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Thames : On May 10 , 1999 there will be a prehearing conference in Rockville , Md . to determine if Orange County has established standing . CP&L does not feel that Orange has in fact established standing, since the 50 mile radius applies to reactor accidents and not waste storage pools . Pratt: Why aren ' t Wake and other counties concerned? Gordon : There are counties, other than Orange , which have expressed concern, but they haven ' t given money for the effort to get a hearing . Pratt: Wouldn ' t it be helpful to form a coalition? Gordon : Yes , but it is costly. Thames : We have asked every jurisdiction within 50 miles to call for a hearing . Gordon : The county does not have enough staff to organize a multi jurisdictional effort. Pratt: What if you sent Dr. Thompson ' s report? Gordon : If we are to send anything, I prefer the News & Observer summary of the Shearon Harris expansion . We have a tremendous amount of information, we could even set up a strategy session with Dr. Thompson . What we lack is the staff to lead an organizing effort. Price: Would a campaign change NRC ' s decision on standing? Gordon : I do not know . Rafalow: Can Representative Price and/or Senators Edwards and Helms help ? Gordon : If they hold the purse strings . Okun: We need to work with Wake and Raleigh officials to establish standing . Possibly we could get the nuclear engineering department at NC State to assist. MacRae : How possible is it that the Shearon Harris plant could be a terrorist target? Gordon : I do not know . The question is what can we do ? Jurgelski: We could ask environmental organizations, such as the Sierra Club to help . Gordon : We could contact the Raleigh chapter of the Sierra Club, send a mailing to jurisdictions , hold a meeting, but these endeavors take time . Rafalow: I like the idea of the Sierra Club holding a forum or public hearing . Jurgelski: I was thinking about the idea of contacting them via email . Pratt: Shouldn ' t the state level catalyze local responses , we need to find someone with authority at the state . Gordon : Does the CFE have any ideas about what to do ? Kohorn : We need to find out some way to seize the interests of people . Thames : There is a late intervention process where other jurisdictions can enter . Kohorn : What is the possibility of other interests intervening ? Gordon : People are not intervening because they do not have time or feel that this issue is over their heads . MacRae: We need the Sierra Club to get involved. McDowell: The Sierra Club is a good group . I think that it is worth having persons with scientific expertise to intervene and evaluate the Shearon Harris proposal . Gordon : I suggest that if the CFE wants to work on this issues then they should decide what they want to do . Okun: What could be the role of the Environmental Management Commission? I could speak with David Moreau, EMC head . Gordon : Could Lee and Annette could contact the various Sierra chapters in Wake ? Pratt: What is it that you want persons in the Sierra Club to follow up on ? Gordon : Members could contact their jurisdictions and ask them to intervene, ask their political representatives to send letters to the NRC . VII. Further Discussion of 199 Goals/Tasks This item was tabled by the CFE due to lack of time . Chair Kohorn asked individual members to look over the 1999 Goals/Tasks . VM. Committee Meetings All three committees met at 9015 PM. The Air Quality Committee was staffed by Slade McCalip and the Environmental Education Committee was staffed by Adhir Kackar, both of the Orange County Planning Department . David Stancil, ERCD director, staffed the Biological Resources Committee . Sessions lasted for 30 minutes at which time reports were given . 4