  The intensities of the low energy part of the spectra of primary cosmic ray
nuclei including C, O, Ne, Mg, Si and Fe measured by Voyager 1 beyond the
heliopause are deficient relative to the spectra measured at energies above
~100 MeV/nuc as calculated using a standard Leaky Box Model with the path
length a function of rigidity. Modifications to the normal exponential
distribution of path lengths at a single rigidity as is used in a simple LBM
will provide a good fit to this new Voyager 1 data at low energies. These
modifications, sometimes called a truncation, lead to a deficiency of short
path lengths relative to an exponential distribution. This deficiency in the
intensities can be described by a truncation parameter = 0.12. This
modification can be produced in several ways including a non-uniform local
distribution of cosmic ray sources. A uniform source distribution in the
galactic plane that is deficient in sources within 0.2-0.4 Kpc of the Sun is
indicated by the data. Further studies of these low energy spectra in more
detail will improve these estimates and help define other features of the local
galactic distribution of these cosmic rays.
