ML15110A182

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Order (Ruling on Request for Change of Venue)
ML15110A182
Person / Time
Site: Fermi DTE Energy icon.png
Issue date: 04/20/2015
From: Ronald Spritzer
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
Citizens Resistance at Fermi Two
SECY RAS
References
50-341-LR, ASLBP 14-933-01-LR-BD01, RAS 27532
Download: ML15110A182 (4)


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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

Ronald M. Spritzer, Chairman Dr. Gary Arnold Nicholas G. Trikouros In the Matter of Docket No. 50-341 DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY ASLBP No. 14-933-01-LR-BD01 (Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2) April 20, 2015 ORDER (Ruling on Request for Change of Venue)

Citizens Resistance At Fermi 2 (CRAFT), one of the Intervenors in this proceeding, asks the Board to hold the evidentiary hearing in Detroit, arguing that Monroe, Michigan, is a company town where the public would feel uncomfortable and that Detroit would be more accessible to members of the Walpole Island First Nation.1 NRC Staff opposes the request.2 The evidentiary hearing in this proceeding could not occur until mid-2016 at the earliest, and it is not yet clear who the witnesses will be. In choosing a location, the Board will take into 1

CRAFT Request for Change of Venue (Apr. 1, 2015).

2 NRC Staff Answer Opposing CRAFTs Motion for Change of Venue (Apr. 10, 2015).

consideration accessibility for witnesses, representatives, and the public. The time for making such a decision has not arrived, however. CRAFTs request is therefore denied as premature.

It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

/RA/

Ronald M. Spritzer, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland April 20, 2015

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

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DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-341-LR

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(Fermi 2) )

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(License Renewal)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Ruling on Request for Change of Venue) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Catherine Kanatas, Esq.

Ronald M. Spritzer, Chair Brian Harris, Esq.

Administrative Judge Edward Williamson, Esq.

E-mail: ronald.spritzer@nrc.gov Jeremy Wachutka, Esq.

Joseph Lindell, Esq.

Gary S. Arnold John Tibbetts, Paralegal Administrative Judge Email: catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov E-mail: gary.arnold@nrc.gov brian.harris@nrc.gov edward.williamson@nrc.gov Nicholas G. Trikouros jeremy.wachutka@nrc.gov Administrative Judge joseph.lindell@nrc.gov E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov john.tibbetts@nrc.gov Kathleen Schroeder, Law Clerk E-mail: kathleen.schroeder@nrc.gov Nicole Pepperl, Law Clerk E-mail: nicole.pepperl@nrc.gov 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 E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov

FERMI 2 (Docket No. 50-341-LR)

ORDER (Ruling on Request for Change of Venue)

DTE Energy Company Intervenors: Dont Waste Michigan, Citizens One Energy Plaza, 688 WCB Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario and Detroit, MI 48226 Beyond Nuclear Bruce R. Maters, Assistant General Counsel Jon P. Christinidis, Esq. Terry J. Lodge, Esq.

E-mail: matersb@dteenergy.com 316 N. Michigan St., Ste. 520 christinidisj@dteenergy.com Toledo, OH 43604-5627 Email: tjlodge50@yahoo.com Counsel for the Applicant: Michael Keegan Dont Waste Michigan Winston & Strawn, LLP 811 Harrison Street 1700 K Street, NW Monroe, Michigan 48161 Washington, DC 20006-3817 E-mail: mkeeganj@comcast.net Tyson R. Smith, Esq.

Darani Reddick, Esq. Kevin Kamps Carlos L. Sisco, Paralegal Beyond Nuclear E-mail: trsmith@winston.com 6930 Carroll Avenue, Ste. 400 dreddick@winston.com Takoma Park, MD 20912 csisco@winston.com E-mail: kevin@beyondnuclear.org Intervenor: Citizens Resistance At Fermi 2 (CRAFT)

Jessie Pauline Collins 17397 Five Points Street Redford, MI 48240 E-mail: jessiepauline@gmail.com

[Original signed by Clara Sola ]

Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of April, 2015 2