ML12221A293
| ML12221A293 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 08/08/2012 |
| From: | William Froehlich Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 23262, 50-346-LR, ASLBP 11-907-01-LR-BD01 | |
| Download: ML12221A293 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
William J. Froehlich, Chairman Nicholas G. Trikouros Dr. William E. Kastenberg In the Matter of: Docket No. 50-346-LR FirstEnergy NUCLEAR OPERATING ASLBP No. 11-907-01-LR-BD01 COMPANY August 8, 2012 (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1)
ORDER (Suspending Procedural Date Related to Proposed Waste Confidence Contention)
On July 9, 2012, the Intervenors in this proceeding filed a Motion for Leave to File a New Contention Concerning Temporary Storage and Ultimate Disposal of Nuclear Waste at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station.1 The Motion raised a new contention alleging that FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Companys (FENOC) Environmental Report is inadequate under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for failure to discuss the environmental impacts of spent fuel pool leakage, spent fuel pool fires, and the lack of a spent fuel repository. The contention is largely based on the June 8, 2012, decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in State of New York v. NRC, 681 F.3d 471 (D.C. Cir. 2012). The NRC Staff and FENOC filed Answers to the motion on August 2, 2012 and August 3, 2012 respectively.2 1
Intervenors Motion for Leave to File a New Contention Concerning Temporary Storage and Ultimate Disposal of Nuclear Waste (July 9, 2012).
2 See NRC Staffs Answer to Intervenors Motion for Leave to File a New Contention Concerning Temporary Storage and Ultimate Disposal of Nuclear Waste at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station (Aug. 2, 2012); FENOCs Answer Opposing New Contention Temporary Storage and Ultimate Disposal of Nuclear Waste at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station (Aug. 3, 2012).
Intervenors replies to these answers are currently due on August 9, 2012 and August 10, 2012 respectively.3 On August 7, 2012, however, the Commission issued CLI-12-16, which addressed many of the issues concerning temporary storage and ultimate disposal of nuclear waste raised by the Intervenors in this docket.4 The Commission, citing this proceeding5 and numerous other proceedings where similar contentions were filed, exercised its inherent supervisory authority over adjudications, and directed that these contentionsand any related contentions that may be filed in the near termbe held in abeyance pending further Commission order.6 Given the Commissions direction in CLI-12-16 that the proceedings before the boards be held in abeyance, the August 9, 2012 and August 10, 2012 deadlines for any replies are suspended.7 It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
William J. Froehlich, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland August 8, 2012 3
See Initial Scheduling Order (June 15, 2011) at 13 (unpublished).
4 See Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Project, LLC (Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3), CLI-12-16, 76 NRC __ (slip op.) (Aug. 7, 2012).
5 See id. at 5 n.10.
6 Id. at 6.
7 We note, however, that should the Commission send the waste confidence issue to the Board for decision, Intervenors will be given an opportunity to file its reply. See id. at 5 (To the extent that the NRC takes action with respect to waste confidence on a case-by-case basis, litigants can challenge such site-specific agency actions in our adjudicatory process.).
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
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FIRST ENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING )
COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-346-LR
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(Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1) )
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Suspending Procedural Date Related to Proposed Waste Confidence Contention) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange and by electronic mail as indicated by an asterisk*.
Office of Commission Appellate Office of the Secretary of the Commission Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-7H4M Mail Stop O-16C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Hearing Docket E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Office of the General Counsel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mail Stop O-15D21 Mail Stop T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Edward L. Williamson, Esq.
E-mail: edward.williamson@nrc.gov William J. Froehlich, Chair Lloyd B. Subin, Esq.
Administrative Judge E-mail: lloyd.subin@nrc.gov E-mail: william.froehlich@nrc.gov Brian Harris, Esq.
E-mail: brian.harris@nrc.gov Nicholas G. Trikouros Catherine Kanatas, Esq.
Administrative Judge E-mail: catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov Brian P. Newell, Paralegal E-mail: brian.newell@nrc.gov William E. Kastenberg Administrative Judge OGC Mail Center : OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov E-mail: wek1@nrc.gov FirstEnergy Service Company.
Hillary Cain, Law Clerk Mailstop: A-GO-15 E-mail: hillary.cain@nrc.gov 76 South Main Street Matthew Flyntz, Law Clerk Akron, OH 44308 E-mail: matthew.flyntz@nrc.gov David W. Jenkins, Esq.
E-mail : djenkins@firstenergycorp.com
Docket No. 50-346-LR ORDER (Suspending Procedural Date Related to Proposed Waste Confidence Contention)
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Citizens Environmental Alliance (CEA) 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW of Southwestern Ontario Washington, D.C. 20004 1950 Ottawa Street Stephen Burdick, Esq. Windsor, Ontario Canada N8Y 197 E-mail: sburdick@morganlewis.com Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Green Party of Ohio E-mail: ksutton@morganlewis.com 2626 Robinwood Avenue Martin ONeill, Esq. Toledo, Ohio 43610 E-mail: martin.oneill@morganlewis.com Timothy Matthews, Esq. Dont Waste Michigan E-mail: tmatthews@morganlewis.com 811 Harrison Street Jane Diecker, Esq. Monroe, Michigan 48161 E-mail: jdiecker@morganlewis.com Michael Keegan Mary Freeze, Legal Secretary E-mail: mkeeganj@comcast.net E-mail: mfreeze@morganlewis.com Terry J. Lodge, Counsel for CEA, Dont Erich Pica, President* Waste Michigan, and Green Party of Ohio Friends of the Earth 316 N. Michigan Street, Suite 520 1100 15th Street, NW Toledo, OH 43604-5627 11th Floor E-mail: tjlodge50@yahoo.com Washington, D.C. 20555 E-mail: mkeever@foe.org Beyond Nuclear 6930 Carroll Avenue Suite 400 Takoma Park, Md. 20912 Kevin Kamps E-mail : kevin@beyondnuclear.org Paul Gunter E-mail : paul@beyondnuclear.org
[Original signed by Christine M. Pierpoint]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 8th day of August 2012 2