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Forwards or Energy Facility Siting Council 800314 Order Suspending Further Activities Until 810701.Certificate of Svc Encl
ML19309G561
Person / Time
Site: Skagit
Issue date: 03/26/1980
From: Sandvik R
OREGON, STATE OF
To: Deals V
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8005070149
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valentine B. Deale, Chairman OfficoottinSecretsy I Atomic Safety & Licencing Board 00dellRE& SWdc8 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Cp Washington, DC 20555 E O Re: Pebble Springs

Dear Mr. Deale:

On March 14, 1980 Oregon's Energy Facility Siting Council issued an order suspending all further activities regarding the Pebble Springs case until July 1, 1981. A copy of the Order is enclosed and copies have been served on all parties of record. Very truly yours, 0 h. Richard M. Sandvik Assistant Attorney General dg enclosure cc w/ enc: Skagit Service List l l l 1 l

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s- B - THE ENERGY FACILICY SITING COUNCIL r of the Application ) of P and General Electric ) ORDER SUSPENDING Company, et al., for a Site ) PROCEEDINGS Certificate Yor the Pebble ) Springs Nuclear Power Plant -)

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At the Energy Facility Siting Council's March 14, 1980 meeting,,Councilmember Alfred Hampson suggested that the Council issue an order, on,,,its own motion, suspending all further activitie's regarding thb, Pebble Springs case until at-least July 1, 19812 He suggested a procedure whereby the suspension would continue for an indefinite number of six-month intervals after July 1, 1981, unless the proceeding

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was activated upon the:writteh rek6esE.'of the ~ applicant. Mr. Hampson also -sugges,tddjthat. thel.regord . produced to date be preserved and that'ifithe record is activated, provision bemadeforanyinterestedparty66.subhitrebuttaltestimony l to studies prepared by the Oregon Department of Energy pursuant i L to House Bill 2570' dealing with'th'5 fubjects of waste disposal ) and the Three-Mile Island accident. I Mr. Hampson' stated'that'i6 formulating his proposal, he had spoken with other Council members, with the Oregon Depart-

                    . ment of Energy, with Portland General Electric Company (the lead applicant) and with Mr. Marbet of intervenor Forelaws on Board.

After Mr. Hampson's presentation, the Chair solicited the l view of Portland General Electric Company on behalf of the i 1 - ORDER

i applicants, and of Forelaws on Board. The applicants and

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4 Forelaws on Board supported the suggestion. At the request of Councilmember Frank, the Council's legal advisor.expresse.d,his viewpoint that a suspension of the type suggested was within the Council's legal authority, and was neither.. prohibited;by,nor; inconsistent with House Bill. 2570. - -

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. Based upon- the- foregoing, ',it,isy O_RDERED:

(1) All further pro.ceedings,in t,he Pebble Springs site -

                                                           ' '                                                                                l Certificate appIi.catihn -p'ending., before .the Council, including Council deliberation's,. evidentiary hearings, procedural              ,

motions and decisions,th.e.reon, -, .- and_.the submission of rebuttal ,

                 -testimony to the,.repo.rts prepared by the Oregon Department
,                 of Energy pursuant .to.IChapter.,.51,0,. Oregon Laws 1979 (House  ,,

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                 . Bill 25.70) on the. . subjects,_of. was,t_e disposal .and the Three-Mile  __

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Island. accident be, and;.tha, same hereby are,. suspended until

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July,1, 1981.. , , : ,, ,..,,, j .,  ; _ _ , _ (2) ... Af ter, July -1,. -.1981,,:the suspension shall be extended automatically for an indefinita number of consecutive six-month periods, unless .and _until-the applicant gives written ! . notice to the EFSC that_it_ wishes the Council to proceed to

               , a final decision on the merits of the Pebble Springs applicatics.

Such written notice may not be given prior to the last business day of a suspension period. (3) The evidentiary and procedural record developed i to date in the Pebble Springs proceeding shall be preserved 2 - ORDER l

4, , i as of this date. In the event the proceeding is reactivated

  • at the' applicant's request, all parties shall be given the opportunity to place into the record testimony intended to rebut the Department of Energy's, House Bill 2570 studies.

ADOPTED by unanimous vote of the Energy Facility Siting Council'on March 14,.1980.. _ ENERGY FACILITY SITING COUNCIL

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                                    'I hereby certify that true copies of " Order                         ' '

ng Proceedings"were served .on the following parties of record by deposit in the United States Mail at Portland, Oregon, postage prepaid, on the 26th day of March, 1980. l F. Theodore Thomsen,-Esq. Dr. Frank Hooper, Member i Perkins, Cole, Stone,- Atomic Safety and Licensing Bot i Olsen.& Williams - . . . . . . . . _. School of Natural Resources 1900 Washington Building -

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, Seattle, WAJ98101- - - Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Robert Lowenstein, Esq. ... Gustave A. Linenberger, Member Lowenstein, Newman,~Reis & Axelrad. Atomic Safety and Licensing Bo! 1025 Connecticut Avenue N.W. -' - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n Washington, D. C. 20036 Washington, D. C. 20555 Mr. Lloyd K. Marbet Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Mr. Eric Stachon Atomic Safety and Licensing Forelaws on Board Appeal Board 19142 S. Bakers Ferry Road

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l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n Boring, Oregon 97009 , Washing ton', D. C. 20555 Richard L. Black, Esq. Dr. John H. Buck, Member ' Staff-Counsel Atomic Safety and Licensing Office of Executive Legal Director Appeal Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n Washington, D. C. 20555 Washington, D. C. 20555

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Secretary, Atomic Safety Michael C. Farrar, Member

                                & Licensing Board                                   Atomic Safety and Licensing, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission                      Appeal Board Washington, D. C. 20555                               U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n;
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Roger M. Leed, Esq. l ' 1411 Fourth Avenue Docketing and Service Section I Seattle, Washington 98101 office of the Secretary l U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'q l Mr. Nicholas D. Lewis Washington, D. C. 20555 Chairman, Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council Russell W. .Busch, Esq. ' 820 East Fifth Avenue Evergreen Legal Services Olympia, Washington 98504 5308 Ballard Avenue NW Seattle, WA 98107 l Valentine B. .Deale, Chairman l Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Robert C. Schofield, Director l U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Skagit County Planning Dept. Washington, D. C. 20555 120 West Kincaid Street Mount Vernon, WA 98273

i i Warren Hastings, Esq. Richard D. Bach, Esq.

  • Associate Corporate Counsel Stoel, Rives, Boley, Portland General Electric Fraser & Wyes 121 SW Salmon Street 2300 Georgia Pacific Bldg.

Portland, OR 97204 . 900 S.W. Fifth Avenue Portland, OR 97204

  • Canadian Consulate Gen 2ral-Peter A. van Brakel Patrick R. McMullen Vice-Consul Prosecuting Attorney for 412 Plaza 600 Skagit County
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Mount.Vernon, Washington 98723 Donald S. Means

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