PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3112 PRINTER'S NO. 3258
No. 209 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. J. L. WRIGHT, JR., MANMILLER, PICCOLA,
YAHNER, STUBAN, COHEN, KLINGAMAN, McKELVEY, RAPPAPORT, REED,
A. C. FOSTER, JR., BARBER, FREIND AND MOEHLMANN,
MARCH 18, 1980
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON RULES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, APRIL 29, 1980
In the House of Representatives, March 18, 1980
1 WHEREAS, The House Select Committee - TMI learned that there
2 existed at the time of the TMI incident, and immediately
3 thereafter, several logistic, transportation and evacuation
4 problems which the committee believes would not have existed had
5 the plant been located away from a densely populated area; and
6 WHEREAS, The committee agrees with the President's Commission
7 on the Accident at Three Mile Island, that one of the most
8 serious effects of the TMI incident was the physiological effect
9 on the health of the residents in the area which would have been
10 lessened had the plant not been located in an area of high
11 population density; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the
13 Commonwealth, the Department of Environmental Resources, the
14 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and the Nuclear
15 Regulatory Commission to investigate the implementation of a
16 plan of nuclear plant siting which would provide for location of
1 plants in sparsely populated areas of the Commonwealth, such
2 plan to also include siting input by surrounding municipalities
3 within any potential danger area; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REQUESTS THE <--
5 GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE SECRETARY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
6 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
7 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
8 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION TO INDICATE TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
9 SELECT COMMITTEE ON THREE MILE ISLAND, IN WRITING WITHIN 30 DAYS
10 FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION, THE STATUS OF
11 THE RECOMMENDATIONS SET FORTH HEREIN; AND BE IT FURTHER
12 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
13 the Governor of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of Environmental
14 Resources, the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission and
15 the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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