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LOCAL10 NEWS.
>> Victor: ALSO AT 5:30,
MIAMI-DADE COMMISSIONERS TAKING
UP THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE OF
THE COOLING CANALS AT FPL'S
TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
TODAY.
>> Janine: MANY PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED THAT THE SUPER HEATED
WATER IS NEGATIVELY AFFECTING
BISCAYNE BAY.
OUR SUPERIOR MICHAEL PUTNEY IS
LIVE WITH MORE.
>> Michael: JANINE, VICTOR, WHEN
WE FLIP THE SWITCH, WE ALL WANT
THE LIGHTS TO COME ON.
AT THE SAME TIME WE DON'T WANT
POWER PLANTS TO POLLUTE OUR AIR
AND WATER AND THE TURKEY POINT
NUCLEAR PLANT IS POLLUTING
NEARBY WATER THROUGH ITS MASSIVE
SYSTEM OF COOLING CANALS.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING HA THAT WE
NEED IMMEDIATE CORRECTION.
>> Michael: COMMISSIONER SOSA IS
TALKING ABOUT SEEPAGE FROM THE
COOLING CANALS A TURKEY POINT.
A SCIENTIFIC STUDY FOUND THE
CARNALS LEAKING POLLUTANTS INTO
THE AQUIFER TO THE WEST AND
BISCAYNE BAY TO THE EAST.
>> BISCAYNE BAY IS BEING
CONTAMINATED, AND SO I WANT TOY
IMPLORE YOU, YOU HAVE EVERY
PIECE OF DATA THAT YOU NEED TO
ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION ON
THE EAST SIDE AS WELL.
>> Michael: BUT FP!
SAYS THERE IS ONLY MINIMAL
DAMAGE TO BISCAYNE BAY.
>> WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
AND REFERRING TO IS WHERE THERE
WAS A REMNANT CANALS, DEEP CUTS,
AND IT SEEMS THAT THE A MOAN
YEAHS THEY'VE AWAY.
TALKING ABOUT ARE BASICALLY
LIMITED TO THAT ISSUE, SO
THERE'S NO -- BASICALLY THERE'S
NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS ANY
EFFECT ON THE BAY.
>> Michael: FP&L HAS A PLAN NOW
TO STOP POLLUTION ON THE WEST
SIDE OF TURKEY POINT AT A COST
OF $50 MILLION.
>> THE COST OF CLEANUP SHOULD BE
BORNE BY FP&L'S SHAREHOLDERS AND
NOT BY CONSUMERS.
>> Michael: FOR NOW THE MAYOR
SAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO
REMEMBER IS THAT ALL THESE
PROBLEMS HAVE NOT TAINTED THE
MIAMI-DADE WATER SUPPLY.
>> AS FAR AS OUR DRINKING WATER
IS CONCERNED, THERE IS
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WRONG
WITH OUR DRINKING WATER.
THIS IS NOT CLOSE TO POSING A
THREAT TO OUR DRINKING WATER AT
THIS TIME.
WE FOUND THIS WAY AHEAD OF THE
GAME.
>> Michael: SO OUR DRINKING
WATER SUPPLY IS JUST FINE.
UNAFFECTED BY A HUGE SALT PLUME
FROM THE COOLING CANALS THAT HAS
BEEN MOVING WESTWARD.
THE MAYOR SAYS THAT SALT PLUME
WILL NOW BE DRAWN BACK TO THE
ORIGINAL BOUNDARY.
