MINUTES
(verified with meeting transcript)
CENTRAL INTERSTATE
LLRW COMMISSION
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE
MEETING
MONDAY, August 9,
2004, 9:00 A.M.
In
compliance with Commission Bylaws and Rules, a meeting notice announcing the date,
time, location and agenda availability was mailed to the interested parties
August 4, 2004.
An
Emergency Telephone Meeting of the Central Interstate LLRW Commission was held
Monday, August 9, 2004. The purpose of the meeting was to give the Commission
the opportunity to consider, and if appropriate, take action on a settlement
with the State of Nebraska, and to take action on export applications.
The meeting
was called to order at approximately 9:05 A.M. and roll was called. Responding
to the roll call were: Kansas Commissioner, James O'Connell; Oklahoma
Commissioner, Catherine Sharp; Louisiana Commissioner, Mike Henry; and Arkansas
Commissioner, Laura Gilson.
Also
present on the call were the Kansas Alternate Commissioner, Ron Hammerschmidt;
Arkansas Alternate Commissioner, Bernie Bevill; Administrator, Rita Houskie;
representatives of the Nebraska Attorney General's office, representatives of
US Ecology, representatives of the Major Generators, representative of the Boyd
County Local Monitoring Committee, representative of the Kansas Department of
Health, Court Reporter, Legal Counsel and interested members of the public and
press.
No requests
by members of the public were made to speak during the general public comment
period.
The Chair
gave a brief commentary on the reason for calling the emergency meeting and
asked for a motion on the Declaration of Emergency.
Motion by
Kansas, second by Louisiana, to approve
the Declaration of Emergency
Motion passed 4-0
The
Commission's outside legal counsel handed out the proposed settlement to the
public in the Commission's office. The
Commissioner from Kansas indicated that there were a couple of points that
needed further discussion resulting in the following motion:
Motion by
Kansas, second by Oklahoma, to enter
into executive session to discuss the proposed settlement
Motion passed 4-0
The
Commissioners went into executive session at approximately 9:15 A.M.
The public rejoined
the teleconference at approximate 9:45 A.M and the Commissioners returned to
open session.
The Chair
indicated that there had been some clarification of points regarding the
proposed settlement and asked for a motion on the proposed settlement.
The
Oklahoma Commissioner offered the following:
Resolution
Resolved
that now on this 9th day of August 2004, the Commission agrees to
each and all of the terms of the proposed settlement agreement attached hereto,
and authorizes its execution by the Chairperson of this Commission. The Commission understands and agrees that
the effective date of the settlement shall be August 1, 2004 as set forth in
the settlement agreement.
The
Louisiana Commissioner seconded the motion.
Discussion
followed with the Kansas Commissioner stating that in his view the acceptance
of the settlement agreement signals the failure of the Compact system with no
present complete alternative for safe disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
Motion passed 3-1
(Kansas voting no)
Motion by Oklahoma, second by Kansas, to approve two export applications.
Motion passed 4-0
Motion by Kansas, second by Oklahoma, to adjourn the meeting.
Motion passed by
unanimous acclamation
The meeting
was adjourned at approximately 9:53 A.M.
