ML071340244
| ML071340244 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 05/09/2007 |
| From: | Polonsky A AmerGen Energy Co, Morgan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP |
| To: | Abramson P, Anthony Baratta, Hawkens E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-219-LR, ASLBP 06-844-01-LR, RAS 13599 | |
| Download: ML071340244 (6) | |
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i,45 13599 DOCKETED USNRC May 9, 2007 (2:21pm)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Dr. Paul B. Abramson Dr. Anthony J. Baratta
)
In the Matter of: ) May 9, 2007
)
AmerGen Energy Company, LLC )
) Docket No. 50-219 (License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear )
Generating Station) )
)
AMERGEN REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO FILE MOTION TO STRIKE CITIZENS' RESPONSE TO NRC STAFF On May 7, 2007, Citizens submitted "Citizens' Response to NRC Staff' ("Response"). Under the Subpart L rules that apply to this proceeding,' and this Board's scheduling order, 2 Citizens' Response is an impermissible pleading. AmerGen does not believe it is required to request leave See Memorandum and Order (Denying NIRS's Motion to Apply Subpart G Procedures) (June 5, 2006)
(unpublished).
2 Memorandum and Order (Prehearing Conference Call Summary, Case Management Directives, and Final Scheduling Order) (Apr. 17, 2007) (unpublished).
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to file a Motion to Strike under 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.1204 and 2.323. However, out of an abundance 3
of caution, AmerGen respectfully requests leave to file the attached Motion to Strike.
Respectfully submitted, Donald J. Silverman, Esq.
Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.
Alex S. Polonsky, Esq.
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 739-5502 E-mail: dsilvermangmorganlewis.com E-mail: ksutton2morganlewis.com E-mail: apolonsky(2morganlewis.com J. Bradley Fewell Associate General Counsel Exelon Corporation 4300 Warrenville Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Phone: (630) 657-3769 E-mail: Bradley.Fewell kexeloncorp.com COUNSEL FOR AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC Dated in Washington, D.C.
this 9th day of May 2007 Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), both Citizens and the NRC Staff would be afforded the opportunity to submit answers to AmerGen's Motion to Strike. Answers must be limited to the legal argument presented in the Motion to Strike.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Dr. Paul B. Abramson Dr. Anthony J. Baratta In the Matter of: )
) May 9, 2007 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC )
) Docket No. 50-219 (License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear )
Generating Station) )
.)
AMERGEN MOTION TO STRIKE In accordance with 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(a), AmerGen Energy Company, LLC
("AmerGen") hereby moves to strike "Citizens' Response to NRC Staff' (May 7, 2007)
("Response") in its entirety.' Citizens' Response is an unauthorized pleading under the 10 C.F.R. Part 2, Subpart L rules that govern this proceeding,2 and this Board did not authorize such a pleading in its April 17, 2007 Order.! Citizens assert on page 1 of their Response, without any explanation or basis, that 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.1205(c) and 2.710(a) allow them to file their Response. However, the Subpart L rules do not authorize their responsive pleading. Section 2.1205(b) permits only a single Answer to a summary disposition motion. An additional response would be authorized under Section 2.710(a)
Citizens are Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch, Inc.,
Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, New Jersey Sierra Club, and New Jersey Environmental Federation.
See Memorandum and Order (Denying NIRS's Motion to Apply Subpart G Procedures) (June 5, 2006) (unpublished).
Memorandum and Order (Prehearing Conference Call Summary, Case Management Directives, and Final Scheduling Order) (Apr. 17, 2007) (unpublished).
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in Subpart G, but this provision simply does not apply to this Subpart L proceeding. Nor does the reference to Subpart G in Section 2.1205(c) authorize this pleading, because it merely provides the presiding officer with the substantive standards to be used in ruling on motions for summary disposition, and does not incorporate by reference all of the provisions of Section 2.710. To read the regulations otherwise would render Section 2.1205 unnecessary and meaningless.
Citizens' Response is unauthorized under 10 C.F.R. § 2.1205. Therefore, the Board should strike it in its entirety.1 Respectfully submitted, Donald J. Silverman, Esq.
Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.
Alex S. Polonsky, Esq.
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 739-5502 dsilvermangmorganlewis.com ksuttonkmorganlewis.com apolonsky@morganlewis.com J. Bradley Fewell, Esq.
Associate General Counsel Exelon Corporation 4300 Warrenville Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Phone: (630) 657-3769 Bradley.Fewell@,exeloncorp.com Dated in Washington, D.C. COUNSEL FOR AMERGEN ENERGY this 9th day of May 2007. COMPANY, LLC Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(a), AmerGen counsel attempted to, but did not reach Citizens' counsel to discuss this Motion. Counsel for the Staff has not yet taken a position on the Motion.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
)
In the Matter of: ) May 9, 2007
)
AmerGen Energy Company, LLC )
) Docket No. 50-219 (License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear )
Generating Station) )
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of "AmerGen Request for Leave to File Motion to Strike Citizens' Response to NRC Staff' and "AmerGen Motion to Strike" were served this day upon the persons listed below, by E-mail and first class mail, unless otherwise noted.
Secretary of the Commission* Administrative Judge U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel One White Flint North Mail Stop - T-3 F23 11555 Rockville Pike U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 (E-mail: HEARINGDOCKETdnrc.gov) (E-mail: erhgnrc.gov)
Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Anthony J. Baratta Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 (E-mail: pbaknrc.gov ) (E-mail: aib5@nrc.gov)
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John A. Covino Office of Commission Appellate Valerie Anne Gray Adjudication**
Division of Law U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Environmental Permitting and Counseling Section Washington, DC 20555-0001 P.O. Box 093 Hughes Justice Complex Trenton, NJ 08625 (E-mail: john.covinogdol.lps.state.ni .us) Richard Webster (E-mail: valerie.gray(dol.lps.state.ni.us) Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic 123 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102-5695 (E-mail: rwebstergkinoy.rutgers.edu)
Suzanne Leta Paul Gunter NJPIRG Nuclear Information and Resource Service 11 N. Willow Street 1424 16th Street, NW Trenton, NJ 08608 Suite 404 (E-mail: sletagnipirg.org) Washington, DC 20036 (E-mail: pguntergnirs.org)
Mitzi A. Young Debra Wolf Mary C. Baty Law Clerk Office of the General Counsel, 0-15D21 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (E-mail: mayvnrc.gov) Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: mcb 1@nrc.gov) (E-mail: dawl @nrc.gov)
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