ML20077M223

Requests List of Measures Being Taken by Commission to Assure Parties Allowed to Participate Fully & Fairly & Detailed Statement of Schedule of Proceeding

ML20077M223
Person / Time
Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	08/08/1983
From:	Downey T HOUSE OF REP.
To:	Asselstine J, Gilinsky V, Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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""*"***)"'" Easfjington, D.C. 20515 August 8,1983 The Honorable Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman Commissioner James Kilburn Asselstine Commissioner Victor Gilinsky Commissioner Thomas M. Roberts The Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20555

Dear Mr. Chairman and Commissioners:

I am writing to express my interest in assuring that all parties receive a full, fair and objective opportunity to make their case in the pending Shoreham licensing proceeding.

The Shoreham licensing proceeding will assess the adequacy of the Long Island Lighting Company's Utililty Plan for offsite emergency response. In its May 12, 1983 Order, the Commission ru'.ed that LILCO should be given an opportunity to prove the acceptability of its own plan. Because this type of plan and this proceeding are unprecedented, it is also imperative that all other parties, including the intervenors and the County, have the right to make their point that workable emergency preparedness is impossible for Shoreham. The stakes in this effort.are too high for there to be even the appearance ,that the rights and responsibilities of any party to provide constructive comment have been impaired or short circuited.

The Shoreham case is not commonplace; it is unique. Whether a utility offsite plan without the full participation of-the state and local governments can adequately protect the public is subject to disagreemen't. Because of the unusuel nature of this case, the Commission should take special care to ensure that these issues receive fair and objective hearing.

I would appreciate your response to the following; one, the measures being taken by the Commission to assure that there is full and fair participation by all parties in the Shoreham proceeding, and two, a detailed statement of the schedule for formal proceedings accompanied by some idea of the views on that schedule as expressed by the parties.

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