ML20039D837

Response Opposing G Fernos & Citizens for Conservation of Natural Resources,Inc.811218 Petition for Stay of Aslab 811207 Decision.Intervenors Failed to Seek Stay of ALAB-622 from Aslab.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20039D837
Person / Time
Site:	05000376
Issue date:	12/29/1981
From:	Axelrad M LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL, PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY
To:	NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
References
ALAB-662, NUDOCS 8201060239
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AUTHORITY'S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO "t 2D' h INTERVENORS' PETITION FOR A STAY OF APPEAL BOARD'S - ' T" - ( /

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On February 18, 1981, tae Licensing Board in th above-captioned proceeding issued a Memorandum and Order which dismissed without prejudice the application of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (Authority) for a construction permit for the North Coast Nuclear Plant, Unit 1. This order was affirmed by a decision of the Appeal Board in ALAB-662, dated December 7, 1981. Gonzalo Fernos and Citizens for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Inc.

(Intervenors) have now filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission a " Petition for a Stay of Appeal Bcard's Decision 1/

of Dec. 7, 1981" (Petition), dated December 18, 1981. ~-

The Authority hereby submits its response in opposition to the Petition.

1/ On April 6, 1981, the Intervenors filed an application for a stay of the Licensing Board's February 18, 1981, decision. The Appeal Board " implicitly denied a stay."

See ALAB-648, 14 NRC 34, 35 (1981).

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The Petition is patently without merit, and it may be denied for any one of several reasons. First, contrary to the requirements of 10 CFR S 2.788 (f) , the Intervenors could have sought, but did not seek, a stay of ALAB-662 from the Appeal Board. This constitutes a ground for automatic denial of the Petition. Second, the Intervenors have not addressed whether a stay is warranted upon a consideration of the 2/

four factors in 10 CFR 5 2.788 (e) .~ This defect alone is a sufficient ground for rejecting the request for a stay.

Kansas Gas and Electric Co. (Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1), ALAB-412, 5 NRC 1415, 1416-17 (1977). In particular, the Intervenors have not alleged that they will suffer i

irreparable injury as a result of a denial of a stay of the Appeal Board's decision. Finally, the decision did-not authorize the Authority to commit any action which it could not have otherwise committed, and thus there is i "nothing for [the Commission) to stay." See Long Island l

Lighting Co. (Jamesport Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-481, 7 NRC 807, 808 (1978).

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Those factors are: 1) whether the moving party has made a strong showing that it is likely to prevail on.the merits; 2) whether the party will be irreparably injured l unless a stay is granted; 3) whether the granting of a stay would harm other parties; and 4) where the public j interest lies.

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In short, the Petition is procedurally defective and the Intervenors have provided no basis for a stay.

Consequently, the request for a stay of ALAB-662 should be denied.-

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Maurice Axelrad - I Lowenstein, Newman, Reis &

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Kashington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: (202) 862-8400 Attorneys for Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority l

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• UNITED STATES 0F AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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AUTHORITY ) Docket No. 50-376

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North Coast Nuclear Plant, ) December 29, 1981 (Unit 1) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the Authority's Response in Opposition to Intervenors' Petition for a Stay of Appeal Board's Decision of December 7, 1981, were served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class and postage prepaid, this 29th day of December, 1981.

Chairman Nunzio J. Palladino Alan S. Rosenthal, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chairman Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Washing ton, D.C. 20555 Appeal Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Victor Gilinsky Come.ission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington, D.C. 20555 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr John H. Buck Member Commissioner Peter A. Bradford Atomic Safety and Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Appeal Board Commission U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington, D.C. 20555 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 i Commissioner Thomas M. Roberts l U.S. Nuclear Regulat',ry Atomic Safety and Licensing Commission Appeal Panel Washington, D.C. U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioner John F. Ahearne Washington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 I

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Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq. Henry J. McGurren, Esq.

Administrative Judge Office of the Executive Atomic Safety and Licensing Legal Director Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 German A. Gonzalez Dr. Richard F. Cole Suite 501 Administrative Judge Condominio Le Mans Atomic Safety and Licensing Avenida Munoz Rivera 602

, Board Hato Rey, PR 00919 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gonzalo Fernos Washington, D.C. 20555 Chairman Mr. Gustave A. Linenberger Citizens for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Inc.

Administrative Judge 503 Barbe Street Atomic Safety and Licensing Santurce, PR 00912 Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Dr. Thomas Morales-Cardona Commission Department of Pharmacology Washington, D.C. 20555 School of Medicine Secretary of the Commission University of Puerto Rico U. S. Nuclear Regulatory GPO Box 5067 Commission San Juan, PR 00936 Washington, D.C. 20555 (Original and 2 copies) Eng. Franciseo Jimenez Box 1317 Attention: Docketing and Mayaguez, PR 00708 Service Section l

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Axelrad 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 l Telephone: (202) 862-8400 Attorneys for Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

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