ML12195A117

Notice (Notice of Need for More Time)

ML12195A117
Person / Time
Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	07/13/2012
From:	Bollwerk G Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
SECY RAS
References
RAS 22993, 50-483-LR, ASLBP 12-919-06-LR-BD01
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD PANEL Before the Licensing Board:

G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair William J. Froehlich Nicholas G. Trikouros In the Matter of Docket No. 50-483-LR Union Electric Company ASLBP No. 12-919-06-LR-BD01 (Callaway Plant, Unit 1) July 13, 2012 NOTICE (Notice of Need for More Time)

Pending before this Licensing Board is an April 24, 2012 hearing request/petition to intervene submitted by petitioner Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE). In this 10 C.F.R. Part 54 proceeding, MCE challenges the December 15, 2011 license renewal application submitted by Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri for the Callaway Plant, Unit 1, located near Fulton, Missouri. Under the agencys current rules of practice, because MCE filed its reply pleading on May 29, 2012, a Licensing Board ruling on MCEs hearing request is to be issued on or before Friday, July 13, 2012.* See 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(i).

The Board notes that under the terms of a recently adopted, albeit not yet published, change to the agencys rules of practice, a new section 2.309(j)(1) would provide the Board with 45 days from the date of this proceedings June 7, 2012 initial prehearing conference, or until Monday, July 23, 2012, within which to render a decision on the MCE hearing petition. See Memorandum from Stephen G. Burns, NRC General Counsel, to the NRC Commissioners, SECY-12-0004 (Jan. 10, 2012), encl. 1, at 119-20 (draft final rule Federal Register notice)

(ADAMS Accession No. ML12010A065); see also Memorandum from Annette L. Vietti-Cook, NRC Secretary, to Marian Zobler, Acting NRC General Counsel & R.W. Borchardt, NRC Executive Director for Operations (June 29, 2012) (staff requirements memorandum approving final rule amending 10 C.F.R. Part 2) (ADAMS Accession No. ML12181A121).

Pursuant to section 2.309(i), the Board hereby provides notice that it currently anticipates issuing a decision regarding the MCE hearing request by no later than Wednesday, July 18, 2012.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

/RA/

G. Paul Bollwerk, III CHAIR Rockville, Maryland July 13, 2012

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY D/B/A AmerenUE )

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) Docket No. 50-483-LR (Callaway Power Plant, Unit 1) )

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(License Renewal) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NOTICE (Notice of Need for More Time) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.

Office of Commission Appellate U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Adjudication Office of the Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Hearing Docket Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Union Electric Company Washington, DC 20555-0001 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N. Street, NW G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair Washington, DC 20037-1122 Administrative Judge E-mail: paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov David R. Lewis, Esq.

Counsel for the Applicant William J. Froehlich E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com Administrative Judge E-mail: william.froehlich@nrc.gov Dr. Nicholas G. Trikouros Administrative Judge E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov Matthew Flyntz, Law Clerk Email: matthew.flyntz@nrc.gov

Callaway Power Plant, Unit 1, Docket No. 50-483-LR NOTICE (Notice of Need for More Time)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Missouri Coalition for the Environment Office of the General Counsel Edward Smith, Safe Energy Director Mail Stop - O-15 D21 Diane Curran, Esq.

Washington, DC 20555-0001 Henry B. Robertson, Esq.

Edward Williamson, Esq. Email: showmenocwip@gmail.com Mary Spencer, Esq. dcurran@harmoncurran.com Catherine Kanatas, Esq. hrobertson@greatriverslaw.org Anita Ghosh, Esq.

Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.

Brian Newell, Paralegal Email: edward.williamson@nrc.gov mary.spencer@nrc.gov catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov anita.ghosh@nrc.gov beth.mizuno@nrc.gov brian.newell@nrc.gov OGG Mail Center: ogcmailcenter@nrc.gov

[Original signed by Christine M. Pierpoint]

Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 13th day of July, 2012 2