105 Sherry Lewis Mothers for Peace 

106 Wilson Li Private Citizen 

107 John Lindsey Pacific Gas & Electric 

108 Rosanne Livingston Santa Barbara Resident 

109 Leo Loebs Private Citizen 

110 Rick London Private Citizen 

111 Jude Long Mothers for Peace 

112 Gordon Long Private Citizen 

113 Tony Maens Private Citizen 

114 Simone Malboeuf Private Citizen 

115 Nancy Mauter Citizens Climate Lobby 

116 Michael McGee San Luis Obispo Resident 

117 Patrick McGibney San Luis Obispo Resident 

118 Steve McGrath Port San Luis Harbor 

119 Archie McLaren Avila Resident 
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 First Name Last Name Organization or Affiliation 

120 Marian Mellow Pismo Beach Resident 

121 George Mennel Private Citizen 

122 Karen Merriam San Luis Obispo Resident 

123 Greg Mihilla Sierra Club 

124 Patricia Miller San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace 

125 Roberto Monge Resident 

126 Mary Morgan NOW, AAUW, Resident of Grover Beach 

127 Marcia Munson Democratic Central Committee 

128 David Nelson Private Citizen 

129 Ray Nichas Private Citizen 

130 Françoise Nigro Private Citizen 

131 Thomas Nulch Private Citizen 

132 Doug Nulton, Sr. Aboriginal 

133 Michael O'Connell Private Citizen 

134 Greg Odom Resident 

135 Linde Owen Private Citizen 

136 Alston Paff Private Citizen 

137 Joyce Palacie Private Citizen 

138 Suzanne Parker Pacific Gas & Electric 

139 Carol Paulsen Concerned Human 

140 Mark Phillips Private Citizen 

141 Diane Plante Private Citizen 

142 Quinn Plante Private Citizen 

143 Stephen Plowman Private Citizen 

144 Linda Posner Private Citizen 

145 Michael Priollo Private Citizen 

146 Susan Pyburn Private Citizen 

147 Joey Racano Private Citizen 

148 Janine Rands Private Citizen 

149 Elaine Rathbun Homeowner 

150 Pat Renshaw Private Citizen 

151 Blain Rethmeier Avila Resident 

152 Sharon Rippner Private Citizen 

153 Tom Rippner Private Citizen 

154 Brandon Rivers Private Citizen 

155 James Rivers Private Citizen 

156 Mark Rothe Resident 

157 Pennelope Rothe Private Citizen 

158 Suzanne Rynders Mothers for Peace 

159 Margie Sassen Private Citizen 

160 Ken Schrader Pacific Gas & Electric 

161 Klaus Schumann Private Citizen 
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 First Name Last Name Organization or Affiliation 

162 Sabra Scott Private Citizen 

163 Andrea Seastrand Private Citizen 

164 Daniel See Worley Parsons Group 

165 Linda Seeley San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace 

166 Bruce Severance Building Energy Efficiency Associates 

167 A. Sheffield Mothers for Peace 

168 Kathleen Sheridan Private Citizen 

169 John Shoals Pacific Gas & Electric 

170 Steve Silberstein Private Citizen 

171 Mary Silberstein Private Citizen 

172 Mark Skinner Private Citizen 

173 Jeffrey Skov Private Citizen 

174 Dan Smilovitz Private Citizen 

175 Ellen Smilovitz Private Citizen 

176 Joey Smith Longtime Resident 

177 Ken Smokoska Private Citizen 

178 Rena Spooner Resident 

179 Elsie Steele Private Citizen 

180 Joe Steele Private Citizen 

181 Jeff Summy Pacific Gas & Electric 

182 Jane Swanson San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace 

183 Andree Taylor Mothers for Peace 

184 Elaine Townsend Private Citizen 

185 Charles Tribbey Sierra Club 

186 Nikohl Vandel Private Citizen 

187 Carmela Vignocchi Private Citizen 

188 W. Duane Waddell Private Citizen 

189 Kathleen Waddell Private Citizen 

190 Bill Walther Private Citizen 

191 Jeannette Watson Private Citizen 

192 Susan Weaver Private Citizen 

193 David Weisman Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility 

194 Theresa Weissglass Private Citizen 

195 Geri Wells Private Citizen 

196 Jim Welsch Pacific Gas & Electric 

197 Nick Welsch Santa Barbara Independent 

198 Lyn Wickham Private Citizen 

199 Nancy Williams Private Citizen 

200 Steve Willison Private Citizen 

201 Nancy Willison San Luis Obispo Resident 

202 Ira Winn San Luis Obispo Resident 

203 Victoria Wolf San Luis Obispo Resident 
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 First Name Last Name Organization or Affiliation 

204 Rosh Wright Mothers for Peace 

205 Peter Yelda Private Citizen 

206 Kristin Zaitz Private Citizen 

207 Jill ZamEk San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace 

208 Steve Zawalick San Luis Obispo Resident 

209 Liang Zhao Pacific Gas & Electric 

210 Dave Brown Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

211 Chip Cameron Facilitator 

212 Daniel Cardenas Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

213 Sheldon Clark Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

214 Victor Dricks Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

215 Christie Hale Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

216 Catherine Haney Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

217 Thomas Hipschman Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

218 Andy Imboden Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

219 Miriam Juckett Southwest Research Institute 

220 Lisa London Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

221 Timothy McCartin Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

222 Keith McConnell Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

223 Paul Michalak Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

224 Michelle Moser Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

225 TR Rowe Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

226 Carrie Safford Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

227 John Stamatakos Southwest Research Institute 

228 Andrew Stuyvenberg Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

229 Michael Wentzel Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

230 Susan Wittick Nuclear Regulatory Commission