ML081410809
| ML081410809 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 05/12/2008 |
| From: | Gualkler P Entergy Nuclear Generation Co, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-293-LR, ASLBP 06-848-02-LR, RAS J-122 | |
| Download: ML081410809 (4) | |
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May 12, 2008 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKETED Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel USNRC In the Matter of ))
May 12, 2008 4:20 pm Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and ) Docket No. 50-293-LR OFFICE OF SECRETARY Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. ) ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR RULEMAKINGS AND
) ADJUDICATIONS STAFF (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) )
ENTERGY'S RESPONSE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS' NOTICE OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE AS AN INTERESTED STATE Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
(collectively, "Entergy") do not object to the "Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Notice of Intent to Participate as an Interested State" (May 6, 2008) ("Notice of Intent") pursuant to 10 C.F.R § 2.315(c) as represented in the Commonwealth's Notice of Intent. This action is consistent with the Commission's statements in CLI-07-031 and CLI-07-1!32 which advised the Commonwealth that it could participate in this proceeding as an Interested State in order to preserve its ability to file a motion pursuant to 10 C.F.R § 2.802(d) if it appears that the Commission will issue the renewed license prior to a decision on the Commonwealth's rulemaking petition. Before the First Circuit, the Commission represented that that Commonwealth could "still attain interested governmental entity 3
status [under 10 C.F.R § 2.315(c)] and avail itself of the § 2.802(d) stay procedure."
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC & Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station), CLI-07-3, 65 N.R.C. 13, 22 n.37 (2007).
2 Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC & Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station), CLI-07-13, 65 N.R.C. 211, 215 n.16 (2007).
3 Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. NRC, Nos. 07-1482, 07-1483, slip op. at 29 n.8 (1st Cir. Apr. 8, 2008).
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In accordance with, First Circuit and Commission decisions, the Commonwealth seeks to participate in the Pilgrim license renewal proceeding to protect its ability "to ensure that the issues raised" on the environmental impacts of high density spent fuel storage in its contention, which has been dismissed, and its rulemaking petition "will be resolved before the [NRC] issues any renewed operating license" for the Pilgrim plant.
Notice of Intent at 1. The Commonwealth in its Notice of Intent states no desire or intent to participate in the litigation of Pilgrim Watch Contention 1 currently before the Atomic Safety Licensing Board.4 Further, as a late entrant into this proceeding, the Commonwealth must take the proceeding as it finds it. Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
(Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 & 2), ALAB-600, 12 N.R.C. 3, 8 (1980).
Accordingly, the Commonwealth's status as an Interested State should have no impact on the litigation or resolution of Pilgrim Watch Contention 1.
Respectfully Submitted, David R. Lewis Paul A. Gaukler PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 Tel. (202) 663-8000 May 12, 2008 Counsel for Entergy 4 This is consistent with the Commonwealth's statements to the First Circuit that it had no desire to participate in the litigation of the admitted contentions of other parties. See Reply Brief for Petitioner Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Nos. 07-1482, 07-1483, (1st Cir. Nov. 8, 2007) at 13.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensina Board In the Matter of )
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Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and ) Docket No. 50-293-LR Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. ) ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) ))
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of "Entergy's Response to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Notice of Intent to Participate as an Interested State" dated May 12, 2008, were served on the persons listed below by deposit in the U.S. Mail, first class, postage prepaid, and where indicated by an asterisk, by electronic mail, this 121h day of May, 2008.
- Administrative Judge *Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Esq., Chair Dr. Richard F. Cole Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 amyP(nrc. gov rfc 1(@nrc.gov
- Administrative Judge *Secretary Paul B. Abramson Att'n: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop 0-16 C I Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington,-DC 20555-0001 secyCcDnrc.gov , hearingdocket(*nrc.gov pba@Dnrc.gov
Office of Commission Appellate Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Adjudication Mail Stop T-3 F23 Mail Stop 0-16 C I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001
- Susan L. Uttal, Esq. *Mr. Mark D. Sylvia
- Kimberly Sexton, Esq. Town Manager
- James E. Adler, Esq. Town of Plymouth Office of the General Counsel 11 Lincoln St.
Mail Stop 0-15 D21 Plymouth, MA 02360 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission msylvia(*townhall.plymouth.ma.us Washington, DC 20555-0001 slu D~nrc. gov, kas2(Dnrc.gov; jeal @()nrc.gov
- Ms. Mary Lampert *Chief Kevin M. Nord 148 Washington Street Fire Chief and Director, Duxbury Emergency Duxbury, MA 02332 Management Agency marv.lamp-ert(@comcast.net 688 Tremont Street P.O. Box 2824 Duxbury, MA 02331 nord(atown.duxbury.ma.us
- Sheila Slocum Hollis, Esq. *Richard R. MacDonald Duane Morris LLP Town Manager 505 9th Street, N.W. 878 Tremont Street Suite 1000 Duxbury, MA 02332 Washington, DC 20006 macdonald(@town.duxbury.ma.us sshollis(aduanemorris.com
- James R. Milkey *Diane Curran Assistant Attorney General, Chief Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, LLP Environmental Protection Division 1726 M Street N.W., Suite 600 Office of the Attorney General Washington, DC 20036 One Ashburton Place dcurran(&)harmoncur'an. corn Boston, MA 02108 Jim.milkey@state.ma.us Paul A. Gaukler