ML091600021

Vermont Yankee - NRC Staff'S Answer to Entergy'S Motion to Strike New England Coalition'S Reply to NRC Staff Entergy Oppositions to Nec'S Motion to File a Timely New Contention

ML091600021
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	06/08/2009
From:	Matthew Smith NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-271-LR, ASLBP 06-849-03-LR, RAS M-425
Download: ML091600021 (3)

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June 8, 2009 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC ) Docket No. 50-271-LR AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. )

) ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

NRC STAFFS ANSWER TO ENTERGYS MOTION TO STRIKE NEW ENGLAND COALITIONS REPLY TO NRC STAFF AND ENTERGY OPPOSITIONS TO NECS MOTION TO FILE A TIMELY NEW CONTENTION Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC Staff) hereby responds Entergys Motion to Strike New England Coalitions Reply to NRC Staff and Entergy Oppositions to NECs Motion to File a Timely New Contention, filed June 2, 2009. In that motion, Entergy states that it consulted with the parties in advance of filing without stating what position the NRC Staff had taken. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.323(b) and the Boards November 17, 2006 Order, the NRC Staff is filing this response to clarify that the NRC Staff responded to Entergys request for consultation and did not oppose the motion but reserved the right to respond.

The NRC Staff confirms that it received New England Coalitions Reply in an envelope with a label indicating that New England Coalition purchased the postage at the Post Office on May 27, 2009, one day after New England Coalition claims to have mailed the Reply in its Certificate of Service.

/RA/

Maxwell C. Smith Counsel for NRC Staff Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 8th day of June, 2009

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, ) Docket No. 50-271-LR LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the NRC STAFFS ANSWER TO ENTERGYS MOTION TO STRIKE NEW ENGLAND COALITIONS REPLY TO NRC STAFF AND ENTERGY OPPOSITIONS TO NECS MOTION TO FILE A TIMELY NEW CONTENTION in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by electronic mail with copies by deposit in the NRCs internal mail system or, as indicated by an asterisk, by electronic mail, with copies by U.S. mail, first class, this 8th day of June, 2009.

Alex S. Karlin, Chair Office of the Secretary Administrative Judge Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ask2@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov William H. Reed* Zachary Kahn, Law Clerk Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 1819 Edgewood Lane U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Charlottesville, VA 22902 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: whrcville@embarqmail.com E-mail: zachary.kahn@nrc.gov Richard E. Wardwell Lauren Bregman, Law Clerk Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: rew@nrc.gov E-mail: lauren.bregman@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Peter C.L. Roth, Esq*

Adjudication Office of the Attorney General Mail Stop: O-16G4 33 Capitol Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Concord, NH 3301 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: peter.roth@doj.nh.gov E-mail: OCAAmail@nrc.gov

Raymond Shadis* Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.*

37 Shadis Road National Legal Scholars Law Firm PO Box 98 84 East Thetford Rd.

Edgecomb, ME 04556 Lyme, NH 03768 E-mail: shadis@prexar.com E-mail: aroisman@nationallegalscholars.com David R. Lewis, Esq.* Sarah Hofmann, Esq.*

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq Director of Public Advocacy Elina Teplinsky, Esq Department of Public Service Blake J. Nelson, Esq 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 2300 N Street, NW E-mail: sarah.hofmann@state.vt.us Washington, DC 20037-1128 E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.com elina.teplinsky@pillsburylaw.com blake.nelson@pillsburylaw.com Matthew Brock* Callie B. Newton, Chair*

Assistant Attorney General, Chief Gail MacArthur Environmental Protection Division Lucy Gratwick Office of the Attorney General Town of Marlboro Selectboard One Ashburton Place, 18th Floor Dan MacArthur, Director Boston, MA 02108 Town of Marlboro Emergency Management E-mail: matthew.brock@state.ma.us P.O. Box 518 Marlboro, VT 05344 Email : cbnewton@sover.net dmacarthur@igc.org Alan A. Pemberton, Esq.*

Derron J. Blakely, Esq.

Covington & Burling LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004-2401 Email: apemberton@cov.com dblakely@cov.com

/RA/

Maxwell C. Smith Counsel for NRC Staff