November 19, 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 OCTOBER 30 PUBLIC MEETING IN TARRYTOWN, 

NEW YORK, TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE WASTE 

CONFIDENCE DRAFT GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 

STATEMENT AND PROPOSED RULE 

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) staff held a Category 3 public meeting at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, New 

York. 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. EDT 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. EDT and concluded at 10:45 p.m. EDT. 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. ML13318A129. 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 208 people attended the meeting and 53 provided comments. Meeting 

participants included members of the public, representatives of Federal, State, and local 

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

participants is included as Attachment 1. 

Questions asked during the question-and-answer period concerned the four questions posed by 

the Commission in the Federal Register notice for the proposed Waste Confidence rule (located 

in Section IV of the notice—page 56799 of 78 FR 56776); and how the final Waste Confidence 

rule would apply to licensed plants and the NRC's waiver provisions in Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations Part 2. Topics and concerns raised during the public comment portion of 

the meeting included: opposition to the generic approach of Waste Confidence; issues specific 

to Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station; critique of the DGEIS timeframe assumptions, 

including removal of spent fuel from pools after 60 years and availability of a permanent 

geologic repository; critique of the DGEIS assumption about institutional controls; accidents 

caused by terrorism and earthquakes; Fukushima; spent fuel pool fires and spent fuel pool 

density; critique of the NRC’s evaluation of risk from accidents; the DGEIS should evaluate 

'worst case' scenarios; Indian Point spent fuel pool leaks to the Hudson River; general 

opposition to nuclear power and Indian Point, and calls to stop making nuclear waste; support 

for nuclear power in light of climate change concerns; the impact of climate change on storing 

spent fuel; support for dry cask storage; storing high-burn-up-fuel; the cost of replacing dry 

casks; and the cost of decommissioning. 

Enclosure: Meeting Attendees List 

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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 208 people attended the meeting and 53 provided comments. Meeting 

participants included members of the public, representatives of Federal, State, and local 

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

participants is included as Attachment 1. 

Questions asked during the question-and-answer period concerned the four questions posed by 

the Commission in the Federal Register notice for the proposed Waste Confidence rule (located 

in Section IV of the notice—page 56799 of 78 FR 56776); and how the final Waste Confidence 

rule would apply to licensed plants and the NRC's waiver provisions in Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations Part 2. Topics and concerns raised during the public comment portion of 

the meeting included: opposition to the generic approach of Waste Confidence; issues specific 

to Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station; critique of the DGEIS timeframe assumptions, 

including removal of spent fuel from pools after 60 years and availability of a permanent 

geologic repository; critique of the DGEIS assumption about institutional controls; accidents 

caused by terrorism and earthquakes; Fukushima; spent fuel pool fires and spent fuel pool 

density; critique of the NRC’s evaluation of risk from accidents; the DGEIS should evaluate 

'worst case' scenarios; Indian Point spent fuel pool leaks to the Hudson River; general 

opposition to nuclear power and Indian Point, and calls to stop making nuclear waste; support 

for nuclear power in light of climate change concerns; the impact of climate change on storing 

spent fuel; support for dry cask storage; storing high-burn-up-fuel; the cost of replacing dry 

casks; and the cost of decommissioning. 

Enclosure: Meeting Attendees List 

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NMSS_WCD_Distribution 

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Miriam Juckett (mjuckett@swri.org) 

 

ADAMS Accession No.: ML13323B515

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

NAME SLopas TCampbell(NLO) MHorn for AImboden 

DATE 11/19/13 11/19/13 11/19/13 

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
 Enclosure 

List of Attendees 

Public Meeting to Receive Comments on the 

Waste Confidence DGEIS and Proposed Rule 

Tarrytown, NY - October 30, 2013 - 7:00 – 10:45 PM EDT 

 First Name Last Name Organization 

1 Beth Ackerman Riverside Church 

2 Judy Allen Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

3 John Allen Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

4 David Amram Private Citizen 

5 David Anderson Private Citizen 

6 Sunny Armer Raging Grannies WOWW 

7 Joel Azerrad Private Citizen 

8 Robert Azigru Brooklyn for Penco 

9 Jessica Azulay Alliance for a Green Economy 

10 Savannah Bailey Clean and Safe Energy Coalition 

11 Saundra Blakeney Riverkeeper 

12 Paul Blansh Private Citizen 

13 Jerry Bonanno Nuclear Energy Institute 

14 Robin Borahl Private Citizen 

15 Michael Bradshaw IBEW Local 97 

16 Rachelle Bradt Riverside Church 

17 Deborah Brancato Riverkeeper 

18 Edward Brophy Rockland EMC 

19 Jeffrey Brown GRAMMES 

20 Ricky Buckley Entergy Nuclear 

21 Eric Burgher Westchester County 

22 Nona Butler Entergy Nuclear 

23 Darcy Casteleiro Chief of Staff, NYS Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee 

24 Gwendolyn Chambers Riverkeeper 

25 Rachel Clark Private Citizen 

26 Katherine Congdon Healthy Planet 

27 Fred Counsell Private Citizen 

28 Mary Cronin Croton Close Indian Point 

29 Christine Csizmadia Nuclear Energy Institute 

30 Martin Currier IBEW Local 97 

31 Valery Cypser Private Citizen 

32 Betty Cypser Private Citizen 

33 Rudy Cypser Private Citizen 

34 Andrew Dalton Private Citizen 

35 Janice Dean Office of NY State Attorney General 

36 Amy deCamp Riverkeeper 

37 Jocelyn DeCrescenzo Private Citizen 

38 Rita DeMaria Riverkeeper 
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First Name Last Name Affiliation or Organization 

39 Allegra Dengler Sierra Club 

40 Meredith Dillon Private Citizen 

41 Ciaro Dols System Change Not Climate Change 

42 Pamela Drake NY & Westchester Raging Grannies 

43 Jacqui Drecksler Private Citizen 

44 Mary Edie Riverkeeper 

45 Marilyn Elie Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

46 Yuki Endo HSES Yes Club, Citizens Defending Libraries 

47 Lance Escher Morgan Lewis & Bockius 

48 Cory Ethridge Riverkeeper 

49 Gail Evans Walkabout Clearwater 

50 Patricia Evans Clearwater/Walkabout Clearwater/Riverkeeper 

51 Laurie Evans Westchester SAFE 

52 Adrienne Fabrizio Human Being 

53 Karen Fetty Riverkeeper 

54 Nora Freeman Raging Grannies WOWW 

55 Mark Fry Main Street Consulting 

56 Bridget Frymire NYS Public Service Commission 

57 Dan Fullerton Private Citizen 

58 Kevin Gaitan Entergy 

59 Jan Garch IPEC, NAYGN 

60 John Garden Private Citizen 

61 Maureen Garner Ritter Private Citizen 

62 Sheila Geist Shut Down Indian Point Now 

63 Sally Gellert various 

64 Daniele Gerard Three Parks Independent Democrats 

65 Bill Gersten Private Citizen 

66 Paul Giardina Environmental Protection Agency 

67 Ellen Ginsberg Nuclear Energy Institute 

68 Eric Ginsburg Entergy 

69 Jennifer Glass NYS Senator David Carlucci's Office 

70 Pat Goldsmid Riverkeeper 

71 Marcia Gordon Peace Now 

72 Paula Gotsch GRAMMES 

73 Mary Ellen Grace SPAN Nurses Association 

74 Daria Gregg Private Citizen 

75 Kathryn Groth Raging Grannies WOWW 

76 Brian Gutherman Gutherman Technical Services, LLC 

77 Phil Hall Main Street Consulting 

78 Forest Happel NYC Friends of Clearwater 

79 Ayumi Hirai Private Citizen 
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 First Name Last Name Organization 

80 Ariana Holback Raging Grannies 

81 Philip Hollnsteiner Indian Point 

82 Susan Hovey Private Citizen 

83 Marie Insierra Private Citizen 

84 Zsa Johnstone-Mosher Riverkeeper 

85 Edie Kantrowitz NYCFC 

86 Sara Karl Private Citizen 

87 Cameron Kelly Trans. Westchester 

88 Susan Kelly Westchester County 

89 Barbara Kidney Private Citizen 

90 Irl Kimmich Three Parks Independent Democrats 

91 Marge Kingsley Private Citizen 

92 George Klein Sierra Club 

93 Bob Korren Community Member 

94 Lisa Kozin Private Citizen 

95 Arthur Kozin Town of Ramapo 

96 Barbara Ladd Private Citizen 

97 Steve Laifer Private Citizen 

98 Evan Lapiska Clean and Safe Energy Coalition 

99 Russ Layne Private Citizen 

100 Alex Lechich Private Citizen 

101 Michel Lee Council on Intelligent Energy & Conservation Policy 

102 Steven Lee Private Citizen 

103 Susan Leiter Stony Point 55 Sierra Club 

104 Gerson Lesser NYU School of Medicine 

105 Sheryl Leventhal Town of Ramapo 

106 Philip Likec Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition; WPAC 

107 Susan Likec Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition; WPAC 

108 Mary Linacre Adelphi University Student 

109 Kristina Linacre Adelphi University Student 

110 Justino Lopez Clean and Safe Energy Coalition 

111 Ann Lorptan Private Citizen/WESPAC 

112 Edith Lubeck UU B, C, Ossining 

113 Peter Madison Ossining Boat and Canoe Club 

114 Steven Malinski Entergy - Indian Point 

115 Lucinda Manning WESPAC 

116 Janet Marcley-Hayes Private Citizen 

117 Dominic Marzullo Utility Worker Union of America Local 1-2 
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 First Name Last Name Organization 

118 Grant McKeown Private Citizen 

119 Alfred Meyer Physicians for Social Responsibility 

120 Brendan Miller Entergy; IPEC 

121 Deborah Milone Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce 

122 William Mooney Westchester County Organization 

123 David Morse IPEC, NAYGN 

124 Theresa Motko Entergy 

125 Phillip Musegaas Riverkeeper 

126 Bill Nulk Putnam County Chambers of Commerce 

127 Gail Payne RadiationTruth.org 

128 Joe Peck Private Citizen 

129 Betty Perkins Raging Grannies WOWW 

130 Debbie Peters NYU School of Medicine 

131 Frank Pinto Private Citizen 

132 Gale Pisha Private Citizen 

133 Vanessa Ploski Private Citizen 

134 Andrew Ploski Private Citizen 

135 Joe Porrovecchio Private Citizen 

136 Tina Posterli Riverkeeper 

137 Leah Rae Riverkeeper 

138 Marty Rajandran Granny Peace Brigade 

139 John Raymond Private Citizen 

140 Joseph Regotto Private Citizen/WESPAC 

141 Sharon Rowe Private Citizen 

142 Blake Rowe Eco-Bags Products, Inc. 

143 Emily Sack Private Citizen 

144 Andrea Sadler Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

145 Keiko Sakai Shut Down Indian Point Now 

146 Ahmed Salama Private Citizen 

147 Lawrence Salley African American Men of Westchester 

148 Ellen Saltzman Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

149 Stephen Samaroo IPEC, NAYGN 

150 Peter Saxon Private Citizen 

151 Margo Schepart Teacher 

152 David Schepperly Indian Point - Operations Dept; NAYGN 

153 Christopher Scott Entergy 

154 Elizabeth Segal Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

155 Susan Shapiro Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

156 Gerri Shapiro U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's office 

157 Gary Shaw Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

158 Jeanne Shaw Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition; WPAC 

159 Vitalah Simon Westchester resident, member of Human Race 
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 First Name Last Name Organization 

160 Catherine Skopic Private Citizen 

161 James Slevin Utility Worker Union of America Local 1-2 

162 Michelle Solomon Private Citizen 

163 Susan Spear U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's office 

164 Paul Steidler New York AREA 

165 Donna Stein NYC Friends of Clearwater 

166 Lindsey T Entergy 

167 Caley Taratus The Roffe Group 

168 Ayumi Temlack Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

169 Richard Thomas New York AREA 

170 Francis Thrum Private Citizen 

171 Elizabeth Tomic Private Citizen 

172 Yuko Tonohira Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

173 John Tully NY AREA 

174 Kathryn Uberator NYS Office of the Attorney General 

175 David Vardi Community Member 

176 David Vassar Green Party 

177 Craig Watteos Community Resident 

178 Dava Weinstein Raging Grannies WOWW 

179 Judith Wells Private Citizen 

180 Dan Welsh Town of Lewisboro 

181 Robin Wieder Private Citizen 

182 Kitty Williams Private Citizen 

183 Elizabeth Williamson Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition 

184 Annie Wilson NY Environmental Law and Justice Project 

185 Maureen Wira Private Citizen 

186 Peter Wolf Private Citizen 

187 John Wood Green NYC 

188 Julie Woodward Private Citizen 

189 Rie Yamada Harvard University 

190 Garry Young Entergy Nuclear 

191 Dave Brown NRC 

192 Chip Cameron Facilitator 

193 Tison Campbell NRC 

194 David Cylkowski NRC 

195 Andy Imboden NRC 

196 Miriam Juckett Southwest Research Institute 

197 Pat LaPlante Southwest Research Institute 

198 Timothy McCartin NRC 

199 Keith McConnell NRC 

200 Paul Michalak NRC 

201 Scott Moore NRC 
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 First Name Last Name Organization 

202 Michelle Moser NRC 

203 TR Rowe NRC 

204 Diane Screnci NRC 

205 John Stamatakos Southwest Research Institute 

206 Andrew Stuyvenberg NRC 

207 Michael Wentzel NRC 

208 Susan Wittick NRC