ML19250A832

Responds to Sept 1979 Petitions to Intervene.Tmi Alert & Ucs Have Satisfied Interest Requirements.People Against Nuclear Energy Failed to Identify Aspect for Hearing.M Aamodt & Mi Lewis Did Not Establish Interest.W/Certificate of Svc

ML19250A832
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	09/20/1979
From:	Berson B, Mulkey M NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD)
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NUDOCS 7910240671
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The :iRC Staff has received fcur additicaal petitions to interver.e and cne amended petition sirce we filed our initial response to p2titions to intervene in this prcceeding on Septen.ber 13, 1979.

L'e crovide belou our response to these petitions in relationship to the adequacy of each petitioner's si: cuing of interest and identificaticn of aspects of the subject matter of the p o-cceding en which interver.tien is sought.

Our understanding of the legal re-quiren.ents for establishirg a potitioncr's right to interverie in NRC proceedings was fully set forth in our Septerter 13 response and. will not b rchasi.ed here.-1/L'hile some petiticns identify contenticr.s or potential contcat. "is, we do not address the adecacy of c'ntentions in 'his sulmittal, M. acC M nae with the 30ard's Order of Auaust 31, 1979.

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fies the requirer.cnts of 10 C.F.R. E2.714(a) regarding interest and aspects.

(2) The petitico of :he Union of Cor.cerned Scientists satisfies the requirements of 10 C.c R 52.714(a) re-arding interests and asp 2 cts.

(3) The petitien of People Against I!uclear Energy satisfies the interest requiremants of 10 C.F.R. 52.714(a) but meets the aspects requireuents only if the Ccmmission later determines, by the mechenism identified on page 13 of the August 9,1979 Order, 44 F.R. 47324 ( Aucust 15, 1979),

that " issues such as psychological distress... can legally be relevant to this proceeding."

(4) The petition of i'ajorie M. A3ncdt, which alternatively requests the opportunity to mcke a limited appearance, is wholly lacking in allegations relating to petitio6er's interest, although adeauate identification of aspects of the subject matter of desir ed intervention is provided.

(5) The cr.en !cd petition of M.' vin I. Lewis provides an in-adequate basis for estanlishino interest eithcugh it

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T! A filed a prition for l c "/e to interv=:ne in a dec'. nont rm->iled on Watem-ber 12,1973.

The petitica st:.tes that T:11A n a non profit corporation with offices in thrrisburg, Pennsylvania.-2/

Every rember o TitIA lives withir. t'gnty niles of T!il-1.-3/T;;IA is concerr.ad about the environ:: ental, health and eco-nomic consecuer.ces of reenening TNI Unit 1 cnd belie n s that reopening will 4/

increase the det. rim?ntal ig_aith effects su fi ared cy i :s ITeners." Tha pati-

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NRC Staff has confirr'ed by telephone ti,at Ms. McCaughin is a member of T !IA.

Therefore, TMI A reets the requirenents of 10 C.F.R. s2.71a(a} to represent the interests of its me-bers since the petitica identifies a member with per-sonal interest who cuthcrizes the intervention.

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Tfi!A also satisfies the aspects requirements of 10 C.T.R. 52.714(a). The petitico lists twelve contentions which TMIA wishes to litigate. While,io express no vicia as to tha adnissibility or the rarit.; cf the contentient as wcitten, we note th5t at _least several apnaar to raise icsues within the scope of this pecceeding.

For example, contentions 5 and 6 relate to the technical and financial qualifications of the licensee, and contention 7 relates to the safety of operating TMI-l prior to the decontanination of T! 2.-5/

2/ Petition for Intervention of Theae iiile Isl;aJ Alert, incorpar3ted (Peti-tica) at 1.

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T6 wrs.d indi-viduels, William Kulwasser, Carol S. Carl, Fred W. Fergenthaler, f* orris E.

Ech, Helen Arnacost, and Roger E. iiiller, all live within 20 mil's of T;1I-1.~c/

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In our vi;w, UCS satisfies the rem :e c"..ts of la C.F.R. 7.71"(a) to repre-sent the interests of its sponsors and contributors in this proceeding.

'le recognize tbnt the question of whether representational stcnding can be based on the pe.sonal interests of a fin:ncial contributor to an organizatica (as contrasted with the perscnal interests of an orr;inization re:Lmr), is one of.

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'.?e presume that, with respect to UCS, there is no important distinction between the role of a sponsor /ficar.cial contributor and that of a member insofar as their understanding and expectations relating to represente-tion are concarned.

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to UCS specifically authorize UCS to represent their interest in this proceedin-6/ Union of Co.~erned Scientists' Petition to Intervene (Petition) at 2.

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An /\\pteal Scard found no necessity to explor: tha t cues tion with respe:t to the rcpreson'atirnal star 4in:' of UCS in "irri A J1 c"ric aai r tar Co.

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UCS also satisfies the aspects requircmonts of 10 C.F.R. 52.714(a).

Specifi-cally, petitioner alleges that neither the short-term nor the long-term actions identified by the I;RC Staff cre suf ficient to pecr. it operation of T11-1 '. ith-out endangering. the health and safety of the public.-11/

Petition of People /qeinst fluclear Energy (PA*!E)

PA,'E filed a petition for leave to intervene en behalf of its nembers by docu-cant dated September 14, 1979. The petition ;dentifies eleven me=6ers who live within five miles of the T.'4I facility anJ specifice'ly authorizes PANE to represent their interests.~12/ John fl. Garver, Jr,, er.d Jmas 3. iiurst of !iiddletoun, Pennsylvania are two of the naaec nerbces.-~13/ iAiE alleges that resumption of operations at Ti!I-l would " unreasonably threaten the pl,ysi-cal... well-being""cf its ncred cer6drs.~14/

We conclude that the petition identifies at least er.e acmber of PA!'E with an interest in this proceeding who has expressly authorized P/? E to represent that interest. Therefore, they meet the interest recuircment of 52.714(a).

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itarjorie !! Aar:cdt filed a petitiun for leave to inte'vene by latter datea Scpte:tter 12, 1979. Her petition states that al though she w.uld prefer to partici.nate as a full party, she ' ould alternatively ish to make a limited a ppe.p'a nc e.

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1. hat she has conpletely failed to allege hm; her interest may be af fected by this procending.

TF.crciere, unlen cr until a ended pursuent ta 10 C.F.R. 52.714(a)(3), peti-tiener has failed to meet the ' interest re';uireGents for intervention as of right.~1Gl However, Ms. Aanadt's letter does satisfy the aspec.s requircrsnts of 10 C.F.R. 52.714(a).

I's. Acmadt states, for exnple, that she is interested in the udecuacy of radiation detection systems and inforntion flow to the public.

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Leais failed tu provide an adeauate basis for establishing his interes in this proceeding and failed to id=ntify aspects regerJing ethich participation was sought.~17/

L'e conclude that 1r Lcc.is' amenfed patitico '.lso teils t'.; estcblish his in-

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'I Ho'.o ever, as in his original petitien,:1r. Lewis has failed to provide adecuate basis from t;hich cr.e can conclude that he could ;.ossibly bc injured by any future releases cf radiocctive iodir.e.

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.:icht_ be of sufficicnt quantity to c;use iniury is entirely too rcmote and speculative to deconstrate " injury in fact" consistent '.iith judicial conccpts of standing.-l '3/

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argue that the Ititioni o# Three.'ile Island !;iert, Unicn of Cercer. led Sciertis'.s, ar.d People Ay".st liuclear Energy all comport with tie interest r,quirement of 10 C.F.R. 52.714(a) and adecuately identify subject ratter aspects cn which interventien is sought. The aspect identified by People Against l!ucicar Energy, however, has nct yet been deter-elined to be legally relevant to this procecding.

1.'e further argue that tha petitions of itajorie Ac:todt an1 ':arvin I. Lcuis fail to identify an ir.terest which r.ay be affected by the procecding sufficient to estcblish standing to intervene.

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