ML20057B563

Partially Withheld Commission Paper Informing Commission of DC Circuit Court Decision Re Facility

ML20057B563
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Site:	Clinch River
Issue date:	12/07/1982
From:	Bickwit L NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC)
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FOIA-92-436 SECY-82-479, NUDOCS 9309220234
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ADJUDICATORY ISSUE i.

(Commission Meeting) l December 7, 1982 SECY-82-479

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From: Leonard Bickwit, Jr., General Counsel j

Subject:

NRDC V. NRC, NO. 82-1962 (DECIDED DECEMBER 2, 1982)  ;

(CLINCH RIVER) ,

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Purpose:

To inform the Commission of the D.C. I Circuit's decision in the Clinch River j caseand[ j hff b _ _ .

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Discussion: On December 2, 1982, the United States  !

I Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("D.C. Circuit")  !

decided the challenge by the Natural Resources Defense Council ("NRDC" ) to  !

the Commission's decision authorizing I the Department of Energy (" DOE") to j

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initiate site preparation activit.es i for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor j

(" CRBR") . The D.C. Circuit-permitted i site preparation to continue, but remanded to the Commission to reconsider ,

its decision after conducting an accelerated adjudicatory proceeding on the issues relevant to an exemption under 10 CFR 50.12. The Commission's

• decision and the record of the  !

J proceeding are to be filed with the D.C. ,

Circuit no later than February 4, 1983. l Information in this record r;as defe'ed The D.C. Circuit based its requirement j in accordance W th the freedom cIlitmatica for an adjudicatory hearing on Section .

Act. excmptions sr' 189a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, [

i F0lA_ff_kM as amended. Basically, the D.C. Circuit saw no difference of substance between '

,, the Commission's authorization of site -

9309220234 930428 preparation activities by an e:<emption PDR FDIA E or by either a construction permit (CP)  :

GILINSK92-436 PDR au CONTACTS:

Sheldon L.~Trubatch, OGC

.E. Leo Slaggie, OGC f 634-3224 .

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• or by a limited work authorization (LWA), both of which require prior adjudicatory hearings. In the D.C.

Circuit's view, the similarity in -

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Order This paper is tentatively scheduled for discussion at a Closed Meeting Wednesday, December 8, 1982.

DISTRIBUTION:

Commissioners OGC OPE OIA SECY

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