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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution-1987-1039 -I RESOLUTION NO. 1039 Series of 1987 TITLE: URGING THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO DENY A PERMIT FOR A TEST BURN AT ROCKY FLATS UNTIL PROVEN SAFE. WHEREAS, the Rocky Flats nuclear weapon facility has proposed the nation's first incineration test for low level radiation and chemically hazardous wastes; and WHEREAS, there is no similar facility in the United States located within such close proximity to a huge metropolitan area containing over one and one-half million people; and WHEREAS, the environmental impact of these trial burns has not been thoroughly studied and could adversely affect the health of hundreds of thousands of people in the Denver area; and WHEREAS, there is not available any information on possiblp hpalth risks from such a process; and WHEREAS, vital questions need to be answered concerning: 1) the amount of radioactive emissions produced by test burning; Z) the potential for the release of radioactive gases and particulates into the atmosphere; J) the diverslty of wastes proposed for eventual incineration; 4) the potential incrpaspd health risks from airborne contaminants; and 5) possible alternative methods to deal with radioactive wastes; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE: Section 1. That the City Council urges the Colorado Department of Health to deny issuance of a permit for a test burn at Rocky Flats until all concerns about the health risks from these radioactive emissions have been answered. Section Z. That the Clerk of the City of Wheat Ridge shall attest and affix the seal of the City of Wheat Ridge to this resolution, and that a ~opy hereof be transmitted to the Colorado Department of Health, with copies sent to the Honorable William Armstrong, the Honorable Tim Wirth, the Honorable Patricia Schroeder, the Honorable David Skaggs, the Honorable Ben Campbell, the Honorable Hank Brown, the Honorable Joel Hefley, the Honorable Dan Schaefer, the Honorable Roy Romer, the Honorable Charles C. Winburn, Mayor of Northglenn, the Honorable Linda Shaw, Mayor of Lakewood, the Honorable Robert G. Frie, Mayor of Arvada, the Honorable Walter P. Spade, Mayor of Broomfield, the Honorable George Hovorka, Mayor of Westminster, the Honorable James T. Brown, Mayor of Golden, the Honorable Nelson McNulty, Mayor of Edgewater, the Honorable Linda Jourgensen, Mayor of Boulder, the Honorable Federico Pena, Mayor of Denver, the Honorable Ted Asti, Mayor of Superior, the Honorable Herm Fauson, Mayor of Louisville, the Honorable Bob Burger, Mayor of Lafayette, the Honorable Victor Smith, Mayor of Erie, the Honorable Ronald Stewart, Chairman, Boulder County Commissioners, the Honorable Rich Ferdinandsen, Chairman, Jefferson County Commissioners, and to the United States Department of Energy. DONE AND RESOLVED on this 22nd day of June, 1987. ~~ Frank .tites, Mayor