ML081070440
| ML081070440 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 04/16/2008 |
| From: | Chandler C NRC/OGC |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, RAS E-78 | |
| Download: ML081070440 (6) | |
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April 16, 2008 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )
)
ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR/286-LR
)
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating )
Units 2 and 3) )
UNOPPOSED MOTION OF THE NRC STAFF FOR LEAVE TO REPLY TO RIVERKEEPER, INC.S RESPONSE TO NRC STAFFS CHANGE IN POSITION REGARDING THE ADMISSIBILITY OF CONTENTION EC-1 INTRODUCTION Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(a), the Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC Staff) hereby requests leave to reply to Riverkeeper, Inc.s Response to NRC Staffs Change in Position regarding the Admissibility of Contention EC-1, dated April 7, 2008. For the reasons set forth below, the NRC Staff respectfully requests leave to file a reply no later than April 21, 20
08.1 BACKGROUND
At a prehearing conference for the admissibility of contentions relating to the relicensing of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3, the NRC Staff stated its intention to change its position with respect to the admissibility of New York Contentions 30 and 31,2 and 1
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(b), the Staff has contacted Counsel for Riverkeeper and Counsel for the Applicant. Riverkeeper and the Applicant authorized the Staff to state that they do not oppose this request.
2 Tr. at 467-68.
Riverkeeper Contention EC-1.3 The Board told petitioners New York and Riverkeeper that it would entertain requests for time to file a response to the Staffs change in position.4 Following oral argument, New York and Riverkeeper requested to have until April 7, 2008, and March 31, 2008, respectively, to file their responses. The Board granted both requests, and gave both petitioners until April 7, 2008, for the sake of consistency.5 That order granted permission for Entergy and NRC Staff to file a reply to New Yorks response no later than April 21, 2008, but did not grant either party permission to reply to Riverkeepers response.
On April 9, 2008, after both New York and Riverkeeper had filed responses to the Staffs change of position, the Board issued another order governing the filing of additional pleadings.6 In that order, the Board reiterated its authorization for NRC Staff and Entergy to file a reply to New Yorks response concerning New York Contentions 30 and 31. Id. at 3. The order also granted NRC Staff and Entergy leave to file a reply to Riverkeepers April 7, 2008 response relating to Riverkeeper Contention EC-2. Id. The Board did not, however, explicitly grant NRC Staff or Entergy leave to reply to Riverkeepers response relating to Riverkeeper Contention EC-1.
DISCUSSION The NRC Staff respectfully requests leave to file a reply to Riverkeepers April 7, 2008 response to the Staffs change of position on the admissibility of Riverkeeper Contention EC-1.
While the responses filed by New York and Riverkeeper are similar in many respects, Riverkeepers response raises several points not discussed by New York. In addition, the Staff 3
Tr. at 586-87.
4 Tr. at 490, 586-87.
5 Order (Scheduling Briefing Regarding the Effect of License Amendment 2 on Pending Contentions), March 18, 2008, at 2 (March 18 Order).
6 Order (Granting Riverkeeper, Inc.s Motion and Amending Briefing Schedule), April 9, 2008 (April 9 Order).
believes that this request is consistent with the Licensing Boards previous determinations that the parties should be afforded an opportunity to reply to similar responses to the Staffs change in position, such as has been filed by the State of New York. The Staff seeks to respond to the points made by Riverkeeper in its response, and, further, believes that permitting the NRC Staff to reply to Riverkeepers April 7, 2008 filing would promote consistency and fairness in this proceeding.
CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the NRC Staff respectfully requests that its motion for leave to reply to Riverkeeper, Inc.s April 7 Response be granted.
Respectfully submitted,
/RA/
Christopher C. Chandler Counsel for NRC Staff Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 16th day of April 2008
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )
)
ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247/286-LR
)
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating )
Units 2 and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing UNOPPOSED MOTION OF THE NRC STAFF FOR LEAVE TO REPLY TO RIVERKEEPER, INC.S RESPONSE TO NRC STAFFS CHANGE IN POSITION REGARDING THE ADMISSIBILITY OF CONTENTION EC-1, dated April 16, 2008, have been served upon the following through deposit in the NRCs internal mail system, with copies by electronic mail, as indicated by an asterisk, or by deposit in the U.S. Postal Service, as indicated by double asterisk, with copies by electronic mail this 16th day of April, 2008:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chair* Office of Commission Appellate Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Adjudication*
Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: O-16G4 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: LGM1@nrc.gov E-mail: OCAAMAIL@nrc.gov Dr. Richard E. Wardwell* Office of the Secretary*
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: REW@nrc.gov E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET@nrc.gov Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop* Zachary S. Kahn*
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Law Clerk 190 Cedar Lane E. Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Ridgway, CO 81432 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 E-mail: KDL2@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel E-mail: ZXK1@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001
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Marcia Carpentier John LeKay**
Law Clerk FUSE USA Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 351 Dyckman Street Mail Stop: T-3 E2B Peekskill, NY 10566 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: fuse_usa@yahoo.com Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: Marcia.Carpentier@nrc.gov) Manna Jo Greene**
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
William C. Dennis, Esq.** 112 Little Market Street Assistant General Counsel Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. E-mail: Mannajo@clearwater.org 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Justin D. Pruyne, Esq.**
E-mail: wdennis@entergy.com Assistant County Attorney Office of the Westchester County Attorney Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.** 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor Paul M. Bessette, Esq. White Plains, NY 10601 Martin J. ONeill, Esq. E-mail: jdp3@westchestergov.com Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Daniel E. ONeill, Mayor**
Washington, D.C. 20004 James Seirmarco, M.S.
E-mail: ksutton@morganlewis.com Village of Buchanan E-mail: pbessette@morganlewis.com Municipal Building E-mail: martin.o'neill@morganlewis.com Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 E-mail: vob@bestweb.net Michael J. Delaney, Esq.**
Vice President - Energy Department John J. Sipos, Esq.**
New York City Economic Development Charlie Donaldson, Esq.
Corporation (NYCDEC) Assistants Attorney General 110 William Street New York State Department of Law New York, NY 10038 Environmental Protection Bureau E-mail: mdelaney@nycedc.com The Capitol Albany, NY 12224 Susan H. Shapiro, Esq.** E-mail: john.sipos@oag.state.ny.us 21 Perlman Drive Spring Valley, NY 10977 Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.**
E-mail: mbs@ourrocklandoffice.com Senior Attorney for Special Projects New York State Department of Arthur J. Kremer, Chairman** Environmental Conservation New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Office of the General Counsel Alliance (AREA) 625 Broadway, 14th Floor 347 Fifth Avenue, Suite 508 Albany, NY 12233-1500 New York, NY 10016 E-mail: jlmatthe@gw.dec.state.ny.us E-mail: ajkremer@rmfpc.com kremer@area-alliance.org
Diane Curran, Esq.** Victor Tafur, Esq.**
Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, Phillip Musegaas, Esq.
LLP Riverkeeper, Inc.
1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 828 South Broadway Washington, D.C. 20036 Tarrytown, NY 10591 E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com E-mail: phillip@riverkeeper.org vtafur@riverkeeper.org Robert Snook, Esq.**
Office of the Attorney General Richard L. Brodsky, Esq.**
State of Connecticut 5 West Main St.
55 Elm Street Elmsford, NY 10523 P.O. Box 120 E-mail: brodskr@assembly.state.ny.us Hartford, CN 06141-0120 richardbrodsky@msn.com E-mail: robert.snook@po.state.ct.us Elise N. Zoli, Esq.**
Daniel Riesel, Esq**. Goodwin Procter, LLP Thomas F. Wood, Esq. Exchange Place Ms. Jessica Steinberg, J.D. 53 State Street Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. Boston, MA 02109 460 Park Avenue E-mail: ezoli@goodwinprocter.com New York, NY 10022 E-mail: driesel@sprlaw.com Sarah L. Wagner, Esq.**
jsteinberg@sprlaw.com Legislative Office Building, Room 422 Albany, NY 12248 Ms. Nancy Burton** E-mail: sarahwagneresq@gmail.com 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 06876 John Louis Parker, Esq.**
E-mail: nancyburtonct@aol.com Office of General Counsel, Region 3 New York State Department of Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq.** Environmental conservation Janice A. Dean, Esq. 21 South Putt Corners Road Executive Deputy Attorney General, New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 Social Justice E-mail: jlparker@gw.dec.state.ny.us Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 25th Floor New York, NY 10271 E-mail: mylan.denerstein@oag.state.ny.us janice.dean@oag.state.ny.us
/RA/
Christopher C. Chandler Counsel for NRC Staff