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State of New Hampshire'S Notice of Intent to Participate as Interested State
ML063120062
Person / Time
Site: Vermont Yankee Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 10/30/2006
From: Patterson J
State of NH
To: Elleman T, Karlin A, Richard Wardwell
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Byrdsong A T
References
50-271-LR, ASLBP 06-849-03-LR, RAS 12474
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USNRC NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION October 30, 2006 (1:59pm)

ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND Before Administrative Judges: ADJUDICATIONS STAFF Alex S. Karlin, Chairman Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Dr. Thomas S. Elleman In the Matter of Docket No. 50-271-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC, and ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE'S NOTICE OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE AS INTERESTED STATE NOW COMES the State of New Hampshire ("State" or "New Hampshire"),

by and through its attorneys, the Office of the Attorney General, and gives notice of its intent to participate as an interested state in this proceeding pursuant to 10 C.F.R.§ 2.315(c). In support of this notice, the State avers as follows:

1. Procedural Status. On September 22, 2006, the Board issued a Memorandum Order (Ruling on Standing, Contentions, Hearing Procedures, State Statutory Claim, and Contention Adoption) ("Order") which evaluated contentions filed by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, the Vermont Department of Public Service ("DPS") and the New England Coalition ("NEC"). In the Order, the i£Pcy- 037

Board found five contentions admissible and rejected several others. The Board also established procedural requirements for the orderly conduct of the hearing.

2. State's interest. As with the other governmental entities found in the Order to have standing, the State of New Hampshire is located within ten miles of the Vermont Yankee facility. The boundary between New Hampshire and Vermont is the low water mark on the Vermont side of the Connecticut River (see Vermont v. New Hampshire, 289 U.S. 593 (1933)), so the fisheries and other natural resources that will be impacted by the plant's thermal discharge are largely located in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire is also downwind of the facility given prevailing winds and therefore it is in the interest of its citizens to participate and ensure that all the aging concerns are properly addressed in the licensing proceeding.

3. Contentions. New Hampshire wishes to participate in this proceeding with respect to all of the contentions found in the Order to be admissible. These contentions are: DPS Contention 1 (Safety) (age management of primary containment concrete); NEC Contention 1 (Environmental) (water quality); NEC Contention 2 (Safety) (aging/metal fatigue); NEC Contention 3 (Safety)(aging/steam dryer); and NEC Contention 4 (Safety) (aging of plant piping due to flow-accelerated corrosion).
4. Timing of Notice. The State is aware that this notice is technically late, but nevertheless asks that it be allowed to participate in the hearing in this matter.

The Order required interested states to file notices of intent to participate within twenty days, or by October 12, 2006. New Hampshire did not receive a copy of the Order until October 23, 2006, and was unaware of this deadline until after it had

passed. The State's participation will be limited to the contentions raised by the parties, will be in keeping with all applicable procedural requirements, and will not interfere with expeditious hearing of the issues raised.

5. November 1, 2006 conference. The State wishes to participate in the November 1, 2006, telephone conference with respect to this matter.
6. Representative. The undersigned, Jennifer J. Patterson, is the appropriate party on whom service may be made.

Respectfully submitted, KELLY A. AYOTTE ATTORNEY GENERAL October 30, 2006 By: D7-J ifer J. Patterson

?nior Assistant Attorney General Environmental Protection Bureau 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-3679 jennifer.patterson@doj .nh.gov CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on this date the foregoing STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE'S NOTICE OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE AS INTERESTED STATE was served via electronic mail and/or first class mail, postage prepaid, to the parties listed on the following service list.

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Service List - Vermont Yankee License Renewal Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ask2@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: rew(2nrc.gov Administrative Judge Thomas S. Elleman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 5207 Creedmoor Road, #101 Raleigh, NC 27612 E-mail: ellemangeos.ncsu.edu Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: O-16C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: hearingdocketgnrc. gov Sarah Hofmann, Esq.

Special Counsel Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 E-mail: sarah. hofmann(2state. vt. us Anthony Z Roisman, Esq.

National Legal Scholars Law Firm 84 East Thetford Rd.

Lyme, NH 03768 E-mail: aroismangnationallegalscholars. com

Diane Curran, Esq.

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg

& Eisenberg, L.L.P.

1726 M Street, NW., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 E-mail: dcurrankharmoncurran.com Matthew Brock, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General Environmental Protection Division One Ashburton Place, Room 1813 Boston, MA 02108-1598 E-mail: matthew.brockgago.state.ma.us Ronald A. Shems, Esq.

Karen Tyler, Esq.

Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401 E-mail: rshems(2sdkslaw.com, Ktylerksdkslaw.com Callie B. Newton, Chair Gail MacArthur Lucy Gratwick Marcia Hamilton Town of Marlboro Selectboard P.O. Box 518 Marlboro, VT 05344 E-mail: cbnewtonksover.net, marcialynngevl.net Dan MacArthur, Director Town of Marlboro Emergency Management P.O. Box Box 30 Marlboro, VT 05344 E-mail: dmacarthur(2igc.org Mitzi A. Young, Esq.

Steven C. Hamrick, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop 0-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

may@nrc.gov, schi @nrc.gov David R. Lewis, Esq.

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 E-mail: david.lewis(2pillsburylaw.com, matias.travieso-diaz(,pillsburylaw.com Marcia Carpentier, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: mxc7(@nrc.gov

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

Alex S. Karlin, Chairman Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Dr. Thomas S. Elleman In the Matter of Docket No. 50-271-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC, and ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned attorney herewith enters an appearance in the above-captioned matter. In accordance with 10 C.F.R. § 2.314(b), the following information is provided:

Name/Title: Jennifer J. Patterson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Address: Office of the Attorney General 33 Capitol Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Telephone Number: (603) 271-3679 Fax Number: (603) 223-6267 E-mail Address: j ennifer.patterson@doj.nh.gov Admissions: State of New Hampshire Name of Party: State of New Hampshire

2 Respectfully submitted, KELLY A. AYOTTE ATTORNEY GENERAL

/O/~'c ~By:6 JQjnifer J. Patterson Senior Assistant Attorney General CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that the foregoing Notice ofAppearance was served via electronic mail and/or first class mail, postage prepaid, to the parties listed on the following service list.

By: 1Z __ 'Nr B: ifer J. Patterson U-Service List - Vermont Yankee License Renewal Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ask2@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: rewgnrc.gov Administrative Judge Thomas S. Elleman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 5207 Creedmoor Road, #101 Raleigh, NC 27612 E-mail: elleman@eos.ncsu.edu

3 Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: O-16C1, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: hearingdocket(nrc.gov Sarah Hofmann, Esq.

Special Counsel Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 E-mail: sarah.hofmann(2astate.vt.us Anthony Z Roisman, Esq.

National Legal Scholars Law Firm 84 East Thetford Rd.

Lyme, NH 03768 E-mail: aroismanknationallegalscholars. com Diane Curran, Esq.

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg

& Eisenberg, L.L.P.

1726 M Street, NW., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 E-mail: dcurran(harmoncurran.com Matthew Brock, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General Environmental Protection Division One Ashburton Place, Room 1813 Boston, MA 02108-1598 E-mail: matthew. brockgago. state. ma. us Ronald A. Shems, Esq.

Karen Tyler, Esq.

Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401 E-mail: rshemsgsdkslaw.com, Ktyler(D)sdkslaw.com

4 Callie B. Newton, Chair Gail MacArthur Lucy Gratwick Marcia Hamilton Town of Marlboro Selectboard P.O. Box 518 Marlboro, VT 05344 E-mail: cbnewtonksover.net, marcialynn(a ev1.net Dan MacArthur, Director Town of Marlboro Emergency Management P.O. Box Box 30 Marlboro, VT 05344 E-mail: dmacarthurgigc.org Mitzi A. Young, Esq.

Steven C. Hamrick, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop 0-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 mavynrc.gov, schlnrc.gov David R. Lewis, Esq.

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 E-mail: david.lewis(pillsburylaw.com, matias.travieso-diazC2pillsburylaw.com Marcia Carpentier, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: mxc7@nrc.gov

ATTORNEY GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 33 CAPITOL STREET CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03301-6397 KELLY A. AYOTTE ORVILLE B. "BUD" FITCH II ATTORNEY GENERAL DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL October 30, 2006 Office of the Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff RE: In the matter of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Application, Docket No. 50-271; ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

Dear Sir or Madam:

Please find for filing in the above-captionedmatter the original and two copies of the State of New Hampshire'sNotice of Intent to Participateas InterestedState and my Notice of Appearance.

Thank you for your considerate attention to this matter.

Sincerely, Senior Assistant Attorney General Environmental Protection Bureau (603) 271-3679 jennifer.patterson@doj.nh.gov Enclosure cc: See attached Certificate of Service Telephone 603-271-3658 - FAX 603-271-2110

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