ML20070N405
| ML20070N405 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 04/26/1994 |
| From: | Zamek J SAN LUIS OBISPO MOTHERS FOR PEACE |
| To: | Selin I, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| CON-#294-14963 OLA-2, NUDOCS 9405060150 | |
| Download: ML20070N405 (4) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:3 0.&Tl.FAC.d. k.. 00CKETED Jill ZamEk San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace P.O. Box 164 '94 APR 26 All :22 Pismo Beach, CA 93448 0FFICE OF SECRETARY April 21,1994 DOCKE TING & CERV!CE BRANCH
Dear Chairman Selin:
I am writing to you regarding the new NRC policy of " openness" which allows the public to attend one in every four enforcement conferences. I commend this policy, yet I find fault with its implementation. I would like to share a recent experience. I am a member of the Mothers for Peace, the legal intervenor involving Pacific Gas and Electric Company's license amendment request for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in California. The hearing for this case took place in August of 1993, and we are awaiting a decision by the Board. In the interim, the Mothers for Peace became aware of various problems involving the plant's Auxiliary Salt Water system. We subsequently filed a motion to reopen the record in order to allow this evidence into the record. An Enforcement Conference took place on this issue on March 23 of this year in Walnut Creek - 230 miles from the plant and on a Wednesday morning. Although this conference was open to the public, the time and location made it impossible for any of the members of the Mothers for Peace to attend. The only local person that was able to attend this conference was a member of the press. Prior to the conference, I wrote to both Greg Cook and Sheri Peterson requesting that the conference be held locally. K.E. Perkins, Jr. denied my request (attached). I believe, Mr. Selin, that the intent of your policy to open enforcement conferences for public observation is a positive one. Yet under the conditions described above, this policy remains without substance. I remain hopeful that you will rectify this situation by holding future enforcement conferences in the vicinity of the plant and the population most affected by its operation. Sincerely, Jill ZamEk San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace
Enclosures:
Letter from K.E. Perkins, Jr. to Jill ZamEk Letter from Jill ZamEk to the NRC 9405060150 940426 PDR ADOCK 05000275 }$O O PDR i
00CKETED USNRC Certificate of Service Iherebycertifythatcopiesoftheforegoingletteg4 p gi a 3,Selin have t mail, f s c s' on April been served upon the following persons by U.S. 21, 1994. OFFICE OF EECRETARY. DOCKETING 1 SERVICL Office of Commission Appellate Administrative pudge' Adjudication Charles Bechhoefer, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Washington, DC 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Administrative Judge Jerry Kline Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Frederick J. Shon U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Washington, DC 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Edward O'Neill Ann P. Hodgdon, Esq. Peter Arth, Jr. Office of the General Counsel Truman Burns U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Robert Kinosian Washington, DC 20555 Peter G. Fairchild, Esq. California Public Util'ities l Commission Joseph B. Knotts, Jr., Esq. 505 Van Ness Avenue Winston & Strawn San Francisco, CA 94102 1400 L Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Adjudicatory File Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Docketing and Service Branch Washington, DC 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2 copies) Washington, DC 20555 (2 copies and original) Robert R. Wellington, Esq. Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Con.mittee 857 Cass Street, Suite D Monterey, CA 93940 Christopher Warner, Esq. Diane Curran Richard Locke, Esq. c/o IEER Pacific Gas and Electric Co. 6935 Laurel Avenue, Suite 204 77 Beale Street Takoma Park, MD 20912 San Francisco, CA 94106 JiV1 Za Treasurer San Luis bispo Mothers for Peace
] l March 16,1994 Jill ZamEk San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace P.O. Box 164 Pismo Beach, CA 93448 (805) 489-8903 1 1 To the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: l I learned yesterdr that there is to be an Enforcement Conference held in Walnut ) Creek, California on March 23. I understand that this conference involves the issues surrounding the Auxiliary Salt Water system at Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. While I was pleased to learn that this is to be an open conference and that members of the public are allowed to attend, I was distressed to hear that it is to be held in Walnut Creek - a five hour drive from San Luis Obispo. Due to work and family responsibilities, the chances of a member of the Mothers for Peace attending this meeting is unlikely. Furthermore, the distance makes attendence at this meeting extremely difficult for members of our local press and the general j interested public. The San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace is the legalintervenor in this case. Its j members are located in San Luis Obispo County. The nuclear power plant at issue is located in San Luis Obispo. The public that is put at risk by the operation of this nuclear power plant is located in San Luis Obispo County. On behalf of the Mothers for Peace, therefore, I request that this Enforcement Conference set for j March 23 be changed from the location in Walnut Creek to a location within San Luis Obispo County. Sincerely, 0 Jill ZamEk, Treasurer San Luis.Obispo Mothers for Peace c: Greg Cook
[ \\ UNITED STANS ' NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION g-REGION V j -{ s 4 1450 MARIA t.ANE - 8 WALNUT CREEK, CAUFORNIA 94596-5368 i l March.'18,.1994' i Jill ZamEk 1 i San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace L P.O. Box 164 .Pismo Beach, California 83448
Dear Ms. ZamEk:
l .Your letter dated March 16,!1994, referred to an NRC enforcement conference i involving the Auxiliary Salt Water system _at Diablo Canyon,.which'is scheduled j' to be held on March 23, 1994' - in Walnut Creek, California.. ; Your. letter ' i ' requested that'the'NRC change the conference location to' San Luis'Obispo to? .i better enable; interested members.of the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace to? j attend the conference. l As reflected in the enclosed NRC Policy Statement,. opening enforcement.- l conferences for public observation is intended.to provide the.public with the - -opportunity to observe how the NRC. conducts.this phase of the_ enforcement i process, which in the' past has been closed to public attendance. This- ] initiative is part of the agency's efforts >to open up the regulatory' process. As a practical matter of resource efficiency, the NRC has typically held i [ enforcement conferences in the Regional offices. 'Although, the NRC understands the. desire of the public to have enforcement conferences in the j vicinity of licensed activities,- to conduct.the 'more than 150 conferences a - i year at licensee sites would have a significant'. impact on NRC activity..The time away.from NRC offices for those managers and-inspectors and others would l have a significant adverse impact on their ability.to.' carry'out the agency's regulatory mission. I i The NRC intends to continue with its usual. practice with regard to enforcement l ) }. conferences. The goal of the trial NRC program:for open enforcement-conferences was simply to provide an opportunity' for the public to observe the process as it is normally conducted. Therefore, as indicated in the. i Commission's policy' statement, "in accordance with current practice,. enforcement conferences [whether open or closed) will continue to normally be-held at the NRC regional offices." [ Sincerely, [ h K. E. Perkins, Jr. l Acting Regional Administrator 'l '
Enclosure:
i NRC Policy Statement on Open Enforcement Conferences-i a .,,,e.. 1,.,.. ...... _ ~.. _. _.., ..A ..J}}