EIS-0113_Section_9 - Hanford Site

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1 A Public Psroeotion.
2.3.1.4 The time appears ripe fop public perception of risk to
be identified as an important ingredient of the Impact
Statement and discussed in depth ea objectively se any
other issue. If the perception is ill-founded, It will
through the denooratic process distort and mtsdireot action
and in the extreme Sndueo apprehensions and 111-health
which will be as real to the individual as If there were
e materiel cause. There Se no guide in the statement to
help appreciate the importance 1. co®onsema tezma of
3.5.5.12 th. pr.Jected estimate. of the health affeots.quoted.
Do page 17 of the Summary, dealing with Major Health and
Safety. impacts shown on Table 3 9 it ie eaid °...they do
show acme significant difference. among altwmti .....
this -presumably with respect to the difference . between
2 and 15 In M DCD years. On page 3.35 of the Draft, Table.
3.2 quotes the acme range of figures ae projected for W years,
but It also shows that these figures are limited to the
workers on the site; it Ss ear. for the public. Row Ie
this to be understood by the public?
If a risk is evident to the senses or within the experience
3.5.5.110f an average individual, then the figures should stand alone.
'ihan it is not.. as in the ones of rndiologi.ul risk, should
not the signific.... of the figures be discussed and
explained on the basic of Appendix N ?
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Public ConIldene e.
The Draft E.I.S. eddvoo... reponsib111ties matorlelly
dependent on the actions of individualas not identified In
the document, who must direct and oarry out operations over
many future years. Ae anvlaegad by the public 1. the region
policy directions are given by a bureau in Washington D.C.
more influenced by its closeness to those concerned with
short-tom political expediency than those remote but
directly affected. Administrative control is effected
through s multiheaded hierarchy on Bits and op.retiuns a" 2. 5 . 5
delegated to contractors, faoeleea corpnvat ions deol.ted
by distance and contractual conditions from any oOmerb for
local tomwmitles.: If the E.I.S. Is to be can . more than
a fotmallty of little practical consequence, 1tia suggested
that the line of responsibility should be set out.
It Ss further suggested that the senior local of ficial
sbouldbe owned when appointed and charged with the task
Of setting up a SSeison orl-ad.ltlal cad meeting with
co®unities desectream at proscribed interval. to disclose
and answer .uestions at Records of Decision when made.
Discussion of concerns both rational and Srretlonal would
build mutual confidence,
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