ML20079D861

Forwards Brief for Appellants,Nuclear Energy Accountability Project & Tj Saporito

ML20079D861
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	09/05/1990
From:	Pirner B HARDY, MILUTIN & JOHNS, NUCLEAR ENERGY ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	Moore T Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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ML20079D862	List: ML20079D861 ML20079D867
References
CON-#391-12037 90-602-01-OLA-5, 90-602-1-OLA-5, OLA-5, NUDOCS 9107300105
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'91 J3 24 P 1 :29 9003921 September 5, 1990 The Honorable Thomas S. Moore, Chairman Administrative Law Judge tidelear Regulatory Commission Atemic Safety and Licencing Appeal Board Panel Eh*W $529 Washington, D.C. 20555 RE: Florida Power and Licht Company, (Turkey Point Plant, Units 3 and 4j, Docket tio.: 50-250 OLA-5, 50-251 oLA-5, ASLBP No.: 90-602-01-OLA-5

Dear Judge Moore,

i Enclosed please find the original and one copy of the Brief for Appellants Nuclear Energy Accountability Project (NEAP) and Th; mas J. Saporito, Jr. In the above referenced matter.

Please date stamp and return the copy to this office in the enclosed self-addressed, stamped enve. lope.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING APPEAL BOARD I ALAB Nos. 50-250-OLA-5 50-251-OLA-5 i

On Appeal from Decision of the Atomic Safety Licensing Board (Peter B. Bloch, Chair) ,

r In the Matter of:

Florida Power & Liaht Co.

(Turkey Point Plant, b. ;s 3 and 4)

(Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-31, DPR-41)  ;

i Technical Specifications Replacement tacket Nos. 50-250-OLA-5 and 50-251-OLA-5 ASLBP No. 90-602-01-OLA-5 ,

BRIEF FOR APPELLANTS I

Nuclear Energy Accountability Project (NEAP) and Thomas J. Saporito .

On Dismissal of Petition to Interven' Billie Pirner Garde, Esq.

Hardy, Milutin & Johns 500 Two Houston Center 909 Tannin at-McKinney Houston, Texas 77010 '

i (713) 222-0381 >

September 5, 1990

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lo TABLE OF CONTENTS Statement of the Tacts................................. 1 I. Petition to Intervene and Other Initial Matters....................... 1 II. Proceedings on Amended Petition to Intervene. 9 III. Saporito's Withdrawal and Subsequent Proceedings....................... 18 IV. Board's Memorandum and Order on Motion to Withdraw........................... 22 V. Additional Filings and Responses as to Standing..................................... 23 VI, Board Memorandum and order as to Parties and Contentions...................... 26 VII. Termination of Saporito's Employment and Related Findings............................. 28 VIII. Board's Memorandum and order on Motion to D1smiss............................ 33 Questions at Issue..................................... 35 Argument............................................... 35 I. The Board Erred in Denying NEAP organizational Standing to Intervene........................ 35 II. The Board Erred in Denying NEAP Standing through Members other Than Saporito......... 44 III. The Board Erred in Declining Discretionary Intervention to NEAP or to Saporito.......... 53 Conclusion............................................. 57 l

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q \ i TABLE OF AUTHORITIES f t'PREME COURT CASES ,

Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, 432 U.S.

333 (1977) . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 46 Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation, U.S. ,

(No.89-640), SS U.S.L.W. 5077 (June 27, 1990) . . . . . . . . . 38, 39

- Schlesinger v. Reservists to Stop the War, 418 U.S. 200 (1974) 38 Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727 (1971) . . . 36, 37, 41, 43 United States v. Richardson, 418 U.S. 166 (1974) . . . . . . 38 United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP), 412 U.S. 669 (1973) . . . . . . . . . . 30 Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490 (1975) . . . . . . . . 37, 41, 45 OTHER TEDEPAL CASES BPI v. Atomic Energy Commission, 502 F.2d 424 (D.C. Cir. 1974) 39 Health Research Group v. Kennedy, 82 F.R.D. 21 (D.C. 1979) . .

39 Montgomery Environmental Coalition v. Costle, 646 F.2d 568 (D.C. Cir. 1980) . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 46 office of Communication of United Church of Christ v. FCC, 359 F.2d 994 (D.C.Cir. 1966) . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Chio v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 814 F.2d 258 (6th Cir.

1987) . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 RITE--Research Improves the Environment, Inc. v. Costle, 650 F.2d 1312 (5th Cir. 1981) ...... . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Sierra Club v. Aluminum Company of America, 585 F.Supp. 842 (N.D. H.Y. 1984) . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 11

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AGENCY DECISIONS AND OPINIONS Allied-General Nuclear Services (Barnwell Fuel Receiving and Storag<a Station), ALAB-320, 3 NRC 420 (1976) . . . . . . 39, 40 City of West Chicago v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 701 F.2d 632 (7th Cir. 1982) . . . . . . . . . . 39 Consolidated Edison Co. (Indian Point, Unit No. 2), LBP 82-25, 15 NRC 715 (1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 41, 48 Consolidated Edison Company (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, No. 2), ALAB-243, 8 AEC_850 (1974) . . . . . . . . 53 Consolidated Edison Company, (Indian Point, Unit 2), CLI-82-15, 16 NRC 27 (1982) . . .. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Consumers Power Co. (Pallisades Nuclear Plant), LBP-79-20, 10  !

NRC 106 (1979) . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 46, 47 l l

Detroit Edison Co. (Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant, Unit 2), )

LBP-79-1, 9 NRC 7 3 (1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 l l

Detroit Edison Company (Enrico Fermi - Atomic Power Plant, Unit l 2), LBP-78-11. "RC 381 (1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 i I

., uke Power Cr ;:..; (Oconee Nuclear Station and McGuire Nuclear Station), LIP '9-? 9 NRC 90 (1979) . . . . . . . . . . 49, 54 Fiorida Power and D ght company (St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 2), _ SP-8 ' -2, 25 NRC 32 (1987) . . . . . . . . . . 51  !

Houston Lighting and Power Co. (South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-549, 9 NRC 644 (1979) . . . .. . . . . 40, 47, 51 Houston Lighting and__ Power Company (Allens Creek Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1), ALAB-535, 9 NRC 377 (1979) . . 47 Northern States Power Company (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-107, 6 AEC 188 (1973) .

51 Northern States Power Company, (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating-Plant, Units 1 and 2), CLI-72-1, 1 NRC 1 (1975) . .

55 Nuclear Engineering Company (Sheffield, Illinois, Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site), ALAB-473, .7 NRC 737 (1978) .

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• I Portland General Electric Co. (Pebble Springs !Nelear Plant, ,

Units 1 and 2), CLI-76-27, 4 NRC 610 (1976) . . . .. . 35, 54 Tennessee Vc11ey Authority (Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-413, 5 NRC 1418 (1977) . . . . . . . . . . 40, 51 Texas Utilities Generating Company (Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2), 9 NRC 728 (1979) . . . . . 50 Transnuclear, Inc. (Ten Applications f or Low-Enriched Uranium Exports to EURATOM Member Nations), CLI-77-24, 6 NRC 525 (1977) 40 Verment Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (Vermont Yankes Nuclear Power Station), 25 NRC 116 (1987) . . . . . . . . . 49 Virginia Electric and Power Company (North Anna N.2 clear Power Station, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-536, 9 NRC 402 (1979) . . 49, 53 Virginia Electric and Power Company (North Anna Nuclear Power Station), ALAB-256, 1 NRC 10 (1975) . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Washington Public Power System (WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1),

LBP-83-16, 17 NRC 479 (1983) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 STATUTES AND REGULATIONS 10 C.F.R. Sec. 2.714 . . . . . . . . . . . . .'. . . . 35, 37, 53 iv

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