ML15163A075

Order Allowing Supplemental Briefing

ML15163A075
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	06/12/2015
From:	Paul Ryerson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:	Friends of the Earth
SECY RAS
References
50-275, 50-323, ASLBP 15-941-05-LA-BD01, RAS 27933
Download: ML15163A075 (4)

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

Paul S. Ryerson, Chairman Dr. Gary S. Arnold Nicholas G. Trikouros In the Matter of Docket No. 50-275 Docket No. 50-323 PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY ASLBP No. 15-941-05-LA-BD01 (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2) June 12, 2015 ORDER (Allowing Supplemental Briefing)

Before the Board is a motion by petitioner Friends of the Earth (FoE) to allow supplemental briefing.1 Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) and the NRC Staff oppose.2 FoEs motion is granted. Substantial time has passed between FoEs original petition in August 20143 and the Commissions referral on May 21, 2015.4 Without deciding at this time which (if any) intervening events might be relevant, the Board will allow short supplemental briefs. FoE may file a supplemental brief, not to exceed 20 pages, on or before June 19, 2015.

1 Petitioner Friends of the Earths Motion to Allow Supplemental Briefing (June 5, 2015).

2 Pacific Gas & Electric Companys Opposition to Motion for Expanded Briefing (June 11, 2015);

NRC Staff Answer Opposing the Friends of the Earth Motion to Allow Supplemental Briefing (June 11, 2015).

3 Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing by Friends of the Earth (Aug. 26, 2014).

4 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2), CLI-15-14, 81 NRC __, __ (slip op. at 2, 7) (May 21, 2015).

Any responsive briefs by PG&E or the NRC Staff shall be filed no later than seven days after service of FoEs supplemental brief, and shall not exceed 12 pages each.

The parties are reminded that the scope of the Commissions referral to this Licensing Board is limited.5 Supplemental briefs shall address only events after August 26, 2014 that allegedly pertain to the issues referred by the Commission.6 It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

/RA/

Paul S. Ryerson, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland June 12, 2015 5

Id. at __ (slip op. at 7).

6 See id. at __ (slip op. at 2, 6-8).

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

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

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(Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, )

Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Allowing Supplemental Briefing) have been served upon the following persons by the Electronic Information Exchange.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Paul S. Ryerson, Chairman Edward L. Williamson, Esq.

Administrative Judge E-mail: edward.williamson@nrc.gov E-mail: paul.ryerson@nrc.gov Beth Mizuno, Esq.

E-mail: beth.mizuno@nrc.gov Dr. Gary S. Arnold David Roth, Esq.

Administrative Judge E-mail: david.roth@nrc.gov E-mail: gary.arnold@nrc.gov Jeremy Wachutka, Esq.

E-mail: jeremy.wachutka@nrc.gov Nicholas G. Trikouros Joseph Lindell, Esq.

Administrative Judge E-mail: joseph.lindell@nrc.gov E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov Mitzi Young, Esq.

E-mail: mitzi.young@nr.gov Alana Wase, Law Clerk Catherine E. Kanatas, Esq.

alana.wase@nrc,gov catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov John Tibbetts, Paralegal E-mail: john.tibbetts@nrc.gov OGC Mail Center E-mail: OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16C1 Mail Stop: O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 OCAA Mail Center Hearing Docket E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov

2 Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant - Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323 ORDER (Allowing Supplemental Briefing)

Counsel for Pacific Gas and Counsel for Friends of the Earth Electric Company Ayers Law Group LLP Winston & Strawn, LLP 1707 L Street NW, Suite 850 101 California Street Washington, DC 20036 San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 Richard E. Ayres, Esq.

David A. Repka, Esq. E-mail: ayresr@ayreslawgroup.com E-mail: drepka@winston.com Jessica Olson, Esq.

Tyson Smith, Esq. E-mail: olsonj@ayreslawgroup.com E-mail: trsmith@winston.com John Bernetich, Esq.

Darani Reddick, Esq. E-mail: bernetichj@ayreslawgroup.com dreddick@winston.com Carlos Sisco, Senior Paralegal E-mail: csisco@winston.com

[Original signed by R. Giitter ]

Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day of June, 2015