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VMYJACOaS; CHUR ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />M sasCAREY JROr�s t/ /CE�i�uR POST OFFICE Box 8181 <br />VUCEMP.ORDONEE 200 SOUTH CAMERON STREET <br />AuCEM. GORDON <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />November 30, 2006 <br />Mr. C.S. Hinnant <br />Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer <br />Progress Energy <br />P.O. Box 1551 <br />Raleigh, N.C. 27602 <br />Dear Mr. Hinnant: <br />r Wye/ <br />Thank you for your kind offer of a tour of Progress Energy's Shearon Harris <br />nuclear facility. At this time, I must respectfully decline and recommend that my <br />colleagues on the Orange County. Board of Commissioners and on other elected bodies <br />within our county do likewise. <br />I am not inclined to lend my presence because, despite repeated assurances to <br />the contrary, Progress Energy has not been responsive to the concerns expressed by <br />our board on matters of public'health and safety. <br />While our objections to extending the license of Shearon Harris relate to alleged <br />fire safety deficiencies, they include corollary and longstanding reservations regarding <br />the adequacy of evacuation procedures surrounding the plant. The Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners adopted resolutions regarding Shearon Harris on October 3 <br />with Marty Clayton in attendance. Mr. Clayton was asked specifically about Progress <br />Energy's willingness to work with local governments on expanding and strengthening <br />evacuation planning to a 50 -mile radius surrounding the plant. He stated that he would <br />take this concern back to Progress Energy: <br />To date, we have received no further response. <br />This followed a March 22 presentation by Bill Johnson at the Triangle J Council <br />of Governments at which several elected officials, myself included, inquired as to <br />whether Progress Energy would voluntarily expand the planning area for evacuations. <br />Mr. Johnson said he -would consider it, and told me as he was leaving that he would <br />also like to discuss Orange County's previous intervention regarding the storage of <br />high -level radioactive waste in pools at the Shearon Harris facility. <br />To date, we have received no further response. <br />WWW.CO.ORANGE.NC. US <br />PRW ECMGAND PRESERVING - PEOPLE, RESOURCES, QUALI7Y OF LIFE <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NOR7TN CAROLINA - YOU COUAMI <br />(919) 24 -2130 •• FAX (919) 644 -0246 <br />