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RESOLUTION NO. 78-51 <br />INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Busa <br />>. <br />A RESOLUTTON URGING THE LEGTSLATURE TO PROHIBIT <br />THE STORAGE OF NUCLEAR WA5TE, <br />WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Mayfield <br />Village Council that a feasibility study has been conducted of the <br />possibility of storing radio-active nuclear waste in the salt caverns <br />beneath Lake Erie, abandoned coal mines, or other geological forma- <br />tions in northeast Ohio, and elsewhere in Ohio; and <br />WHEREAS, Governor James A. Rhodes has designated the Ohio <br />Department of Energy to work with the United States Department o£ <br />Energy in the studies for nuclear waste storage in Ohio; and <br />WHEREAS, there is uncertainty within the scientific com- <br />munity as to the exact properties of nuclear waste and its long term <br />impact on the environment of Ohio; and <br />WHEREAS, the direct and indirect radiological consequences <br />of airborne and liquid effluents, as well as of nonradioactive gaseous <br />particulates and liquid emissions released during normal operations <br />and under accidental conditions are unpredictrable; and <br />WHEREAS, the northeast region of Ohio constitutes the most <br />heavily populated area of the state, as well as one of the more <br />highly populated sections of the United States; and <br />WHEREAS, to deposit nuclear waste materials in Ohio would <br />be in direct conflict of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's purpose, <br />which is "to assure that the civilian uses of nuclear materials and <br />facilities are conducted in a manner consistent with the public <br />health and safety, environmental quality, national security and the <br />antitrust laws", now, therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THF COUDTCIL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: <br />Section 1. Governor James A. Rhodes, the Ohio Department <br />of Energy and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission are <br />hereby requested to cease all studies of'Ohio locations for nuclear <br />waste storage and to cease all negotiations which would lead to the <br />establishment of nuclear waste storage facilities in the State of <br />Ohio. <br />Section 2. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to <br />transmit copies of this Resolution to President Jimmy Carter; <br />Governor James A. Rhodes; Secretary James R. Schlesinger, United <br />States Department of Energy; Chairman Joseph M. Hendrie, Nuclear <br />Regulatory Commissioner; Director Robert S. Ryan, Ohio Department <br />?