Descriptions of the Emergency Response Planning
Areas for the Salem
and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations
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Emergency Response
Planning Area 1
is the western portion of Lower Alloways Creek
Township. It consists of the area from the edge
of the Delaware River along Mill Creek to Money
Island Road. It then goes north on Money Island
Road to Fort Elfsborg-Hancocks Bridge Road and
east on Fort Elfsborg-Hancocks Bridge Road to
the LAC/Elsinboro boundary line. It continues
northeast to the boundary for Salem City and
proceeds south down the LAC/Quinton boundary
and along Salem New Bridge/Harmersville Canton
Road/Main Street Canton to the county line.
It then continues south on the county line to
Delaware Bay.
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Emergency Response
Planning Area 2
consists of the eastern portion of Lower Alloways
Creek Township and the western portion of Quinton
Township. It starts at the intersection of Quaker
Neck Road and the Salem City line and goes east
along Quaker Neck Road to the Mannington Township
line. It continues southeast along the Quinton/Alloway
Township boundary to Alloway Road (Route 581),
then turns west to Burden Hill Road and south
to Route 49. It then goes southeast along Route
49 to Gravely Hill Road. It then continues southwest
on Gravely Hill Road to Quinton Jericho Road,
then southeast to the county line. It continues
west along the county line to Main Street Canton.
It then goes northwest along Main Street Canton/Harmersville
Canton Road/Salem New Bridge Roads and continues
northwest along the Lower Alloways Creek/Quinton
Township boundary to the Salem City line and
then proceeds northeast along Salem City\Quinton
line to Quaker Neck Road.
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Response Planning Area 3
consists of the township of Elsinboro and Salem
City. It starts at the Delaware River and goes
east along the Salem River to the southern edge
of Mannington Marsh. It then goes east along
the boundary line between Salem City and Mannington
and continues south/southeast along the Salem/Quinton
and Lower Alloways Creek/Elsinboro township
line to Fort Elfsborg Hancocks Bridge Road.
It then goes west to Money Island Road, then
south to Mill Creek and west to the Delaware
River.
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Response Planning Area 4
consists of the Southern portion of Mannington
Township. It starts at the intersection of Quaker
Neck Road and the Salem City line and goes east
along Quaker Neck Road to the Mannington Township
line. It then goes northwest to Fenwick Creek
and then north to Penna Reading Railroad line
and northwest to East Robert Street. It continues
west past Newell Street to the Salem River.
It then goes south along the river to the H.J.
Heinz Company, then goes east along the Salem/Mannington
boundary to intersection of Salem City line
and Quaker Neck Road.
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Response Planning Area 5
is the southern portion of Pennsville Township.
It starts at Salem Cove and goes east along
the Salem River to a point near H.J. Heinz Company.
It then goes north on a direct line to Old Toll
Bridge Road then north and west into Lenape
Drive to Route 49. It continues south on Route
49 to Lighthouse Road and then goes northwest
on Lighthouse Road to Fort Mott Road, then south
to the entrance to Finn's Point National Cemetery.
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Response Planning Area 6
is the western portion of Stow Creek. It starts
at the intersection of Quinton Jericho Road
and Stow Creek and continues southwest along
Stow Creek across Main Street Canton and turns
south along Stow Creek to Raccoon Ditch. It
then goes east along Raccoon Ditch to the south
shore of Davis Mill Pond. It continues east
to Macanippuck Road and turns north to Buckhorn
Road, then turns east to Quinton Jericho Road.
It continues northwest on Quinton Jericho Road
to Stow Creek.
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Response Planning Area 7
is the western portion of Greenwich Township.
It starts at Oyster Cove and goes north along
Stow Creek (county line) to Raccoon Ditch. It
then goes east on Raccoon Ditch to the south
shore of Davis Mill Pond and continues to the
intersection of Chestnut Road (aka Causeway
Road). It then turns south on Chestnut Road
to Mill Road (aka Bacon's Neck-Othello Road)
and goes southwest along Mill Road to the intersection
of Gum Tree Corner Road. It then goes south
on Gum Tree Corner Road to Bacon's Neck Road,
then turns southwest to Tindall Island Road.
It continues south on Tindall Island Road to
the Cohansey River, then goes southwest along
the Cohansey River to the Delaware Bay.
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Response Planning Area 8
consists of a portion of Delaware Bay south
of Artificial Island. It starts at the Delaware/New
Jersey line on Artificial Island and goes west
one mile then south to southeast along the Delaware
Bay boundary line between New Jersey and Delaware
to Cohansey Point. It then goes east three miles
to Cohansey Point.
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