EIS-0113_Section_9 - Hanford Site

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^001091C considerations as primary criteria for identification, lnv=:e cleat ion
and selection of potential aicss,
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the notice of this Resolution be made known to
the Secretary of the U.S.Oa p art.ent of Energy, the Bona. In ... I., Committee or
the U.S. Con g ress, the Congressional del.,dtion of the .Pacific earth... c, ocher
Oregon and Washington Jurisdictions potentially affected by the proposed
re positor y , end entered let. the official public nearin g, record of the
U.S.Depart ... t of Energy.
DATED thin day of March, 1085
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY. OREGON
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Car013ne MS ler
Commlealnner
Gordon .hbdburne
Commissioner
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS JUL 1 4 1986
FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON
WM DIVISION
In th e matter of Requesting a Delay in )
the start up of thhePlutoniumUranium Extraction )
Factory. in Washington, in Order el Opportunity
1 R E S O L U T I O R
Provide
an Opportu of ty for an Environmental )
Impact stud y . 7
WHEREAS, the Federal Government Is working to renovate a Plutonium-Uranium
Extraction .(PURER) factory for nuclear weapons at the Hanford Nuclear
Reservation in the Tri-Cities area or Eastern Washington scheduled to
start up in October of 1983, antl
WHEREAS, the,. as a histor y of I.di... Live was to leaks as well as routine
release of radioactive wastes In gaseous and liquid form at the Hanford
Nuclear Reservation which is a short distance from the Columbia River, and
WHEREAS, the Board OF County Commissioners for Multnomah County as a local
health authority, has a great concern over the impact on public health of
Radiation Plutonium an the food chain of the Northwest and the risks
involved in Increased transportation of high level plutonium on Oregon
highways, and
WHEREAS, it Is the perception of the Board of County Commissioners for
Multnomah County, Oregon that the development of a new generation of
Nuclear Weapons by the Federal Government violates the spirit of Ballot
Measure Five, through which the voters of the State of Oregon called for a
Traces in the development of nuclear arms.
NON, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of County Commissioners for
'Multnomah County re,.a.ts of the Federal Department of Energy and the
Congress i...I Delegation far the State of Oregon that the y seek to delay
the proposed start up of the PUREX plant in Hanford pending an
environmental' impact stud y by the Oregon Department of Revi ronmectal .
auality, the Oregon Health Department and the Oregon Department of
Transportation regarding the potential health impact of the operation of
the PURER plant an Hanford, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Board of County Commissioners rag... is of
the State of Oregon that at undertake the aforementioned studies.
DATED tBIs 4th day of August , 1983
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON.
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