Lawyers for the Association to Preserve Cape Cod are making a detailed legal argument to the state that discharge of radioactive water from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is illegal, regardless of whether the water is contaminated.
They say the state Ocean Sanctuaries Act prohibits new discharges of industrial waste into Cape Cod Bay, with narrow exceptions that don’t apply to Pilgrim.
Andrew Gottlieb, executive director of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod, revealed the 10-page legal analysis Monday.
“We think a plain reading of the law makes it clear that the proposed discharge of industrial wastewater to Cape Cod Bay by Holtec is prohibited by state statute that's been in existence since 1971,” he said.
The lawyers met last week with members of Gov. Maura Healey’s administration and the office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, after Holtec applied for a permit modification that could allow discharge of water into Cape Cod Bay.
They sent the l
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