ML19248C450
| ML19248C450 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Consolidated Interim Storage Facility |
| Issue date: | 09/05/2019 |
| From: | Paul Ryerson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 72-1050-ISFSI, ASLBP 19-959-01-ISFSI-BD01, RAS 55244 | |
| Download: ML19248C450 (5) | |
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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 INTERIM STORAGE PARTNERS LLC (WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility)
Docket No. 72-1050-ISFSI ASLBP No. 19-959-01-ISFSI-BD01 September 5, 2019 ORDER (Scheduling Initial Scheduling Conference)
In accordance with 10 C.F.R. § 2.332, the Board will hold an initial scheduling conference call on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, at 2:30 PM EDT to develop a scheduling order to govern the conduct of this proceeding.
Prior to the conference call, the parties (counsel for Sierra Club, ISP, and the NRC Staff) should familiarize themselves with the relevant procedural rules of 10 C.F.R. Part 2. Pending issuance of a scheduling order: (1) a new or amended contention shall be deemed timely if it is filed within 30 days of the date when the new and material information on which it is based first becomes available to the moving party; and (2) notwithstanding 10 C.F.R. § 2.323, a dispositive motion, such as a motion for summary disposition under 10 C.F.R. § 2.1205 or a motion to dismiss a contention as moot, need not necessarily be made within 10 days of the occurrence or circumstance from which the motion arises.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.332(d), the Board will consider the NRC Staffs projected schedule for completion of its safety and environmental evaluations in developing the hearing schedule. Accordingly, on or before Friday, September 13, 2019, the NRC Staff shall submit its current estimate of the schedule for completing such evaluations.
Among other matters, the parties should be prepared to address the following subjects during the conference call:
1.
The degree to which the Boards consideration of summary disposition motions will expedite the proceeding and, if so, suggestions for modifying the time limits set in 10 C.F.R. § 2.1205(a) to prevent motions for summary disposition from conflicting with preparation for the evidentiary hearing.
2.
Suggested due date and frequency for the updating of mandatory disclosures under 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d) and for the updating of the hearing file under 10 C.F.R. § 2.1203(c).
3.
Suggested time limit for filing a final list of potential witnesses pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(a)(1).
4.
Opportunities for settlement, including the utility of appointing a settlement judge pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.338.
5.
Whether any party expects to assert a privilege or protected status for any information or documents otherwise required to be disclosed in this proceeding and, if so, whether development of a protective order and non-disclosure agreement is necessary or appropriate.
6.
Whether the parties should be required to file their respective initial written statements of position and written testimony with supporting affidavits pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.1207(a)(1) simultaneously or sequentially and, if sequentially, in what order.
7.
Suggested time limits for the filing of motions for cross-examination under 10 C.F.R. § 2.1204(b).
Before the conference call, the parties shall confer in good faith to reach agreement on the foregoing issues, insofar as practicable.
The Boards law clerk, Molly Mattison, will provide the parties with the telephone number and passcode for the prehearing conference call. Members of the public or media who wish to listen to the conference call may do so and should contact Ms. Mattison at 301-415-0181 or Molly.Mattison@nrc.gov on or before Tuesday, September 17, 2019, for the requisite information.
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Paul S. Ryerson, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland September 5, 2019
/RA/
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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INTERIM STORAGE PARTNERS LLC
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(WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility) )
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Scheduling Initial Scheduling Conference) have been served upon the following persons by the Electronic Information Exchange:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: O16-B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Paul S. Ryerson, Chair Administrative Judge E-mail: paul.ryerson@nrc.gov Nicholas G. Trikouros Administrative Judge E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov Dr. Gary S. Arnold Administrative Judge E-mail: gary.arnold@nrc.gov Ian Curry, Law Clerk Stephanie Fishman, Law Clerk Molly Mattison, Law Clerk Taylor Mayhall, Law Clerk E-mail: ian.curry@nrc.gov stephanie.fishman@nrc.gov molly.mattison@nrc.gov taylor.mayhall@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O16-B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Hearing Docket E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Joe Gillespie, Esq.
Sara Kirkwood, Esq.
Mauri Lemoncelli, Esq.
Patrick Moulding, Esq.
Carrie Safford, Esq.
Thomas Steinfeldt Alana Wase, Esq.
Brian Newell, Senior Paralegal E-mail: joe.gillespie@nrc.gov sara.kirkwood@nrc.gov mauri.lemoncelli@nrc.gov patrick.moulding@nrc.gov carrie.safford@nrc.gov thomas.steinfeldt@nrc.gov alana.wase@nrc.gov
Docket No. 72-1050-ISFSI ORDER (Scheduling Initial Scheduling Conference) 2 Counsel for Beyond Nuclear Diane Curran, Esq.
Harmon, Curran, Spielberg and Eisenberg 1725 DeSales Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com Mindy Goldstein, Esq.
Emory University School of Law Turner Environmental Law Clinic 1301 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30322 E-mail: magolds@emory.edu Diane DArrigo Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) 6930 Carroll Avenue Suite 340 Takoma Park, MD 20912 Email: dianed@nirs.org Karen D. Hadden Executive Director, Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition 605 Carismatic Lane Austin, TX 78748 E-mail: karendhadden@gmail.com Counsel for Interim Storage Partners LLC Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004 Grant Eskelsen, Esq.
Timothy Matthews, Esq.
Ryan Lighty, Esq.
Paul Bessette, Esq.
E-mail: grant.eskelsen@morganlewis.com timothy.matthews@morganlewis.com ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com paul.bessette@morganlewis.com Chris Hebner, Esq.
City of San Antonio, TX P.O. Box 839966 San Antonio, TX 78283 E-mail: chris.hebner@sanantonio.gov Counsel for Sierra Club Wallace Taylor 4403 1st Avenue S.E.
Suite 402 Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 E-mail: wtaylorlaw@aol.com Counsel for Fasken Land and Oil and Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners Robert V. Eye Law Office, L.L.C.
Robert Eye, Esq.
Timothy Laughlin 4840 Bob Billings Parkway, Suite 1010 Lawrence, KS 66049 E-mail: bob@kauffmaneye.com tijay1300@gmail.com Counsel for Dont Waste Michigan, et al Terry Lodge, Esq.
316 N. Michigan Street Suite 520 Toledo, OH 43604 E-mail: tjlodge50@yahoo.com
[Original signed by Herald M. Speiser ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of September, 2019