ML20021A239
| ML20021A239 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 01/21/2020 |
| From: | Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY |
| To: | Jaime Rodriguez State of TX, Senate |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50- 529-LT, 50-528-LT, 50-530-LT, 72-044-LT, License Transfer, RAS 55535 | |
| Download: ML20021A239 (3) | |
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UNITED ST ATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 SECRETARY The Honorable Jose Rodrfguez Texas Senate District 29 P.O. Box 12068 Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711
Dear Senator Rodrfguez:
January 21, 2020 On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your letter of January 10, 2020, addressed to Chairman Svinicki regarding.the application by El Paso Electric Company for transfer of the licenses for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. Your letter expresses support for the hearing request submitted by Public Citizen and states your position regarding Public Citizen's standing.
As with your November 2019 letter, your January 2020 letter relates to subjects that may be raised during any adjudication that might result from Public Citizen's request for hearing on the license transfer application. For this reason, the Commission must remain impartial and it would be inappropriate for the Chairman to comment on the matter at this time.
A copy of your letter and this acknowledgment will be served on the parties in the Palo Verde proceeding.
Sincerely, Annette L. Vietti-Cook
JOSE RODRIGUEZ STATE SENATOR SENATE DISTRICT 29 E L P AS O, CULBERS ON, HU D SPETH, PRESIDIO & JEFF D A VIS COUNTIES January 10, 2020 Chairwoman Kristine L. Svinicki U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-16 B33 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Chairman@nrc.gov RE: Docket ID NRC-2019-0214
Dear Chairwoman Svinicki:
Last November, I submitted a letter in support of Public Citizen's request for hearing regarding Docket ID NRC-2019-0214, which is the proposal by JP Morgan Chase & Co-related IIF US Holdings 2 GP LLC (IIF), through Sun Jupiter Holdings LLC, to purchase the El Paso Electric Company (EPE). It is my understanding that IIF and EPE have challenged Public Citizen's standing.
I write to reiterate my strong support for the hearing request. Public Citizen clearly has standing.
Not only is Public Citizen a consumer advocacy group, it has dues-paying members in El Paso, including Joseph Valenzuela.
I am grateful for Public Citizen's work on behalf of consumers, and the nearly 900,000 constituents in Texas Senate District 29. The group's work has been invaluable in understanding the effect of this complex transaction on my constituents and EPE ratepayers, and a hearing would build upon that work for the benefit of the public.
cc: Public Citizen, El Paso Electric CAPITOL OFFICE ROOM 3E. 18 P.O. BOX 120 68 AUSTIN, TEXAS 787 11 (5 12) 463-0 129 (51 2) 463-7 100 FAX Sincerely, Jose Rodriguez EL PASO OFFICE 100 N. OCHOA ST., SUITE A EL PASO, TEXAS 79901 (9 15) 351-3500 (9 15) 35 1-3579 FAX MARFA OFFICE 300 W. COLUMBIA, ROOM 102 ELEMENTARY BLDG.
P.O. BOX 1105 MARFA, TEXAS 79843 (432) 729-4800 (432) 729-480 3 FAX
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY
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Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529, 50-530
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and 72-44-LT Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
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(Units 1, 2, and 3 and ISFSI)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter from NRC Secretary, Annette Vietti-Cook, to Senator José Rodríguez have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 ocaamail@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Reginald Augustus, Esq.
Tyson Campbell, Esq.
David E. Roth, Esq.
Jeremy Wachutka, Esq.
reginal.augustus@nrc.gov tyson.campbell@nrc.gov david.roth@nrc.gov jeremy.wachutka@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Hearing Docket hearingdocket@nrc.gov Public Citizen, Inc.
215 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Washington, DC 20003 Tyson Slocum tslocum@citizen.org Counsel for El Paso Electric Company Robert Warnement, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, et al 1440 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20005 robert.warnement@skadden.com
[Original signed by Herald M. Speiser ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of January, 2020.