ML050450210

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LB Order (Granting Motion to Change Discovery Update Period)
ML050450210
Person / Time
Site: Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date: 02/14/2005
From: Karlin A
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
Byrdsong A T
References
50-271-OLA, ASLBP 04-832-02-OLA, RAS 9332
Download: ML050450210 (4)


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RAS 9332 DOCKETED 02/14/05 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SERVED 02/14/05 ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

Alex S. Karlin, Chairman Dr. Anthony J. Baratta Lester S. Rubenstein In the Matter of Docket No. 50-271-OLA ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE L.L.C. ASLBP No. 04-832-02-OLA and ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. February 14, 2005 (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)

Order (Granting Motion to Change Discovery Update Period)

On February 10, 2005, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee L.L.C. and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (collectively, Entergy) filed an unopposed motion requesting that the Board extend the deadline set in 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d), which requires that a party disclose new discovery information or documents within 14 days. Entergy asks that the update period be modified to 30 days until the draft Safety Evaluation Report (SER) is issued. Entergy has certified that neither the Department of Public Service of the State of Vermont, the New England Coalition, nor the NRC Staff oppose the motion.

Upon consideration of the request, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.319(k) and 2.321(c), the Board hereby grants Entergys motion. Until the NRC Staff issues the draft SER, the continuing obligation of the Staff and the parties1 under 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d) to update their respective 1

The NRC Staff has elected to participate in this proceeding as a party. See Letter from Brooke D. Poole, Counsel for NRC Staff, to Administrative Judges (Dec. 28, 2004), ADAMS Accession No. ML043630492.

disclosures is modified so that information or documents subsequently developed or obtained must be disclosed within thirty (30) days. After the draft SER is issued the continuing obligation of each party to disclose information or documents will revert to the fourteen (14) day update period provided in 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d).

It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD2

/RA/

Alex S. Karlin, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland February 14, 2005 2

Copies of this order were sent this date by Internet e-mail transmission to counsel for (1) applicants Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee L.L.C. and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.;

(2) intervenors the Department of Public Service of the State of Vermont and the New England Coalition; and (3) the Staff.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE L.L.C. ) Docket No. 50-271-OLA and ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing LB ORDER (GRANTING MOTION TO CHANGE DISCOVERY UPDATE PERIOD) have been served upon the following persons by U.S. mail, first class, or through NRC internal distribution.

Office of Commission Appellate Administrative Judge Adjudication Alex S. Karlin, Chair U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Anthony J. Baratta Lester S. Rubenstein Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 4270 E Country Villa Drive Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Tucson, AZ 85718 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Brooke D. Poole, Esq. Raymond Shadis Robert M. Weisman, Esq. New England Coalition Marisa C. Higgins, Esq. P.O. Box 98 Office of the General Counsel Edgecomb, ME 04556 Mail Stop - O-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

2 Docket No. 50-271-OLA LB ORDER (GRANTING MOTION TO CHANGE DISCOVERY UPDATE PERIOD)

John M. Fulton, Esq. Sarah Hofmann, Esq.

Assistant General Counsel Special Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Department of Public Service 440 Hamilton Avenue 112 State Street - Drawer 20 White Plains, NY 10601 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq. Jay E. Silberg, Esq.

National Legal Scholars Law Firm Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq.

84 East Thetford Rd. Douglas J. Rosinski, Esq.

Lyme, NH 03768 Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 Jonathan M. Block, Esq. Jonathan M. Rund, Esq.

94 Main Street Chris Wachter P.O. Box 566 Law Clerks Putney, VT 05346-0566 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

[Original signed by Evangeline S. Ngbea]

Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of February 2005