ML18025A725

Applicants' Answer to Motion of Citizens Against Nuclear Danger

ML18025A725
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	06/04/1979
From:	Silberg J, Yuspeh A Pennsylvania Power & Light Co, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REGULATORY COMMISSION

'UCLEAR Before the Atomic Safet and Licensing Board In the Matter of )

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PENNSYLVANIA POWER 6 LIGHT COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-387 and, ) 50-388 ALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. )

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(Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, )

Units 1 and 2) )

APPLICANTS'NSWER TO MOTION OF CITIZENS AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS In "A Motion for a Ruling by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board" dated May 12, 1979, Intervenor Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers (CAND) requests the Board to re-strain Applicants from obtaining certain permits from other government agencies relating to, operation of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES) .* CAND asserts that Applicants should not be allowed"to obtain permits which are in some way related to admitted contentions prior to the operating license hearings.

Applicants oppose the CAND motion. There is no re-.

'uirement that Applicants withhold applications for other governmental permits, pending actions by the NRC on the op-crating licenses.

• Since CAND's Motion was not accompanied by proof of ser-vice, as required by the Commission's rules, 10 CFR 52.701(a),

Applicants are unsure as to the actual date of service. Ap-plicants would request that future CAND filings include the required cert'ificate of service.

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board has rec-ognized that decisions of governmental agencies other than the NRC are independent of the NRC's licensing actions. In a 1976 order, the Appeal Board considered whether it should analyze an applicant's compliance with certain State permits.

In its decision, the Board said:

The Consolidated Intervenors also claim that the alternative exclusion area of proposal does not comport with the terms of the permit, which the appli'cants re-ceived from the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission to build Units 2 and 3 of the San Onofre facility. The applicants dispute this claim. We do not reach the question. It is for the Coastal Zone Commission to interpret and enforce the terms of its own permit.*

Thus, it has been the Commission policy to permit applicants to pursue applications for permits other than the NRC op-erating license contemporaneously with NRC licensing activ-ities. Each agency must be the master of its own licensing process.. See Southern California Edison Co. (San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3.), ALAB-187, 7 AEC 410, 412-413

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(1974).

Completion of administrative procedures before state agencies does not prejudice CAND's right to litigate issues validly before the'RC, CAND has presented neither policy

, *'S'outhe'rn Californ'ia Edison Com an (San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3), ALAB-308, 3 NRC 20 (1976} .

nor legal arguments justifying the remedy it'eeks.

Respectfully submitted, SHAW ~ P ITTMANg POTTS 6 TROWBRIDGE Jay, E./Sxlberg Alan R'. Yuspeh Counsel for Applicants 1800 M Street, North West Washington, D. C. 20036 (202)331-4100 Dated: June 4, 1979

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safet . and Licensin Board In the Matter of )

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PENNSYLVANIA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-387 ALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. ) 50-388

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(Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, )

Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that copies of the foregoing "Applicants'nswer to Motion of, Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers" were served by deposit in the U.S; Mail; first class, postage prepaid, this 4th day of June, 1979, to all those on the attached Service List.

Jay E.j Silberg Shaw~,/Pigtman, Potts 6 Trowbridge 1800'M Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 331-4100 Dated,: June 4, 1979

UNITED STATES OF 2QIERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388 ALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.

(Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Charles Bechhoefer, Esquire Docketing and Service Section Chairman Office of the Secretary Atomic Safety and Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Board Panel Washington, D. C. 20555 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Dr,. Judith H. Johnsrud Co-Director Mr. Glenn O. Bright Environmental Coalition on Atomic Safety and Licensing Nuclear Power Board Panel 433 Orlando Avenue U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission State College, Pennsy'lvania 16801 Washington, D. C. 20555 Susquehanna Environmental Advocates Dr. Oscar H. Paris c/o Gerald Schultz, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing 500 South River Street Board Panel Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18702 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Mrs. Irene Lemanowicz, Chairman The Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers Atomic Safety, and Licensing Post Office Box 377 Board Panel R. D. 1 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 Washington, D. C. 20555 Ms. Colleen Marsh Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal 558 Ag R. DE <<4 Board Panel Mt. Top,. Pennsylvania 18707 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Mr. Thomas M. Gerusky, Director Bureau of Radiation Protection James M. Cutchin, ZV, Esquire Department of Enviromental Office of the Executive Legal Resources Director Commonwealth o f Pennsylvania U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 2063 Washington, D. C. 20555 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120