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Forwards Comptroller General 801203 Opinion Stating Procedural Assistance in Adjudicatory Licensing Proceedings Was Not Permissible Under Law
ML19343B659
Person / Time
Site: Bailly
Issue date: 12/23/1980
From: Goldberg S
NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD)
To: Bright G, Cole R, Grossman H
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8012300011
Download: ML19343B659 (1)


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December 23, 1980 Herbert Grossman, Esq., Chairman Dr. Richard F. Cole Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.

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Dear Judges:

On August 6,1980, the Staff mailed you a Federal Register notice entitled " Procedural Assistance in Adjudicatory Licensing Proceedings,"

45 Fed. Reg. 49535 (July 25,1980). The Comptroller General issued i

an opinion on December 3,1980 that this aid was not permissible under law.

Enclosed for your information is a copy of the Comptroller General's opinion and his letter to Chairman Ahearne.

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Sincerely, bU Steven C. Goldberg

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As stated cc w/ encl.:

Kathleen H. Shea, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Robert J. Vollen, Esq.

Board Panel i

Edward W. Osann, Jr., Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Robert L. Graham, Esq.

Appeal Board Panel George and Anna Grabowski Docketing and Service Section Willian H. Eichhorn, Esq.

Diane B. Cohn, Esq.

John Van Vranken, Esq., Chief Clifford Mezo, Acting President t

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