WHEREAS, radioactive spent fuel waste may be transported through San Luis Obispo County should Senate bills 167, 433, 1271 and HR 1020 be enacted by Congress,

and, WHEREAS, if federal and state legislation should authorize a "low level" depository at Ward Valley, such nuclear wastes would be transported through the county,

and, WHEREAS, low-level nuclear waste contains long-lived radioactive isotopes such as plutonium,

and, WHEREAS, lives, health, and properties of San Luis Obispo County residents living along transportation routes will be unnecessarily endangered by possible accidents, incidents, sabotage, terrorism, etc.,

and, WHEREAS, even during incident/accident-free transportation, health risks exist to persons living adjacent to routes due to the accumulation of repeated radiation exposures allowed under the proposed legislation,

and, WHEREAS, according to the US Department of Energy's own studies, an accident during the transport of nuclear waste could contaminate an area 4 1/2 times the size of the city of San Luis Obispo, and cause years of clean-up and evacuation to parts of the county, at a cost of up to $10 billion,

and, WHEREAS, San Luis Obispo County or the incorporated cities do not have adequately trained emergency response personnel or equipment to cope with a radioactive disaster that could occur as a result of radioactive waste transportation through the county,

and, WHEREAS, unless fully funded by federal government, HR 10, S1271, S 443 and S 167 and other similar legislation would create an unfunded mandate to SLO County local governments with regard to the training and equipping of an emergency response team to cope with a nuclear catastrophe,

and, WHEREAS, property values are likely to fall, attraction of new business is likely to fail, and improvement of the incorporated cities of SLO County as well as its non incorporated urbanized areas may become difficult if not impossible should radioactive waste be transported through SLO County or the incorporated cities, resulting in a significant drop in revenue,

and, WHEREAS, SLO County's tourist, wine, and agricultural industries would be negatively impacted by the transportation of nuclear waste through the county,

and, WHEREAS, the continued production of nuclear power by nuclear power plants will create additional transportation problems in the disposal of their radioactive waste,

and, WHEREAS, hundreds, if not thousands, of heavy-truck shipments would place an additional burden on road maintenance within SLO County and its incorporated cities,

and, WHEREAS, safer, less costly, renewable energy technology exists

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of San Luis Obispo opposes radioactive waste transportation through our jurisdiction,

and, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of San Luis Obispo supports the renewable energy alternatives to nuclear power,

and, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of San Luis Obispo is on record as opposing Senate Bills 167, 443, 1271, and HR 1020 and all similar legislation which would require radioactive waste transportation near or through SLO County or through the incorporated cities,

and, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of San Luis Obispo supports Senate Bill 544 which suspends transportation and calls for the creation of an independent presidential commission to re-examine our nation's radioactive waste policy,

and, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of San Luis Obispo will carry this resolution to all of our elected local, state, and general officials and to the President of the United States.