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Petitioner of Westchester Citizens Awareness Network (Westcan), Rockland County Conservation Association (Rcca), Promoting Public Health and Sustainable Energy (Phase), Sierra Club-Atlantic Chapter and Richard Brodsky Motion
ML080370535
Person / Time
Site: Indian Point  
Issue date: 01/31/2008
From: Brodsky R, Shapiro S
Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Public Health & Sustainable Energy (PHASE), Rockland County Conservation Association, Sierra Club, Atlantic Chapter, Westchester Citizens Awarenesss Network (WestCAN)
To:
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, RAS 15036
Download: ML080370535 (6)


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IE.Ps UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR INDIAN POINT 2, LLC, ENTERGY NUCLEAR INDIAN POINT 3, LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

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50 INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNTS 2&3 A*

Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating Licenses 07 No. DPR-26 and No. DPR-64 for an Additional 2-year Period DOCKETED USNRC January 31, 2008 (1:53pm)

OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF

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-247-LR & 50-286-LR SLBP No.

-858-03-LR-BDO0 PETITONER OF WESTCHESTER CITIZEN'S AWARENESS NETWORK (WestCAN), ROCKLAND COUNTY CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (RRCA),

PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY (PHASE),

SIERRA CLUB-ATLANTIC CHAPTER and RICHARD BRODSKY MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME IN WHICH TO FILE A REPLY

1. Petitioners Westchester Citizen's Awareness Network (WestCAN), Rockland County Conservation Association (RCCA), Promoting Public Health and Sustainable Energy (PHASE), Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter and Richard Brodsky, (herein referred to as the Petitioners) respectfully request an additional seven (7) days in which to file its Reply to the Answers of the applicant, Entergy, and NRC Staff in the above captioned license renewal proceeding. This request is based on the delay in receiving a complete set of the applicant's Answer to New York's Petition to Intervene. Only on January 28, did counsel Susan Shapiro receive a complete set of the documents comprising the applicant's Answer.
2. On December 10, 2007, the Petitioners filed its Notice of Intention to Participate and Petition to Intervene. This Petition set forth fifty contentions in a three hundred eighty 0 ev

six page document. It was also accompanied by declarations and numerous exhibits in support of the Petition, these documents were compiled in four volumes.

3. On December 10, 2007, Petitioners served these papers on parties by overnight courier, service (Federal Express).
4. By Order dated November 27, 2007, this Board required that all responses to the petitions in this matter be filed on or before January 22, 2008.
5. By Order dated January 2, 2008, this Board required that Replies to those Answers be filed on or before February 8, 2008.
6. According to their Certificates of Service, the applicant and NRC Staff served their Answers to the State's Petition on January 22, 2008. The NRC Staff served all of its papers both electronically and by regular first class mail. Counsel for the Petitioners received the electronic version of the NRC Staffs papers just before midnight on January 22, 2008; and received the paper copies of that submission on Friday, January 25, 2008.
7. The applicant's attorneys served the applicant's Answer upon Petitioners by regular first class mail. It also transmitted a courtesy copy of the applicant's Answer electronically, without any declarations or exhibits, just before midnight on January 22, 2008.

Petitioners, however, only received the answer with exhibits of all of the applicant's submission on January 28, 2008 - six days after service.

Petitioners, have lost about a week's time to prepare a reply and therefore requests this extension.

8. Additionally, counsel for the Petitioners have been unable to acces's the NRC's ADAMS document management system over this past weekend and specifically on January 26 and 28"', 2008.

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9. Additionally one of our experts witness will be unavailable next week due to ACRS hearings regarding Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.
10. Petitioners recognize and appreciate that the ASLB and the NRC have been generous in granting extensions in this matter. The State of New York and Riverkeeper have requested extensions based on similar reasons, and have been granted a seven day extensions. Because of the importance of this matter and of Petitioner's need to efficiently coordinate its Reply, the Petitioners respectfully request that the ASLB grant its request for a 7-day extension within which to file its Reply. This would mean that the Petitioner's Reply would be served on or before Friday, February 15, 2008.

CERTIFICATION

11. The movant, through its undersigned attorneys, certifies pursuant to 10 C.F.R.§ 2.32,3(b) that it has made a sincere effort to contact other parties in the proceeding and to resolve the issues raised on the motion. Specifically, the Petitioner's attorneys contacted attorneys for both the applicant and NRC Staff today to obtain their agreement to this request for a seven-day extension. The attorneys for both of these parties have agreed to a seven-day extension.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on January 31, 2008, copies of the foregoing Unopposed Motion by Westchester Citizen's Awareness Network (WestCAN), Rockland County Conservation Association (RCCA), Promoting Health and Sustainable Energy (PHASE), Sierra Club-Atlantic Chapter, and Richard Brodsky (herein referred to as the "Petitioners") for Extension of Time in Which to Reply to Oppositions to Petitioners' Hearing Request were served on the following by e-mail and first-class mail:

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Also by e-mail: LGMl@nrc.gov Judge Kaye D. Lathrop 190 Cedar Lane East Ridgeway, CO 81432 Also by e-mail: KDL2@nrc.gov Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Also by e-mail: REW@nrc.gov Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.

Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Mauri T. Lemoncelli, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004 martin.oneill@morganlewis.com pbessette@morganlewis.com ksutton@morganlewis.com Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Also by e-mail: OCAAMAIL@nrc.gov John J. Sipos, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General for the State of New York The Capitol State Street Albany, New York 12224 Also by e-mail:

John. Sipos@oag. state. ny.us Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.

Lloyd B. Subin, Esq.

Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.

David E. Roth Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 sbt@nrc.gov; lbs3@nrc.gov; bnm2@nrc.gov ; der@nrc.gov Michael J. Delaney, V.P. - Energy New York City Econ. Development Corp.

110 William Street New York,*NY 10038 Also by e-mail:

mdelaney@nycedc.com

John LeKay Heather Ellsworth Burns-DeMelo Remy Chevalier Bill Thomas Belinda J. Jaques FUSE USA 35 1 Dyckman Street Peekskill, NY 10566 Also by e-mail: Il-Sc Office of the Secretary Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Also by e-mail:

HEARINGDOCKET@nrc.gov William C. Dennis, Esq.

Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Also by e-mail: wdennis@entergy.com Diane Curran Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, &

Eisenberg, L.L.P.

1726 M Street N.W., Suite 600 Washington, D.C Also by email:

Phillip Musegaas Staff Attorney Riverkeeper, Inc.

828 South Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 Also by email: phillip@riverkeeper.org Victor M. Tafur Senior Attorney Riverkeeper, Inc.

828 South Broadway Tarrytown, NY Also by email: vtafur@riverkeeper.org Stephen C. Filler, Board Member Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

303 South Broadway, Suite 222 Tarrytown, NY 10591 Also by e-mail: sfiller@nylawline.com Manna Jo Greene Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

112 Little Market Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Also by e-mail:

Mannajo@clearwater.org Justin D. Pruyne, Esq.

Assistant County Attorney, Litigation Bureau Of Counsel to Charlene M. Indelicato, Esq.

Westchester County Attorney 148 Martine Avenue, 6 th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 Also by e-mail:

jdp3@westchestergov.com Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.

Senior Attorney for Special Projects New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway, 14 th floor Albany, New York 12233-5500 By e-mail:

j I matthews@gw. dec. state. ny. us Zackary S. Kahn, Esq. Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Also by e-mail: ZXKl@nrc.gov

Thomas F. Wood, Esq.

Daniel Riesel, Esq.

Sive, Paget and Riesel, P.C.

460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 Also by e-mail: driesel@sprlaw.com Robert D. Snook, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 By e-mail: Robert. Snook@po. state.ct.us Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 06878 Also by e-mail:

NancyBurtonCT@aol.com Elise N. Zoli, Esq.

Goodwin Procter, LLP 53 State Street Boston, MA 02109 Also by e-mail:

Susan Shapiro