ML20027A470

NRC Staffs Response to Document Dtd Oct 17,1978. Request Should Be Denied Since Names Have No Apparent Connection to Govt Organizations,& Document Deficient as Petetion to Intervene or for Other Purposes

ML20027A470
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Issue date:	11/13/1978
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11/13/78 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of DETROIT EDIS0N COMPANY Docket No. 50-341 (Enrico Fermi 2)

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NRC STAFF'S RESPONSE TO

' DOCUMENT DATED OCTOBER 17, 1978 The NRC Staff received on November 2,1978, a document addressed to the i

Director of Regulation and Secretary of the Commission, dated October 17, 1978 and signed by Dr. Robert Asperger requesting that notice of "any prehearing conference" be given to come forty-three " people and local units of government" so that they have the opportunity to " submit appro-priate affidavits spelling out their contentions".

On November 8, 1978 during a telephone conference between Dr. Asperger and the undersigned, Dr. Asperger explained that he filed the instant i

document because he believed the NRC had failed to give " local govern-ments" notice of their rights pursuant to 10 CFR 92.715(c). The basis for his request, he asserted, is that 10 CFR 62.715(c) requires that these local governmental units or persons representing them be given a l

i reasonable opportunity to participate in NRC hearings. Although, as he explained, some of the persons listed in his motion may not represent local governmental units he balieves for the most part that they dom l

E These individuals, he said, have in the past expressed to him their interest in participating in this proceeding.

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3-Power Plant, Unit 2.

As stated in the notice, 10 CFR 62.714 requires that a petition for leave to intervene "shall set forth with particularity the intereest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding". 43 Fed. Rec. 40327.

The instant document is devoid of any infomation regarding the interest of the forty-three " people and local units of government" listed in the document. The requirement that interests be set forth with particularity I

must be strictly observed to assure that the adjudicatory process is

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invoked only by those persons who have real interests at stake. Virginia I

Electric & Power Company (North Anna Power Station, Units 1 & 2), ALAB-a 146, 6 AEC 631, 633-34 (1973). This is especially true in operating

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license proceedings where a hearing is not mandatory.

In these circum-stances, Licensing Boards must take utmost care to assure that potential intervenors have the required interests to warrant a hearing.

Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, et al. (William -H. Zinner Nuclear Power Station, ALAB-305, 3 NRC 8,12 (1976). The document contains other deficiencies, if it is considered a petition for leave to intervene, which include a failure to set,forth the specific aspect or aspects of the subject J

matter of the proceeding to which the forty-three " people and local units of government" seek intervention (see 10 CFR 52.714) and any authorization of Dr. Asperger to represent any of the listed cersons or governmental un'its.' Finally, the document is defective as a petition for leave to intervene because it was filed after the date petitions were dues and the document does not address the factors set forth in 10 4/ The notice provided that by October 10, 1978 any persons whose itlerest may be affected by this proceeding may file a. petition for leave to intervene in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensino Proceeding" in 10 CFR Part 2.

The instant document is dated Octo6er 17, 1978.

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and that to assure that 10 CFR 52.715(c) is complied with, a notice of any prehearing conference should be provided each of them.

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reasons set forth below, the NRC Staff opposes the instant request.

f This document appears to be a supplemental filing to the request of Dr.

Asperger seeking republication of the ::otice of hearing and display ads.

By response dated November 1,1978,U the NRC Staff opposed that request for the reasons that (1)Dr.Aspergeriswithoutstandingtoraisethis concern (any allegation of prejudice resulting from failure to detail the local governmental unit's right to participate, as provided in 10 CFR 52.715(c), should be asserted by a local governmental unit),U (2) the local governmental units were given constructive notice of their rights to participate as provided by 10 CFR 52.715(c), and (3)the l

request challenged the Commission regulation (10 CFR 52.105) governing the contents of notices of proposed actions. The Staff submits that the same reasons, with the exception of reas'on (3), support denial of the instant request.

If the instant document is intended to be treated as a petition requesting v#

a hearing and leave to participate in such proceeding, it must fail.

On September 11, 1978, the Comission published in the Federal Reoister (43 Fed. Reg. 4,0327) a notice of " Opportunity for Hearing" with respect to the application for an operating license for the Enrico Fenni Atomic I

U "NRC Staff's Response to Motion for Republication of Notice For Opportunity of Hearing", dated November 1,1978 (" Response").

U See Tennessee Valley Authority (Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-413, 5 NRC 1418, 1421 (1977).

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4-l CFR 52.714(a)(1) and (d) for consideration of petitions not timely filed.

For the above reasons, the request contained in the document filed by Dr. Asperger should be denied.

' Respectfully submitted, I

N' n ss enry 'J.McGurren Counsel for tiRC Staff Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 13th day of November,1978 t

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I hereby certify that copies of "NRC STAFF MOTION TO FILE, OUT-OF-l "NRC STAFF'S RESPONSE TO DOCUMENT DATED OCTOBER 17, 1978" and "NRC STAF RESPONSE TO DOCUMENT DATED OCTOBER 17, 1978" in the above-captioned pro-ceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class, or, as indicated by an asterisk, through deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Comission's internal mail system, this 13th day of November, 1978:

Charles Bechhoefer, Esq., Chairman

• Dr. Robert G. Asperger Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 12 Dennis Court Panel Midland, Michigan 48640 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Mr. David Hiller University of Michigan Law School Dr. David R. Schink Hutchins Hall J

Department of Oceanography Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Texas A & M University College Station, Texas 77840 Atomic Safety and Licensing '

Board Panel

• Mr. Frederick J. Shon?

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Washihgton. D. C.

20555 Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Washington, D. C. 20555 Appeal Panel (5)*

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Docketing and Service Section (3)*

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby t, MacRae Office of the Secretary 1757 N Street, N. W.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20036 Washington, D. C. 20555 Peter A. Marquardt, Esq.

The Detroit Edison Company 2000 Second Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48226 Mrs. Martha Drake

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