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<br />3 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br />WHEREAS, on September 15 the Board of County Commissioners were advised <br />about potential expansion of the high-level radioactive waste pool planned <br />for Carolina Power and Light's Shearon Harris nuclear plant in Wake County; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, on November 9 the Commission for the Environment was apprised of <br />the possible risks inherent with the potential doubling of the high-level <br />radioactive waste pools and long-term storage to accept radioactive waste <br />from two other nuclear plants, and <br />WHEREAS, a major waste pool accident would have an adverse impact on Orange <br />County: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED <br />that the Commission for the Environment asks the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners to request additional information from Carolina Power and <br />Light (CP&L) on this potential expansion and long-term storage before any <br />action is taken. The Commission further asks the Board of Commissioners to <br />request that CP&L provide this information at a public hearing to be held <br />by the appropriate entity, and that the Board consider action on this <br />matter at their November 17 meeting, and forward cumments or concerns to <br />the appropriate agencies. <br />This, the 9th day of November, 1998 <br />Loraine Kohorn <br />Chair, Commission for the Environment <br />Attest <br />R. Eugene Bell <br />