ML19269C963

Petitions PA Delegation to Closely Monitor Dealings of NRC Prior to & During Hearings.Recommends Hearings Be Held in Wilkes-Barre in Federal Courthouse & That Intervenors Be Allowed to Present Separate Testimonies

ML19269C963
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	12/04/1978
From:	Lemanowicz I AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
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ML19269C964	List: ML19269C963
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.4-folicwing observations and reco. rendations to the parties 1=volved',.-

i The Citizens, in its timely petitions filed with the ERC,,c1carly,

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• outlined some of its contentions. The ' Citizens believe that they~ are

'5elevant and in the public interest, in that they pertain pri:arily to

. issues of public bealth and safety, which we presure abould also~ be a prira.y concern of the NRC, in reviewing the 'Cperating Permit -

3 Applications for the ??&L 3erwick Ato:ic Plant, under construction.

We do not preceive any nerit in the request to confer with the two atte neys referred to above. The KRC staff lawyer, in fact, has

-siraaiy exhibited what appears to be bias in this case.

We, also, gather frc: their correspondence that they apparently do net truly recesnize cur legiti:ste contentions.

So, we defer fron tak'ing part i.= a sugge sted pre-pre-hearing conference, if only to avoid the

• slightest appea rance of deal-natin5 The Citizens urge the other interr e.ers.to do likewise. Our First and Fifth anend ent E1 bts 5

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e citizens have ruf ficie5t resea rch prepared to go direc 1y We do, botever, acknowledge that the other parties 1: public te srings.

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'Because of the potential enormous inpsets on the bucan env.' onnent -

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ion to A11esbeny Ilectric, the ' Citizens bereby petition the entire conEressional Delegation, fron. Fennsylvania to.c1csely conitor the

...g dealinsa of the NRC. prior,1o end_ durin5 the :tcarings,iin flas,h,t of they..,

C-AO report..to be.sure that, the' Constitutional Eistts and the <. -

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interveners' are afforded full protection and due process -of. law

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lie s squarely with the KRC.

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Ers. Irene Lenanowicz Chairperson

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Obe JEC is reque sted to furnish 15e Citizens with the ' official railiced ssfety inspectors' accident reports on the CCWIL derail:ent of a train engine and flatcar carryin5 the nillion dollar transfcrmer that uns da' eged a s a re sult of the :.:n-cway '

train derail:ent on_ the premises of the ??bL Ato:ic Flent construction site near 3erwick, Pa., occurring on Thursday, oct:ter 26, 1978.

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?a. Censressional Delegation Oc ptroller General 'of the U.S..- GAO

?re sident, ??&L, Allentown, ?a Susqu'ebanna Inviron= ental Advocates Xs. Colleen March, et al.

Inviron ental Coalitica on :uclear Power

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