ML14259A576

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NRC Staff'S Unopposed Motion to Clarify or Set a Filing Schedule for the Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing by Friends of the Earth Concerning Diablo Canyon
ML14259A576
Person / Time
Site: Diablo Canyon  Pacific Gas & Electric icon.png
Issue date: 09/16/2014
From: Roth D
NRC/OGC
To:
NRC/OCM
SECY RAS
References
50-275, 50-323, License Amendment, RAS 26504
Download: ML14259A576 (4)


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September 16, 2014 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-275/50-323

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(Diablo Canyon Power Plant) )

NRC STAFFS UNOPPOSED MOTION TO CLARIFY OR SET A FILING SCHEDULE FOR THE PETITION TO INTERVENE AND REQUEST FOR HEARING BY FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CONCERNING DIABLO CANYON Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323, the NRC staff (Staff) hereby submits this unopposed request to clarify or set a schedule for answers and replies to the Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing by Friends of the Earth (FOE) (Petition) dated August 26, 2014 and submitted electronically through the E-Filing system on September 11, 2014. If the Commission entertains answers and replies to FOE's Petition, the Staff requests that answers be due 25 days after submission via the E-Filing system was made, and replies be filed within seven days after service of those answers.

In support of this request, the Staff states as follows:

1. By e-mail on September 11, 2014, at 9:59 A.M., Emile Julian, Assistant for Rulemakings and Adjudications, Office of the Secretary, informed Richard Ayers, of the following:

Although you submitted your recent Diablo Canyon petition by email and in paper copy; in order to comply with our Electronic Information Exchange (EIE) submission rules, our Commission advisers have advised that you refile your petition through the EIE submittal process. In addition to being a regulatory requirement it helps in the docketing process and in making your petition publicly available.

2. On September 11, 2014, FOE submitted its petition using the NRC's E-filing system.
3. On September 11, 2014, at 12:22 P.M., the Office of the Secretary (SECY) sent an e-mail notification that SECY received the Petition to Intervene submitted by Jessica Olson who is affiliated with Ayres Law Group. The e-mail from SECY instructed recipients on how to retrieve FOE's filing,1 and stated "Receipt of this message constitutes completion of service of this filing."
4. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.302(a), documents filed in Commission adjudicatory proceedings shall be electronically transmitted through the E-Filing system, unless the Commission or presiding officer grants an exemption permitting an alternative filing method or unless the filing falls within 10 C.F.R. § 2.302(g)(1).
5. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305(c)

Method of service accompanying a filing. Service must be made electronically to the E-Filing system. Upon an order from the Commission or presiding officer permitting alternative filing methods under § 2.302(g)(4), service may be made by personal delivery, courier, expedited delivery service, or by first-class, express, certified or registered mail. * *

  • 1 Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing by Friends of the Earth (Aug. 26, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A231); Attach. A, Part 1, Dr. Michael Peck Dissenting Professional Opinion (undated) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A230); Attach. A, Part 2, Dr. Michael Peck Dissenting Professional Opinion (undated) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A232); Attach. B, Declaration of Erich Pica (June 4, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A224); Attach. C, Declaration of Elizabeth Brousse (May 15, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A225); Attach. D, Declaration of Thomas Danfield (May 20, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A236); Attach. E, Declaration of Jill Denton (May 7, 2014)

(ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A226); Attach. F, Declaration of Gail Jacobson (May 8, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A235); Attach. G, Declaration of Jeffrey Pienack (May 5, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A234); Certificate of Service (Aug. 26, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A233); Notice of Appearance of John Bernetich (Aug. 26, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A229); Notice of Appearance of Jessica Olson (Aug. 26, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A228); Notice of Appearance of Richard Ayres (Aug. 26, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A227); Letter from R. Ayres to Commissioners, "Request that the NRC open a docket for the de facto license amendment proceeding for Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2" (Aug. 26, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A237). The documents are available at ADAMS Package Accession No. ML14254A223.

6. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.309(i)(1) and (2), unless otherwise specified by the Commission, the presiding officer, or the licensee, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to rule on the request, answers to a hearing request or intervention petition are due within 25 days after service of the request or petition, and replies must be filed within 7 days after service of those answers.
7. In accordance with 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(b), Staff Counsel has contacted Counsel for the FOE and for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, all of whom stated that they had no objection to filing of this motion to clarify or set a filing schedule.

WHEREFORE, consistent with NRC's regulations addressing E-filing procedures, the NRC Staff respectfully requests that the Commission clarify or set a schedule for submission of answers and replies associated with FOE's Petition. Specifically, if the Commission entertains answers and replies, the NRC Staff request that the Commission clarify that the 25-day period to answer the Petition commences with the FOE's E-Filing of the Petition on September 11, 2014. Accordingly, answers will be due on October 6, 2014 and replies will be due on October 14, 2014.2 Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) by/

David E. Roth Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Telephone: (301) 415-2749 E-mail: David.Roth@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 16th day of September, 2014 2

Seven days after October 6 falls on October 13th, a federal holiday. Accordingly, replies would be due on October 14th. 10 C.F.R. § 2.306(a).

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

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PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-275/50-323

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(Diablo Canyon Power Plant) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify the foregoing NRC STAFFS UNOPPOSED MOTION TO CLARIFY OR SET A FILING SCHEDULE FOR THE PETITION TO INTERVENE AND REQUEST FOR HEARING BY FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CONCERNING DIABLO CANYON dated September 16, 2014, has been filed through the E-Filing system.

/Signed (electronically) by/

David E. Roth Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Telephone: (301) 415-2749 E-mail: David.Roth@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 16th day of September, 2014