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Honorable Tim Brown Vice Chairman, SONGS Community Engagement Panel (CEP) Mayor, San Clemente Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Informational Hearing Life After SONGS: An Update on Decommissioning Plans Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Background on the CEP
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Honorable Tim Brown • Vice Chairman, SONGS Community Engagement Panel (CEP) • Mayor, San Clemente • Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee • Informational Hearing • Life After SONGS: An Update on Decommissioning Plans • Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Background on the CEP • Established by SONGS co-owners to serve as a two-way conduit of information • Volunteer body • Does not take votes or make formal decisions • Focuses on interests and concerns of the community
Impetus for forming the CEP • Reflects the co-owners’ desire to formalize engagement with the community • Considered an industry “best practice” by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) • Similar panels formed at other decommissioning nuclear plants, including Maine Yankee and Zion
Membership of the CEP • Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary +15 other members • All serve 2-yr (renewable) terms • SONGS co-owners wrote charter and selected which groups would be represented • The leaders of those organizations were invited to participate and all accepted
Membership of the CEP • Groups span a broad array of interests including: • Academia • Activists • Business • Camp Pendleton • City Council Members • County Supervisors • Environmental Organizations • Law Enforcement • Mayors • Organized Labor • Schools • State Parks
Our Approach to Public Engagement • Workshops on technical issues • July 17 workshop • Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) • Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) • Decommissioning Cost Estimate (DCE) • Regular Meetings with public comment • August 28 Meeting • Continue discussion
Shared Goals • Decommissioning that runs as rapidly as is safe • Focus on matters on which we can make a difference • Transparency • Public education
Single Repository for Information • www.SONGScommunity.com (managed by SCE) • Presentations, meeting minutes, videos & more • Sign up for automatic updates • Send an e-mail to the CEP