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Forwards Directors Denial Under 10CFR2.206 of 790501 Request to Suspend Cps.Fr Notice Encl
ML19254D492
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Site: Vogtle  Southern Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 10/12/1979
From: Case E
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Ehrensperger W
GEORGIA POWER CO.
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j WASHING TON, D. C. 20555 October 12, 1979 Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425 Georgia Power Company ATTN
Mr. W. E. Ehrensperger Senior Vice President -

Power Supply P. O. Box 4545 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR'S DENIAL OF REQUEST TO SUSPEND CONSTRUCTION PERf1ITS (ALVIN W. V0GTLE NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2)

Enclosed for your information is a copy of a letter to Georgians Agair.st Nuclear Energy forwarding the Director's Denial in response to their letters of July 17 and August 2,1979, supplementing their May 1st petition to suspend the construction permits for the Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos.1 and 2.

A copy of the notice that the Commission is filing with the Office of the Federal Register is also enclosed.

Sincerel,

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Edson G. Case, A ting Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Eaclosures:

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Director's Denial (DD-79-18) 2.

Federal Register Notice cc w/encls: (see next page)

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. Georgia Power Company.

cc: Mr. I. S. Mitchell, III Office of the County Commissioner Vice President and Secretary Burke County Commission Georgia Power Company Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 P. O. Box 4545 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 EIS Coordinator, Region IV Office U.S. Environmental Protection Mr. Ruble A. Thomas Agency Vice President 345 Courtland Street, N.E.

Southern Services, Inc.

Atlanta, Georgia 30308 P. O. Box 2625

, Birmingham, Alabama 35202 Mr. J. A. Baily Project Licensing Manager Southern Company Services, Inc.

P. O. Box 2625 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 George F. Trowbridge, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 1800 M Street, N. W.

Washington, D. C.

20036 Mr. L. T. Gucwa Nuclear Engineering Department Georgia Power Company P. O. Box 4545 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 Mr. W. R. Holland Bechtel Power Corporation P. O. Box 60860

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Terminal Annex Los Angeles, California 90060 Mr. H. A. Sindt Westinghouse Electric Corporation P. 0. Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 State of Georgia Office of Planning Budget Room 615B 270 Washington Street, S.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30334

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00-79-18 UNITED STATES OF A!! ERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION HAROLD R. DENTON, DIRECTOR In the Matter of lll GEORGIdPOWERCOMPANY l

Docket Nos. 50-424

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(10CFR2.206)

DIRECTOR'S DENIAL OF REQUEST UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 By petition dated May 1,1979, Gary Flack o'n behalf of Georgians Against Nuclear Energy requested that the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (Director) reconsider his April 13, 1979, denial unde-10 CFR 2.206 uf GANE's

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earlier petition which requested suspension of the construction perinits for the Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 and reconsideration of the need for power from the facility. 00-79-4, 9 NRC (1979).M GANE's May 1st petition has also been treated as a request for action under 10 CFR 2,206. N6tice of receipt of GANE's May 1st petition was published in the Federal Register, 44 Fed. Reg. 33985 (June 13,1979).

GANE asserts three bases for its renewed request to suspend construction of the Vogtle units pending additional hearings to determine the need for the plants:

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The final Environmental Impact Statement violates the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) in that

, it fails to consider conservation a an altarnative to nuclear power; 1/ Mr. Flack submitted accitional inforTnat' DUPLICATE DOCUMENT letters dated July 17 and August 2,197!

Entire document previously entered into system under:

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