ML19343A588
| ML19343A588 | |
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| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 11/18/1980 |
| From: | Karman M NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8011190050 | |
| Download: ML19343A588 (1) | |
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'O UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 11/18/80 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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ILLIN0IS POWER COMPANY, et al.
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Docket Nos. 50-401
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50-462 (Clinton Power Station, Units
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1 and 2)
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hRC STAFF ANSWER TO THE PETITION OF THE STATE OF ILLIN0IS TO INTERVENE PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. 5 2.715(c)
On September 29, 1980, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission published in the Federal Register (45 Fed. Reg. 64307) notice of opportunity for a hearing on the application for operating licenses for the Clinton Power Station, Units 1 and 2.
On October 29, 1980, the Attorney General of the State of Illinois filed a petition for leave to intervene pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 2.715(c).
in the event that a hearing is held to consider the application for operating licenses for the Clinton Power Station, Units 1 and 2, the Nuclear Regulatory Corrmission Staff would support the petition of the Attorney General and wuuld valcome its participation in the matter.
pectfully su it ed,
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Myr Karman Coutsel for NRC Staff Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 18th day of November, 1980
- / The Staff notes, however, that in an operating license proceeding, unlike a construction permit proceeding, a hearing is not mandatory and will not be convened in the absence of a finding by the Board of a bona fide inter-venor, an individual or entity who has filed a petition for leave to in-tervene pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 1.714 and satisfied the requirements of that section including the requirement of advancing at least one good contention.
See Houston Lighting and Power Company (South Texas Project,
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Units 1 and 2), ALAB-549, 9 NRC 644, 649; Gulf States Utilities Company (River Bend Station, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-183, 7 AEC 222, 226 n. 10.
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