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UNITED STATES <br />NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION <br />WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 <br />December 27, 2006 <br />Mr. Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Dear Mr. Jacobs: <br />Alkaf,ir,e, �- 3 - 7 <br />Thank you for your letter dated November 27, 2006, to Doug Pickett, of my staff. Your letter <br />provided additional clarifications to the letter dated October 16, 2006, from the Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners, which was addressed to the Executive Director for Operations for the <br />U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and expressed concerns relating to: 1) the <br />adequacy of emergency planning during a radiological emergency, and 2) compliance with the <br />existing federal fire safety standards and regulations at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power <br />Plant. Specifically, the Orange County Board of Commissioners submitted the following <br />resolutions: <br />A Resolution Calling for Coordinated Emergency Management and Evacuation <br />Planning Within the 50-Mile Radius Ingestion Pathway for Potential Discharge of <br />Airborne Nuclear Waste Material from the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, <br />and <br />A Resolution in Support of an Emergency Petition to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory <br />Commission by the NC Waste Awareness and Reduction Network, the Union of <br />Concerned Scientists, the Nuclear Information and Research Service, NC Fair <br />Share and Students United for a Responsible Global Environment Seeking <br />Regulatory Action by the Commission to Enforce Existing Fire Protection <br />Standards and Regulations Applicable to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power <br />Plant. <br />As requested in your November 27, 2006, letter, the NRC will include the Orange County Board <br />of Commissioners on distribution for related NRC correspondence with the main petitioners <br />concerning their request. We also acknowledge that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners supports the request that the NRC hold field hearings or public meetings <br />regarding this petition in the vicinity of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant. <br />Please note that I provided a response to your resolution concerning emergency preparedness <br />in my letter dated November 27, 2006, to the Orange County Board of Commissioners. <br />However, as requested in your letter, the resolution will be treated as a statement in support of <br />the 2.206 petition. <br />