ML18360A448
| ML18360A448 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | HI-STORE |
| Issue date: | 12/26/2018 |
| From: | Paul Ryerson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | City of Hobbs, NM, Eddy Lea Energy Alliance |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 72-1051-ISFSI, ASLBP 18-958-01-ISFSI-BD01, Holtec International, RAS 54722 | |
| Download: ML18360A448 (7) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Paul S. Ryerson, Chairman Nicholas G. Trikouros Dr. Gary S. Arnold In the Matter of Docket No. 72-1051-ISFSI HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL ASLBP No. 18-958-01-ISFSI-BD01 (HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage December 26, 2018 Facility)
ORDER (Denying All Livestream Requests and Reminding Participants of Service Requirements)
As reflected by the attachments to the NRC Staffs Board Notification,1 as well as a recent letter from the Mayor of the City of Hobbs, New Mexico,2 the Board continues to receive ex parte requests to livestream the oral argument set for January 23-24, 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Collectively, the requests seek livestreaming to the Eddy County Commission Chambers, the City of Hobbs Commission Chambers and/or the City of Carlsbad City Hall.
The Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance (the ELEA), which did not respond to the Boards Order requesting the participants views on where to conduct the oral argument, expresses confusion as to the Boards choice of Albuquerque.3 At the oral argument, the Board will address the 1 NRC Staff Board Notification (Dec. 20, 2018) (hereinafter Board Notification).
2 Letter from Sam D. Cobb, Mayor, City of Hobbs, to Paul S. Ryerson, Nicholas G. Trikouros, and Dr. Gary S. Arnold, Administrative Judges, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (Dec.
11, 2018) (attached hereto).
3 E-mail from John Heaton, Vice Chair of the [ELEA], to Joseph McManus, Law Clerk, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (Dec. 19, 2018, 14:04 EST) (see Board Notification attachments unnumbered pp. 3).
petitions of eighteen organizations that assert standing based on residences in seven different states. Twelve of them timely responded to the Board by asking that the argument be held in Albuquerque.
The ELEA also advises that, notwithstanding the local rules of the United States District Court in Albuquerque, the Chief Judge and Chief Clerk could possibly allow livestreaming if the Board requests it.4 The Board appreciates the hospitality of the District Court and declines to request an exception to its rules. The scheduled argument will consist primarily of the Boards questions to counsel concerning specific aspects of the hundreds of pages of pleadings we have received. A complete written transcript will be available on the NRCs public website a few days after the arguments conclusion. Although the public is welcome to attend, it will not be an opportunity for public participation; nor will it materially differ from numerous legal arguments in matters of public interest that no doubt take place regularly before the Judges of the District Court. The oral argument does not, in our view, present any good reason to request an exception to the Courts usual practices.
The requests for livestreaming are denied. All participants are again reminded of the requirement to file and serve communications with the Board through the NRCs E-Filing system.5 It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
Paul S. Ryerson, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland December 26, 2018 4 Id.
5 See 10 C.F.R. § 2.302.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
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HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL ) Docket No. 72-1051-ISFSI
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(HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage )
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Denying All Livestream Requests and Reminding Participants of Service Requirements) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange (EIE).
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-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Paul S. Ryerson, Chair Patrick Moulding, Esq.
Administrative Judge E-mail: patrick.moulding@nrc.gov E-mail: paul.ryerson@nrc.gov Sara B. Kirkwood, Esq.
Nicholas G. Trikouros E-mail: sara.kirkwood@nrc.gov Administrative Judge E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov Mauri Lemoncelli, Esq.
E-mail: mauri.lemoncelli@nrc.gov Dr. Gary S. Arnold Administrative Judge Christopher Hair, Esq.
E-mail: gary.arnold@nrc.gov E-mail: christopher.hair@nrc.gov Sarah Ladin, Law Clerk Joseph I. Gillespie, Esq.
E-mail: sarah.ladin@nrc.gov E-mail: joe.gillespie@nrc.gov Joseph McManus, Law Clerk Alana M. Wase, Esq.
E-mail: joseph.mcmanus@nrc.gov E-mail: alana.wase@nrc.gov Taylor A. Mayhall Krupskaya T. Castellon, Paralegal E-mail: taylor.mayhall@nrc.gov E-mail: krupskaya.castellon@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate OGC Mail Center: Members of this office have Adjudication received a copy of this filing by EIE service.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Dont Waste Michigan 316 N. Michigan Street, Suite 520 Toledo, OH 43604-5627 Terry J. Lodge, Esq.
E-mail: tjlodge50@yahoo.com
Docket No. 72-1051-ISFSI ORDER (Denying All Livestream Requests and Reminding Participants of Service Requirements)
Holtec Counsel Sierra Club Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 4403 1st Avenue SE, Suite 402 1200 Seventeenth Street, NW Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 Washington, DC 20036 Wallace L. Taylor, Esq.
E-mail: wtaylor784@aol.com Jay Silberg, Esq.
E-mail: jay.silberg@pillsburylaw.com Hogan Lovells LLP 555 13th Street NW Timothy J. Walsh, Esq. Washington, DC 20004 E-mail: timothy.walsh@pillsburylaw.com Sachin S. Desai, Esq.
Anne Leidich, Esq. E-mail: sachin.desai@hoganlovells.com E-mail: anne.leidich@pillsburylaw.com Allison E. Hellreich, Esq.
Michael Lepre, Esq. E-mail: allison.hellreich@hoganlovells.com E-mail: michael.lepre@pillsburylaw.com Law Office of Nancy L. Simmons 120 Girard Boulevard SE Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg LLP Albuquerque, NM 87106 1725 DeSales Street NW Suite 500 Nancy L. Simmons, Esq.
Washington, DC 20036 E-mail: nlsstaff@swcp.com Diane Curran, Esq.
E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance 102 S. Canyon Carlsbad, NM 88220 Robert V. Eye Law Office, LLC 4840 Bob Billings Parkway John A. Heaton Lawrence, KS 66049 E-mail: jaheaton1@gmail.com Robert V. Eye, Esq. City of Hobbs, NM E-mail: bob@kauffmaneye.com 2605 Lovington Highway Hobbs, NM 88242 Timothy J. Laughlin, Esq.
E-mail: tijay1300@gmail.com Garry A. Buie E-mail: gabuie52@hotmail.com Turner Environmental Law Clinic 1301 Clifton Road Lea County, NM Atlanta, GA 30322 100 N. Main Lovington, NM 88260 Mindy Goldstein, Esq.
E-mail: magolds@emory.edu Jonathan B. Sena E-mail: jsena@leacounty.net 2
Docket No. 72-1051-ISFSI ORDER (Denying All Livestream Requests and Reminding Participants of Service Requirements)
Eddy County, NM City of Carlsbad, NM 101 W. Greene Street 1024 N. Edward Carlsbad, NM Carlsbad, NM 88220 Rick Rudometkin Jason G. Shirley E-mail: rrudometkin@co.eddy.nm.us E-mail: jgshirley@cityofcarlsbadnm.com
[Original signed by Russell E. Chazell ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of December, 2018 3