1989-044-Establishing A Policy Against Acceptance Of Any Presently Regulated Radioactive Wastes In Any Landfill, Sewage System, Or Other Disposal FacilityRESOLUTION NO. 1989 -44
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ESTABLISHING A POLICY AGAINST ACCEPTANCE OF
ANY PRESENTLY REGULATED RADIOACTIVE WASTES
IN ANY LANDFILL, SEWAGE SYSTEM, OR OTHER DISPOSAL FACILITY
WHEREAS, the United States Congress and the United States Nuclear
Regulatory Commission have approved the concept of deregulating various
radioactive wastes which are now considered to be "low level" wastes, requiring
special treatment, handling, and disposal facilities, and have approved the
"linguistic detoxification" of such radioactive wastes, by declaring them to be
"below regulatory concern "; and
WHEREAS, if such federal proposals for deregulation are carried out,
such deregulated radioactive wastes would go to landfills, sewers,
incinerators, and other facilities for solid, liquid, or hazardous waste, which
are neither designed nor intended to take radioactive wastes; and
WHEREAS, it has been estimated that more than 300 of the volume of
what is currently considered "low level" radioactive waste could be deregulated
by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and
WHEREAS, evidence is growing that exposure to low levels of ionizing
radiation have greater negative health effects than previously assumed; and
WHEREAS, radiation and chemicals have synergistic effects on the
environment, and on human health, and damage to human health and the
environment may result from the proposed deregulation of presently regulated
nuclear wastes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos opposes the deregulation of presently designated "low level"
radioactive wastes, and prohibits the acceptance of any such radioactive waste
materials, considered to be radioactive under the regulatory definitions
currently in effect, at any solid, liquid, or hazardous waste facility.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos
calls for the United States Congress to rescind Section 10 of the 1985 Low
Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act (PL99 -240) which authorizes and
requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to set standards for wastes
considered to be "below regulatory concern ".
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos, California, held on the 3rd day of April, 1989 by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Brent N. Ventura, Robert L. Hamilton,
Thomas J. Ferrito
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS Mayor Joanne Benjamin, Eric D. Carlson
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YOR OF THE TOWN 0 010S GATOS
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CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
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