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MOSES CAREY JR CHAIR ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BARRYJACOBIS, VICED-1411? POST OFFICE BOX 8181 <br />VALERIE P. FOUSHEE <br />lucEM, GORDON 200 SOUTH CAMERON STREET <br />YKENELSON HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CARoUNA 27278 <br />March 2, 2007 <br />Mr. Dale Klein, Chair <br />United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission <br />11555 Rockville Pike <br />Rockville, MD. 20852 <br />.11fi eatt: I< k I <br />��t�� <br />Re: North Carolina field hearing on Shearon Harris Fire Compliance Petition and Emergency <br />Evacuation Zone Expansion Request <br />Dear Chairman Klein: <br />I am writing to support the request of North Carolina State Senator Eleanor Kinnaird for a field <br />hearing to be conducted on March 22, 2007 at 7:00 PM, at the Barn at Fearrington Village, 500 <br />Village Center, off Rt.. 15-501, Piftsboro, NC regarding the §2.206 petition on the Shearon Harris <br />fire safety compliance filed on September 20, 2006 by NC WARN, Union of Concerned Scientists <br />and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Students United for Reasonable Global <br />Environment and NC Fair Share. Our Board of Commissioners is further interested in the <br />expansion of the emergency evacuation zone around the plant beyond the current level. <br />As you are aware, our board and a number of local governments have endorsed the petition and <br />have expressed interest in a local hearing on these matters. I understand that during the <br />November 13, 2006 meeting with the petitioners, the NRC expressed openness to participating in <br />a local hearing. <br />The purpose of the field hearing will be to address the questions raised in the petition so that the <br />public and elected officials can hear from the NRC, Progress Energy and the petitioners as to <br />their positions on the issues raised. <br />Such a hearing will certainly improve the understanding of the public and local officials in the <br />area. I look forward to your earliest reply that a field hearing will be held on the date and time <br />requested. Thank you in advance for your favorable reply. <br />Sincerely, <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Cc: Congressman David Price <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Mayor Kevin Foy <br />Mayor Mark Chilton <br />State Legislative Delegation <br />WWW.CO.ORANGE. NC. <br />PROTECTING AND PRESERVING - PEOPLE' RESOURCES' QUALITY OF LIFE <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA - YOU COUNrr <br />(9 19) 245-2130 & PAX (919) 644-0246 <br />