ML19332D915

Applicant Advice to Board W/Respect to LBP-89-33.* Board Error in Context Re Testing of Siren Notification Sys Considered Harmless Due to Fact That Audible Testing of Sirens Not Requlatory Requirement.W/Certificate of Svc

ML19332D915
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	11/22/1989
From:	Dignan T PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ROPES & GRAY
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
CON-#489-9515 LBP-89-33, OL, NUDOCS 8912060036
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<~ FOLKi:ii D teiK l, . November.22, 1989 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -'89.10V 27 P3 :38 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION UN t before the- ,* DOCM ' ' . - ,

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, ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD r

In,the' Matter'of ,

1 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY Docket Nos. 50-443-OL OF:NEW HAMPSHIRE, at al. 50-444-OL

. '(Seabrook Station, Units 1 (Offsite Emergency and 2) Planning Issues) k APPLICANT 8' ADVICE TO THE LICENSING BOARD WITH RESPECT TO LBP-89-33 ..

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'At page 20 of=this Board's recent memorandum 1 denominated

' LBP-89-33, this Board stated on the basiE of a Citation to App.

Ex. 43F at 157-58, "The New Hampshire = siren notification system hastbeen tested." This was in the context of a response to>an assertion by SAPL; affiant Anderson that since the siren system ,

had:not been audibly tested, the hearing-impaired would have to speculate-on their need for special assistance in responding to the epecial needs survey. ,

l In fact, the test described in the referenced site was not  !

l an audible test, and, in fact we understand that not all of the

' sirens in New Hampshire have been audibly tested. This Board's g

error-in context is harmless because there is no regulatory requirement that sirens be audibly tested before a license is '

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p i authorized. ' Carolina Power & licht Co. (Shearon Harris Nuclear.

power Plant),.ALAB-852, 24 NRC 532, 546 (1986). Thus, as a matterfof law,- SAPL would have been precluded from obtaining a

~ finding to the effect that a special needs survey held prior to l

licensing-was invalid.for lack of there having been a siren test.

However, we bring the foregoing to the. attention of the Board in i- the event it may wish to correct the decision in.any way.

Respectfully submitted, *

i W Thomas'G. Dt$ nan, Jr.

George H. Lewald >

Jeffrey P. Trout Jay Bradford Smith Geoffrey C. Cook William L'. Parker Ropes & Gray-One International Place Boston, MA 02110-2624 (617) 951-7000 Counsel for' Applicants

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'89 NOV 27 P3 :38 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE On n. . ,

I,. Thomas G. Dignan, Jr., one of the attorneys for the Applicants herein, hereby certify that on NovemberE 2 2 i, ' 1 9 8 9 , I made service of the within document by depositing copies thereof

.w ith Federal Express, prepaid, for delivery to (or, where

' indicated,_by depositing in the United States mail, first class postage paid- addressed to):

Administrative Judge Ivan W. Smith Adjudicatory File Chairman, Atomic Safety and Atomic Safety and Licensing Licensing Board Board Panel Docket (2 copies)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission East West Towers Building East West Towers Building 4350 East West Highway 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Bethesda, MD 20814 Administrative-Judge Richard F. Cole Robert R. Pierce, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Board East West Towers-Building U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 4350 East West Highway Commission Bethesda, MD 20814 East West Towers Building l 4350 East West Highway l Bethesda, MD 20814 j 1

Administrative Judge Kenneth A. Mitzi A. Young, Esquire l McCollom Edwin J. Reis, Esquire- l 1107 West Knapp Street Office of the General Counsel I Stillwater, OK 74075 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North, 15th F1. i 11555 Rockville Pike l Rockville, MD 20852 ,

1 John P. Arnold, Esquire Diane Curran, Esquire Attorney. General Andrea C. Ferster, Esquire George Dana-Bisbee, Esquire Harmon, Curran & Tousley Assistant Attorney General Suite 430 Office.of the Attorney General 2001 S Street, N.W.

25 Capitol Street Washington, DC 20009 Concord, NH 03301-6397

• Atomic Safety and Licensing Robert A. Backus, Esquire Appeal Board 116 Lowell Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory P. O. Box 516 Commission Manchester, NH 03105 Washington, DC 20555

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Boston, MA 02108 Chairman Mr. Calvin A. Canney Board of. Selectmen City Manager

-95 Amesbury Road City Hall Kensington, NH 03833 126 Daniel Street Portsmouth, NH 03801

• Senator Gordon J. Humphrey R. Scott Hill-Whilton, Esquire

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Washington,-DC 20510 Rotondi (Attn: Tom Burack) 79 State Street Newburyport, MA 01950

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Washington, DC 20472 Gary W. Holmes, Esquire Richard A. Hampe, Esquire .

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