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LB Order (Granting Unopposed Motion for Enlargement of Time)
ML060390555
Person / Time
Site: Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date: 02/07/2006
From: Karlin A
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
Byrdsong A T
References
50-271-OLA, ASLBP 04-832-02-OLA, RAS 11146
Download: ML060390555 (4)


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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RAS 11146 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKETED 02/07/06 ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD SERVED 02/07/06 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, ASLBP No. 04-832-02-OLA L.L.C.

and February 7, 2006 ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)

ORDER (Granting Unopposed Motion for Enlargement of Time)

The Board grants New England Coalitions (NECs) February 6, 2006, unopposed motion for enlargement of time to file its brief on the question of whether NEC Contention 4 covers only the cooling tower or whether it covers the alternate cooling system.1 NEC shall submit its brief, which shall not exceed ten pages, on or before February 14, 2006. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee L.L.C. and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc (collectively, Entergy) and the NRC Staff shall file their answers, which shall not exceed ten pages, on or before February 1

The issues to be addressed in this brief were initially raised by the parties, Tr. at 712-713, 715-716, and specified by the Board, Tr. at 731, 739, during the during the January 24, 2006 prehearing conference call. NECs motion incorrectly characterizes the issue to be briefed as the question of which regulations underlie NECs Contention 4. [NECs] Unopposed Motion for Enlargement of Time to File a Brief (Feb. 6, 2006) at 1. The Board encouraged the parties to discuss and attempt to resolve this issue, Tr. at 734-735, but held it in abeyance, and it is not the subject of the ordered briefing. Tr. at 739-740.

21, 2006. NEC shall file its reply, which shall not exceed five pages, on or before February 28, 2006. No other deadline or requirement is changed by virtue of this order.

It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD2

/RA/

Alex S. Karlin, Chairman Administrative Judge Rockville, Maryland February 7, 2006 2

Copies of this order were sent this date by Internet e-mail transmission to counsel for (1) licensees Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, L.L.C.; (2) intervenors Vermont Department of Public Service Department and New England Coalition of Brattleboro; and (3) the NRC 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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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing LB ORDER (GRANTING UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME) 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 Robert M. Weisman, Esq. Raymond Shadis Sherwin E. Turk, Esq. New England Coalition Jason C. Zorn, 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 UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME)

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

Law Clerk 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 7th day of February 2006