Posted: Feb 29, 2020 7:29 PM MST Updated: Feb 29, 2020 7:29 PM MST
The Office of the Inspector General says the safety impacts of a natural gas pipeline near Indian Point was not properly examined, causing some concerns in the Buchanan community.
Kelly Ingraham-Friedman is among the residents worried about living so close to the pipeline, which was built in 2015.
“It’s definitely, definitely concerning,” Ingraham-Friedman said. “We worry about our kids who are in the school district.”
The Inspector General report showed that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission failed to properly analyze safety concerns before the pipeline’s approval and installation. Many are calling on the commission to address the findings and to create a plan to keep residents safe.
According to Westchester County Executive George Latimer, the long-term environmental and health impacts are unknown.
“I think right now the burden is on the [Nuclear Regulatory Commission] to defend the decisions they made and how they implemented it and to do that in a public fashion,” Latimer said.
The Village of Buchanan Mayor Theresa Knickerbocker is also requesting that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission immediately hold a public meeting to address the findings.
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