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RESOLUTION N0. 86- 8 _ INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Carmen & Council as a Whole A RESOLUTION TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OPPOSING THE APPLICATION OF TOLEDO EDISON COMPANY FOR PERMISSION TO BURY RADIOACTIV E SLUDGE AT ITS DAVIS- BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION. WHEREAS, the Toledo Edison Company has filed with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission an application to amend its license to operate the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station so as to permit said company to bury radioactive sludge on the power station site; and WHEREAS, the premises on which the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station sits is in the immediate area of the Navarre Marsh Lands adjacent to.Lake Erie which is designated as a flood plane area subject to flooding by the waters of Lake Erie; and WHEREAS, the burial of radioactive sludge in excavations two feet deep and covered by four inches of seeded soil could result in radioactive elements being washed into Lake Erie or seeped into from the proposed burial site and the emission of penetrating rays of radioactivity for many years in the future; and WHEREAS, exposure to radioactive elements would be physically harmful and a substantial detriment to the health and welfare of the residents of Northern Ohio and could possibly contaminate the drinking water with disease-causing radioactive materials which would affect all those persons who rely on Lake Erie for water, not to mention increased Lake pollution and resulting harms to all forms of water life; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of Mayfield Village wish to express to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission their deep concern over the application filed by the Toledo Edison Company to bury radio- active sludge at its Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIOF THAT: Section 1. The Mayor and Council -of Niayf ield V illage do hereby oppose the application of the Toledo Edison Company for permission to bury radioactive sludge at its Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station and strongly urge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to aggressively examine the possible detrimental consequences which could result from the granting of the Toledo Edison request and to conscientiously do all things necessary to protect the interests of the citizens of the State of Ohio. Section 2, The Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and directed to forward certified copies of this Resolution to the Secretary of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to the Cuyahoga