ML040760508

LB Order (Regarding Information for March 16, 18 and 25 Proceedings)

ML040760508
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	03/16/2004
From:	Austin Young Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
Byrdsong A T
References
50-413-OLA, 50-414-OLA, ASLBP 03-815-03-OLA, RAS 7462
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1This proceeding involves Duke Energy Corporations (Dukes) February 2003 application to amend the operating license for its Catawba Nuclear Station to allow the use of four mixed oxide (MOX) lead test assemblies at the station. By Memorandum and Order dated March 5, 2003, Petitioner Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) was admitted as a party in the proceeding, after having filed a petition to intervene and request for hearing in response to a July 2003 Federal Register notice concerning this application. See LBP-04-04, 59 NRC ___ (2004); 68 Fed. Reg. 44,107 (July 25, 2003).

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION RAS 7462 DOCKETED 03/16/04 ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

SERVED 03/16/04 Ann Marshall Young, Chair Anthony J. Baratta Thomas S. Elleman In the Matter of DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION (Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-413-OLA, 50-414-OLA ASLBP No. 03-815-03-OLA March 16, 2004 ORDER (Regarding Information for March 16, 18 and 25 Proceedings)

A closed hearing is scheduled in this proceeding1 for March 18, 2004, to hear oral argument on BREDLs security-related contentions. In addition, two telephone conferences are scheduled for March 16 and 25, 2004, to consider various scheduling and other issues. The following information is provided with regard to these proceedings:

1. For the March 16 telephone conference, all participants should call 301/231-5539 or 1-800/638-8081 a few minutes before 1:30 p.m. and give passcode 8723# to be connected in to the conference.

2Copies of this Order were sent this date by Internet e-mail or facsimile transmission, if available, to all participants or counsel for participants.

2. For the March 18 closed hearing, counsel for each party shall provide, no later than 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, the following information to the undersigned, Judge Baratta, and Mack Cutchin (email: JMC3@nrc.gov):

- a list of all persons who will be attending; and, for each:

- the organization with which the person is associated;

- his or her birth date; and

- whether each is a US citizen.

Upon arrival at the NRC offices at Two White Flint on March 18, all participants will be escorted to the hearing room.

3. For the March 25 telephone conference, all participants should call 301/231-5539 or 1-800/638-8081 a few minutes before 9:30 a.m. and give passcode 9691# to be connected in to the conference.

It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

/RA/

Ann Marshall Young, Chair ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland March 16, 20042

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of

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DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION

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Docket Nos. 50-413-OLA

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50-414-OLA Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing LB ORDER (REGARDING INFORMATION FOR MARCH 16, 18 AND 25 PROCEEDINGS) have been served upon the following persons by deposit in the U.S. mail, first class, or through NRC internal distribution.

Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Anthony J. Baratta Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Thomas S. Elleman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 5207 Creedmoor Rd., #101 Raleigh, NC 27612 Susan L. Uttal, Esq.

Antonio Fernández, Esq.

Margaret J. Bupp, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Henry B. Barron, Executive Vice President Nuclear Operations Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street P.O. Box 1006 Charlotte, NC 28201-1006 Mary Olson Director of the Southeast Office Nuclear Information and Resource Service 729 Haywood Road, 1-A P.O. Box 7586 Asheville, NC 28802 Diane Curran, Esq.

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg

& Eisenberg, L.L.P.

1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036

2 Docket Nos. 50-413-OLA and 50-414-OLA LB ORDER (REGARDING INFORMATION FOR MARCH 16, 18 AND 25 PROCEEDINGS)

David A. Repka, Esq.

Anne W. Cottingham, Esq.

Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esq.

Winston & Strawn LLP 1400 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Lisa F. Vaughn, Esq.

Duke Energy Corporation Mail Code - PB05E 422 South Church Street P.O. Box 1244 Charlotte, NC 28201-1244 Paul Gunter Nuclear Information and Resource Service 1424 16th St., NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20036

[Original signed by Evangeline S. Ngbea]

Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of March 2004