ML042290036

G20040469/LTR-04-0512 - Scott H. Strauss Ltr Withdrawal of Petition of the Utility Workers Union of America, Local 369 Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 Petition (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)

ML042290036
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	07/16/2004
From:	Strauss S Spiegel & McDiarmid, Utility Workers Union of America
To:	Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY
References
2.206, G20040469, LTR-04-0512
Download: ML042290036 (3)

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• OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET DatePrinted:Aug 10, 2004 13:15 PAPER NUMBER: LTR-04-0512 LOGGING DATE: 08/10/2004 ACTION OFFICE: EDO a4 O a004L469 AUTHOR: Scott Strauss EDO AFFILIATION: SPE/MCD DEDMRS DEDH ADDRESSEE: Annette Vietti-Cook DEDM AO

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Withdrawal of petition of The Utility Workers Union of America, Local 369 pursuant to 1IEOCIR 2.206 petition (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) I ACTION: Appropriate Skoy~k5 DISTRIBUTION: RF o LETTER DATE: 07/16/2004 ACKNOWLEDGED No SPECIAL HANDLING:

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SPIEGEL & MCDIARMID GEORGE SPIEGEL (g.17)ASSOCIATES RERT CPIEGEL 1333 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE, NW AVIB.EB ROBERT A. JABLON WASHINGTON, DC 20036 PABLO 0. NOESCH JAMES N. HORWOOD ANDREA G. LONIAN FRANCES E. FRANCIS LARISSA A. SHAMRAJ DANIEL I. DAVIDSON WWW.SPIEGELMCD.COM STEPHEN C. PEARSON THOMAS C. TRAUGER OF COUNSEL JOHN J. CORBETT Telephone 202.879.4000 ALAN J. ROTH (1933.2003)

GARY J. NEWELL Facsimile 202.393.2866 MARK S. HEGEDUS SCOTT H. STRAUSS E-mall INFOOSPIEGELMCD.COM MARGARET A. McGOLDRICK BEN FINKELSTEIN MARGARET A. MEISER LISA G. DOWDEN JEFFREY A. SCHWARZ RISE J. PETERS BARRY U. SMOLER PETER J. HOPKINS SANDRA J. STREBEL DAVID E. POMPER LEE C. WHITE WILLIAM S. HUANG MATTHEW W. WARD GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR KENNETH A. BROWN July 16, 2004 Via hand deliverv Hon. Annette L. Vietti-Cook Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11 555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20555-0001 Re: Withdrawal of Petition of Utilitv Workers Union of America, Local 369 Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 6 2.206 (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)

Dear Secretary Vietti-Cook:

The Utility Workers Union of America, Local 369 ("Local 369") hereby withdraws its petition filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on July 9, 2004 ("July 9 Petition"). The July 9 Petition, which was filed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.206 (2004), sought relief with respect to Entergy Nuclear Generation Company's ("Entergy") proposed contingency plans for continuing to operate the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ("Pilgrim") for the duration of a work stoppage.

Local 369 members voted in June to authorize a strike if a new collective bargaining agreement applicable to 300 Pilgrim workers was not reached prior to the expiration of the existing agreement on July 13. Yesterday, Local 369 members ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with Entergy, to which Local 369 had tentatively agreed on July 13. The ratified new collective bargaining agreement does not apply to approximately 100 Entergy employees who are represented by Local 369 in a separate bargaining unit, and for whom negotiations of a new collective bargaining agreement are on-going. However, in light of the ratification vote held yesterday, the immediate possibility of a strike at Pilgrim, which prompted Local 369's July 9 Petition, has been averted.

Secretary Vietti-Cook July 16, 2004 Page 2 Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned if we can provide any additional information.

Yours truly, Scott H. Strauss David B. Lieb Attorneys for Utility Workers Union of America, Local 369