ML19347D067

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NextEra Energy Seabrook Llc'S Motion for Leave to File Responsive Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
ML19347D067
Person / Time
Site: Seabrook NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 12/13/2019
From: Bessette P, Hamrick S, Lighty R
Morgan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, NextEra Energy Seabrook
To:
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-443-LA-2, ASLBP 17-953-02-LA-BD01, RAS 55472
Download: ML19347D067 (3)


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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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In the Matter of: )

) Docket No. 50-443-LA-2 NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK, LLC )

) December 13, 2019 (Seabrook Station Unit 1) )

)

NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK LLCS MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE RESPONSIVE PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW On November 21, 2019, NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra), C-10 Research and Education Foundation (C-10), and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Staff filed their respective Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Proposed Findings), under 10 C.F.R. § 2.1209.1 At the evidentiary hearing, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) instructed that the parties should seek leave to submit any Responsive Proposed Findings.2 On December 2, 2019, the Board established December 13, 2019, as the deadline for motions seeking leave to submit Responsive Proposed Findings.3 Accordingly, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323 and the Boards December 2, 2019 Order, NextEra files this motion for leave to submit Responsive Proposed Findings.4 NextEras Responsive Proposed Findings are attached hereto.

1 NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLCs Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Nov. 21, 2019)

(NextEra FOF); NRC Staff Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law for the Admitted Contention (Nov. 21, 2019); C-10 Research and Education Foundations Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Nov. 21, 2019) (C-10 FOF).

2 Tr. at 1181.

3 Board Order (Granting Time Extension to File Motions for Leave to Submit Responsive Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law) at 2 (Dec. 2, 2019).

4 As required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(b), NextEra consulted the other parties in this proceeding regarding this Motion. C-10 and the NRC Staff take no position on the Motion and reserve the right to respond.

Good cause exists for the Board to grant this Motion because C-10s Proposed Findings contain certain factual and legal misrepresentations and inaccurate descriptions of the evidentiary record in this proceeding.5 Further, many of the findings of concern lack exact citations to the transcript of record and exhibits in support of each proposed finding, as explicitly required by 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.1209 and 2.712(c). Accordingly, the interests of a complete and accurate record are best served by permitting NextEra to submit brief, targeted Responsive Proposed Findings that (1) address C-10s most significant errors and inaccuracies, and (2) provide corresponding exact citations to the evidence in this proceeding.

Thus, good cause exists for the Board to grant this Motion and to entertain NextEras Proposed Responsive Findings, attached hereto.

Respectfully submitted, Executed in Accord with 10 C.F.R. § 2.304(d) Executed in Accord with 10 C.F.R. § 2.304(d)

Steven Hamrick, Esq. Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 220 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004 Washington, D.C. 20004 Phone: (202) 349-3496 Phone: (202) 739-5796 Fax: (202) 347-7076 Fax: (202) 739-3001 E-mail: steven.hamrick@fpl.com E-mail: paul.bessette@morganlewis.com Signed (electronically) by Ryan K. Lighty Ryan K. Lighty, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004 Phone: (202) 739-5274 Fax: (202) 739-3001 E-mail: ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com Counsel for NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC Dated in Washington, DC this 13th day of December 2019 5

See Statement of Policy on Conduct of Adjudicatory Proceedings, CLI-98-12, 48 NRC 18, 21 (1998) (noting the Commissions goal of developing an informed adjudicatory record that supports agency decision making).

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

)

In the Matter of: )

) Docket No. 50-443-LA-2 NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK, LLC )

) December 13, 2019 (Seabrook Station Unit 1) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305, I certify that, on this date, the foregoing NextEra Energy Seabrook LLCs Motion for Leave to File Responsive Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law was served upon the Electronic Information Exchange (the NRCs E-Filing System), in the above-captioned proceeding.

Signed (electronically) by Ryan K. Lighty Ryan K. Lighty, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004 Phone: (202) 739-5274 Fax: (202) 739-3001 E-mail: ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com Counsel for NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC DB1/ 110364406