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Citrus County Primary Election
Voter  of Citrus County and need information about the Au-
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Impact Statement is made final, a mandatory public hearing will be held where the Ecology
Party of Florida and two other groups will present arguments on environmental issues.
In addition to the Environmental Impact Statement, federal regulators will conduct
If you’re a primary resident
a separate, parallel review of safety plans for the project, which would have two 1,100-mega-  gust 24 Primary Election, contact the Citrus County Supervisor of Elections Office locat-
watt Westinghouse reactors.
ed at 120 N. Apopka Ave., Inverness, FL 34450; phone 352-341-6740 (Inverness); phone
Progress Energy expects the NRC to issue the plant a license in late 2012, if the  352-795-5338 (Crystal River seasonal); toll-free phone 800-655-6645; Telecommunication
reviews stay on schedule. At that time, the utility would determine whether or not to forge  Device for Deaf (TDD) 352-341-6752; email vote@elections.citrus.fl.us; Website www.vo-
ahead with construction plans.
tecitrus.com; or fax 352-341-6749. The hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Progress Energy estimates the total cost of the plant at between 17.2 to 22.5 billion
2010 voting information: The Primary Election will be held on August 24, and the
dollars, which includes the land, transmission lines, fuel and financing. Last year, Progress  General Election will be held on November 2. Voter Registration Book Closing Dates are
Energy received approval to begin charging customers for the plant’s development. A law-  July 26 (deadline is past) for the Primary Election and October 4 for the General Election.
suit is pending against Progress Energy by the group, Citizens for Ratepayers Rights, which  Early Voting Dates for the Primary Election are August 9 - 21 (Mondays through Saturdays).
claims the increased rates are in violation of the Florida State Constitution.
The Early Voting Dates for the General Election will be October 18 ñ 30 (Mondays through
The environmental impacts recognized by the NRC in the recent report include
Saturdays).
the use of land for the construction of transmission lines to connect the new plant to the
Non-Partisan County candidates include: Circuit Judge Circuit 5 Group 1 - Denise
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electrical grid; the quality of water in streams, lakes and rivers due to discharges from the  A. Dymond Lyn and Robert W. Hodges; and School Board Member District 1 - Thomas
proposed Levy County plant and the Crystal River plants; land-based resources due to habi-  Kennedy and Lou Miele.
tat fragmentation, impacts on important species andNature Coast  765 acres of wetlands.
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The Democrat Ballot will include four candidates for U.S. Senator, Glenn A. Bur-
ADDRESS: air quality S.E. 136 Court, Dunnellon, Florida  34431  kett, Maurice A. Ferre, Jeff Greene and Kendrick B. Meek. Candidates for Governor and Lt.
The impacts on
19170 would be small to moderate.
ONE: (352) 489-4588 NRC, small impacts are those (Tom)  613-3911 (Debbie)
According to the 447-4588  621-4588 that couldn’t be detected or  Governor include Brian P. Moore and Alex Sink. Candidates for Attorney General include
wouldn’t noticeably alter anyFAX: (800) 385-6736
important attribute of a resource, such as underground water  Dave Aronberg and Dan Gelber. Candidates for State Reresentative District 43 include Ron
quality and aquatic ecosystems. www.thenewscaster.com
Schultz and Jimmie T. Smith.
WEBSITE:
HOW YOU CAN COMMENT TO THE NRC:
AIL: thenewscaster1@gmail.com -or-* Two public meetings will be held in
debbienewscaster@gmail.com  The Republican Ballot will include three candidates for U.S. Senator, William Es-
Crystal River on Sept. 23 at the Plantation Inn, located at 9301 W Fort Island Trail. The  coffery, William Billy Kogut and Marco Rubio. Candidates for Representatives in Congress
meeting times will be 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comments would be lim-  District 5 include Richard B. “Rich” Nugent and Jason Sager. Candidates for Governor and
ited to the time available and the number of attendees. To register in advance, call Douglas  Lt. Governor include Mike McCalister, Bill McCollum and Rick Scott. Candidates for At-
Bruner, toll-free, at 1-800-368-5642, ext.2730, or send an e-mail to Levy.COLEIS@nrc.  torney General include Holly Benson, Pam Bondi and Jeff Kottkamp. Candidates for State
gov by Sept. 16. ** Comments can be made in writing and mailed to: Chief, Rules and  Representative District 43 include Ron Schultz and Jimmie T. Smith. Candidates for County
Directives Branch; Division of Administrative Services; Office of Administration; Mailstop  Commission include: District 2 - Gary Bartell and John J. “JJ” Kenney; District 4 - Rebecca
TWB-05-B01M; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Washington, DC 20555-0001. ***  Bays, Donald P. Sterling and John Thrumston.
Comments can be e-mailed to Levy.COLEIS@nrc.gov **** Comments can be faxed to
The Non-Partisan Ballot will include candidates for State Representative District
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(301) 492-3446.
43 - Ron Schultz REP and Jimmie T. Smith REP; and Non-Partisan County candidates: Cir-
cuit Judge Circuit 5 Group 1 - Denise A. Dymond Lyn and Robert W. Hodges; and School
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Board Member District 1 - Thomas Kennedy and Lou Miele.
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