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Category:INTERVENTION PETITIONS
MONTHYEARML20209H9101999-07-20020 July 1999 Motion of Connecticut Light & Power Co & North Atlantic Energy Corp for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Hearing.* with Certificate of Svc & Notice of Appearance ML20199F7641999-01-21021 January 1999 Answer of Montaup Electric Co to Motion of Ui for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Requests Motion Be Denied on Basis of Late Filing.With Certificate of Svc ML20206Q0151999-01-12012 January 1999 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Answer to Petition to Intervene of New England Power Co.* If Commission Deems It Appropriate to Explore Issues Further in Subpart M Hearing Context,Naesco Will Participate.With Certificate of Svc ML20199A4331999-01-11011 January 1999 Motion of United Illuminating Co for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Company Requests That Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time Be Granted.With Certificate of Svc ML20198P7181998-12-31031 December 1998 Motion of Nepco for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Summary Relief Or,In Alternative,For Hearing.* Moves to Intervene in Transfer of Montaup Seabrook Ownership Interest & Petitions for Summary Relief or for Hearing ML20237C6981998-08-18018 August 1998 Sapl/Necnp Reply to Naesco Response to Proposed Contentions.* Board Should Admit Sapl/Necnp Contentions 1-4 & North Atlantic Energy Svcs Corp Arguments to Contrary. W/Certificate of Svc ML20237C6791998-08-18018 August 1998 Sapl/New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Reply to Staff Answer to Contentions.* Petitioners Believe Board Can & Should Give Cases Consideration W/O Filing of Addl,But Not Substantively Different Contention.W/Certificate of Svc ML20237A0501998-08-10010 August 1998 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Response to Proposed Contentions.* Petitioners Failed to Propose Admissible Contention.Request for Hearing & Petition to Intervene,As Applied to Both Petitioners Should Be Denied ML20236X9281998-08-10010 August 1998 NRC Staff Answer to Contentions.* for Reasons Stated,All of Contentions Proposed Should Be Rejected & Proceeding Should Be Terminated.W/Certificate of Svc ML20066H2581991-02-14014 February 1991 Response of Ma Atty General & Necnp to ASLB Order of 910124.* Intervenors Believe ASLB Should Reopen Record, Permit Discovery & Hold Hearing on Beach Sheltering Issues. W/Certificate of Svc ML19332D7241989-11-21021 November 1989 Intervenors Motion for Clarification Or,In Alternative,For Reconsideration.* Clarification or Reconsideration of Scheduling Requirements Set by Commission 891121 Order Requested.Certificate of Svc Encl ML19332D5191989-11-15015 November 1989 Applicant Answer to Intervenors Motion to Admit late-filed Contention & Reopen Record Based Upon Withdrawal of Commonwealth of Ma Emergency Broadcast Sys Network & Wcgy.* Motion Should Be Denied Since Results Unlikely to Change ML19325E0171989-10-20020 October 1989 Applicant Answer to Intervenors Second Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Motion to Assert Addl Bases for Original Onsite Exercise Contention JI-Onsite Ex-1 Should Be Denied.W/Certificate of Svc ML19325E0011989-10-20020 October 1989 Applicant Response to Intervenors Motion to Amend Intervenors Motions of 890929 & 1013 to Admit Contentions on 890927 Onsite Emergency Plan Exercise.* Issue Re Admittance Committed to Board Discretion.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20248J3511989-10-13013 October 1989 Intervenors Second Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Advises That Applicant Contentions Filed on 890929 to Admit Addl Bases Re Scope of Onsite Exercsise Should Be Admitted.W/Certificate of Svc ML20248J0601989-09-28028 September 1989 Intervenors Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Requests Hearing & to Engage in Discovery for Hearing on Contention.Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20247Q6761989-09-22022 September 1989 Intervenors Second Informational Suppl to Low Power Contentions Filed on 890721 & 0828.* Incorporates Encl Plant Startup Test Procedure 1-ST-22,Rev 2 Into Low Power Testing Contentions.W/Supporting Info & Certificate of Svc ML20246N1001989-09-0101 September 1989 Intervenors Reply to Responses of Applicant & Staff Re Intervenors Motion to Admit Contention,Or,In Alternative,To Reopen Record & Request for Hearing.* Contention Raises New Issues & Should Be Admitted.W/Certificate of Svc ML20247E0321989-07-21021 July 1989 Intervenors Motion to Admit Contention,Or in Alternative,To Reopen Record & Request for Hearing.* Requests Contentions Re Deficiencies in Training,Mgt Control,Supervision, Communication & Procedure Compliance Be Admitted ML20246P2041989-07-0505 July 1989 Joint Intervenor (Ji) Contentions on Spmc & June 1988 Graded Exercise.* ML20248F4691989-04-0303 April 1989 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (Sapl) Trial Brief on Contention Ji 56 & Sapl Contentions EX-2,4,6,7,8,12,13 & 14.* Svc List Encl ML20206M9761988-11-23023 November 1988 NRC Staff Response to 881114 Board Order Requesting Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 for Seabrook Proposed General Exercise Contentions.* Contentions & Bases Should Be Denied. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20206M9431988-11-22022 November 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 to Seabrook Offsite Exercise Contentions.* Svc List Encl ML20206M9031988-11-22022 November 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 to Exercise Contentions.* Svc List Encl ML20205R7201988-11-0202 November 1988 Town of Hampton Contention on Applicant Plan to Fund Decommissioning Costs of Seabrook Station.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205R5661988-11-0202 November 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Contentions on Applicant Plan in Response to NRC Order CLI-88-07.* Supporting Documentation Encl ML20205R5441988-11-0202 November 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Jm Shannon late-filed Contentions Concerning Joint Applicant Financial Qualifications to Operate Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205R4971988-11-0202 November 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Contentions on Applicant Decommissioning Plan,Motion for Stay of Low Power Operation & Motion to Reopen Record.* Supporting Info & Svc List Encl ML20205R4821988-11-0202 November 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Jm Shannon late-filed Contentions Concerning Joint Applicant Decommissioning Plan for Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.* ML20205E0011988-10-24024 October 1988 Reply of Commonwealth of Ma Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff & Applicant to Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Exercise Contentions.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205E0271988-10-21021 October 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (Necnp) & Town of Hampton (Toh) Reply to Applicant & NRC Staff Responses to Contentions Toh/Necnp EX-2 & Toh/Necnp EX-3.* Svc List Encl ML20205D8051988-10-21021 October 1988 Town of Hampton & New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Reply to Responses of Staff & Applicant to Intervenor Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20206C1951988-10-18018 October 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (Sapl) Reply to Applicant & Staff Responses to Sapl Contentions on June 1988 Graded Exercise.* Svc List Encl ML20204G9731988-10-13013 October 1988 NRC Staff Response to Intervenors Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Proposed General Exercise Contentions Should Be Admitted for Litigation & Proferred Contentions Should Be Denied Admission.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154S4571988-09-28028 September 1988 Applicant Response to Intervenor Contentions on June 1988 Seabrook Exercise.* Intervenor Contentions Should Be Disposed Of.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154P3461988-09-21021 September 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution & Town of Hampton Contentions Re 1988 Exercise of Offsite Plans & Preparedness for Plant Emergency Planning Zone.* Svc List Encl ML20154K8741988-09-21021 September 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Exercise Contentions Submitted in Response to June 1988 Plant Initial full- Participation Exercise.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154K9331988-09-21021 September 1988 Town of Hampton & New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Emergency Planning Contentions on 880628-29 Exercise.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154N9061988-09-20020 September 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Svc List Encl ML20154D7431988-09-12012 September 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Petition for Review of ALAB-899.* Petition Should Be Granted on Basis That Integrity of RCS Significantly Paramount to Safe Operation of Plant.W/Certificate of Svc ML20151A6461988-07-0707 July 1988 NRC Staff Response to Town of Salisbury Amended Contentions Re Applicant Plan for Commonwealth of Ma Communities.* Applicant Untimely Amends to Contentions Should Be Rejected. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20151A6301988-07-0606 July 1988 NRC Staff Response to City of Haverhill Detailed Contentions.* City of Haverhill late-filed Contentions Should Be Rejected.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196G7031988-06-27027 June 1988 Applicant Response to City of Haverhill Detailed Contentions.* Contentions Should Be Rejected & City Should Be Denied Admission as Party,Per 10CFR2.714.Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A3761988-06-22022 June 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (Necnp) Reply to Applicant & NRC Staff Response to Necnp Contentions on Spmc.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A3991988-06-22022 June 1988 Reply of Massachussetts Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff and Applicant to Contentions 7 Through 83 Filed by Massachussetts Atty General.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A5261988-06-22022 June 1988 Town of Amesbury Reply to NRC Staff & Applicant Responses to Town of Amesbury Contentions on Seabrook Plan for Massachussetts Communities.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A8701988-06-20020 June 1988 Reply of Commonwealth of Ma Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff & Applicant to First Six Contentions Filed by Commonwealth of Ma Atty General.* ML20151N6271988-06-17017 June 1988 Town of Salisbury Reply to Applicant Response to Intervenor Contentions on Seabrook Plan for State of Ma Communities ML20151A8361988-06-17017 June 1988 Reply of Town of West Newbury to Responses of Applicant & NRC Staff to Intervenors Contentions Re Seabrook Plan for Commonwealth of Ma Communities.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20151N6461988-06-17017 June 1988 Town of Salisbury Amended Contentions Re Applicant Plan for State of Ma Communities.Certificate of Svc Encl 1999-07-20
[Table view] Category:RESPONSES & CONTENTIONS
MONTHYEARML20209H9101999-07-20020 July 1999 Motion of Connecticut Light & Power Co & North Atlantic Energy Corp for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Hearing.* with Certificate of Svc & Notice of Appearance ML20199F7641999-01-21021 January 1999 Answer of Montaup Electric Co to Motion of Ui for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Requests Motion Be Denied on Basis of Late Filing.With Certificate of Svc ML20206Q0151999-01-12012 January 1999 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Answer to Petition to Intervene of New England Power Co.* If Commission Deems It Appropriate to Explore Issues Further in Subpart M Hearing Context,Naesco Will Participate.With Certificate of Svc ML20199A4331999-01-11011 January 1999 Motion of United Illuminating Co for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Company Requests That Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time Be Granted.With Certificate of Svc ML20198P7181998-12-31031 December 1998 Motion of Nepco for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Summary Relief Or,In Alternative,For Hearing.* Moves to Intervene in Transfer of Montaup Seabrook Ownership Interest & Petitions for Summary Relief or for Hearing ML20237C6981998-08-18018 August 1998 Sapl/Necnp Reply to Naesco Response to Proposed Contentions.* Board Should Admit Sapl/Necnp Contentions 1-4 & North Atlantic Energy Svcs Corp Arguments to Contrary. W/Certificate of Svc ML20237C6791998-08-18018 August 1998 Sapl/New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Reply to Staff Answer to Contentions.* Petitioners Believe Board Can & Should Give Cases Consideration W/O Filing of Addl,But Not Substantively Different Contention.W/Certificate of Svc ML20237A0501998-08-10010 August 1998 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Response to Proposed Contentions.* Petitioners Failed to Propose Admissible Contention.Request for Hearing & Petition to Intervene,As Applied to Both Petitioners Should Be Denied ML20236X9281998-08-10010 August 1998 NRC Staff Answer to Contentions.* for Reasons Stated,All of Contentions Proposed Should Be Rejected & Proceeding Should Be Terminated.W/Certificate of Svc ML20066H2581991-02-14014 February 1991 Response of Ma Atty General & Necnp to ASLB Order of 910124.* Intervenors Believe ASLB Should Reopen Record, Permit Discovery & Hold Hearing on Beach Sheltering Issues. W/Certificate of Svc ML19332D7241989-11-21021 November 1989 Intervenors Motion for Clarification Or,In Alternative,For Reconsideration.* Clarification or Reconsideration of Scheduling Requirements Set by Commission 891121 Order Requested.Certificate of Svc Encl ML19332D5191989-11-15015 November 1989 Applicant Answer to Intervenors Motion to Admit late-filed Contention & Reopen Record Based Upon Withdrawal of Commonwealth of Ma Emergency Broadcast Sys Network & Wcgy.* Motion Should Be Denied Since Results Unlikely to Change ML19325E0171989-10-20020 October 1989 Applicant Answer to Intervenors Second Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Motion to Assert Addl Bases for Original Onsite Exercise Contention JI-Onsite Ex-1 Should Be Denied.W/Certificate of Svc ML19325E0011989-10-20020 October 1989 Applicant Response to Intervenors Motion to Amend Intervenors Motions of 890929 & 1013 to Admit Contentions on 890927 Onsite Emergency Plan Exercise.* Issue Re Admittance Committed to Board Discretion.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20248J3511989-10-13013 October 1989 Intervenors Second Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Advises That Applicant Contentions Filed on 890929 to Admit Addl Bases Re Scope of Onsite Exercsise Should Be Admitted.W/Certificate of Svc ML20248J0601989-09-28028 September 1989 Intervenors Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Requests Hearing & to Engage in Discovery for Hearing on Contention.Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20247Q6761989-09-22022 September 1989 Intervenors Second Informational Suppl to Low Power Contentions Filed on 890721 & 0828.* Incorporates Encl Plant Startup Test Procedure 1-ST-22,Rev 2 Into Low Power Testing Contentions.W/Supporting Info & Certificate of Svc ML20246N1001989-09-0101 September 1989 Intervenors Reply to Responses of Applicant & Staff Re Intervenors Motion to Admit Contention,Or,In Alternative,To Reopen Record & Request for Hearing.* Contention Raises New Issues & Should Be Admitted.W/Certificate of Svc ML20247E0321989-07-21021 July 1989 Intervenors Motion to Admit Contention,Or in Alternative,To Reopen Record & Request for Hearing.* Requests Contentions Re Deficiencies in Training,Mgt Control,Supervision, Communication & Procedure Compliance Be Admitted ML20246P2041989-07-0505 July 1989 Joint Intervenor (Ji) Contentions on Spmc & June 1988 Graded Exercise.* ML20248F4691989-04-0303 April 1989 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (Sapl) Trial Brief on Contention Ji 56 & Sapl Contentions EX-2,4,6,7,8,12,13 & 14.* Svc List Encl ML20206M9761988-11-23023 November 1988 NRC Staff Response to 881114 Board Order Requesting Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 for Seabrook Proposed General Exercise Contentions.* Contentions & Bases Should Be Denied. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20206M9431988-11-22022 November 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 to Seabrook Offsite Exercise Contentions.* Svc List Encl ML20206M9031988-11-22022 November 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 to Exercise Contentions.* Svc List Encl ML20205R7201988-11-0202 November 1988 Town of Hampton Contention on Applicant Plan to Fund Decommissioning Costs of Seabrook Station.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205R5661988-11-0202 November 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Contentions on Applicant Plan in Response to NRC Order CLI-88-07.* Supporting Documentation Encl ML20205R5441988-11-0202 November 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Jm Shannon late-filed Contentions Concerning Joint Applicant Financial Qualifications to Operate Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205R4971988-11-0202 November 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Contentions on Applicant Decommissioning Plan,Motion for Stay of Low Power Operation & Motion to Reopen Record.* Supporting Info & Svc List Encl ML20205R4821988-11-0202 November 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Jm Shannon late-filed Contentions Concerning Joint Applicant Decommissioning Plan for Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.* ML20205E0011988-10-24024 October 1988 Reply of Commonwealth of Ma Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff & Applicant to Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Exercise Contentions.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205E0271988-10-21021 October 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (Necnp) & Town of Hampton (Toh) Reply to Applicant & NRC Staff Responses to Contentions Toh/Necnp EX-2 & Toh/Necnp EX-3.* Svc List Encl ML20205D8051988-10-21021 October 1988 Town of Hampton & New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Reply to Responses of Staff & Applicant to Intervenor Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20206C1951988-10-18018 October 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (Sapl) Reply to Applicant & Staff Responses to Sapl Contentions on June 1988 Graded Exercise.* Svc List Encl ML20204G9731988-10-13013 October 1988 NRC Staff Response to Intervenors Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Proposed General Exercise Contentions Should Be Admitted for Litigation & Proferred Contentions Should Be Denied Admission.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154S4571988-09-28028 September 1988 Applicant Response to Intervenor Contentions on June 1988 Seabrook Exercise.* Intervenor Contentions Should Be Disposed Of.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154P3461988-09-21021 September 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution & Town of Hampton Contentions Re 1988 Exercise of Offsite Plans & Preparedness for Plant Emergency Planning Zone.* Svc List Encl ML20154K8741988-09-21021 September 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Exercise Contentions Submitted in Response to June 1988 Plant Initial full- Participation Exercise.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154K9331988-09-21021 September 1988 Town of Hampton & New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Emergency Planning Contentions on 880628-29 Exercise.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154N9061988-09-20020 September 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Svc List Encl ML20154D7431988-09-12012 September 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Petition for Review of ALAB-899.* Petition Should Be Granted on Basis That Integrity of RCS Significantly Paramount to Safe Operation of Plant.W/Certificate of Svc ML20151A6461988-07-0707 July 1988 NRC Staff Response to Town of Salisbury Amended Contentions Re Applicant Plan for Commonwealth of Ma Communities.* Applicant Untimely Amends to Contentions Should Be Rejected. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20151A6301988-07-0606 July 1988 NRC Staff Response to City of Haverhill Detailed Contentions.* City of Haverhill late-filed Contentions Should Be Rejected.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196G7031988-06-27027 June 1988 Applicant Response to City of Haverhill Detailed Contentions.* Contentions Should Be Rejected & City Should Be Denied Admission as Party,Per 10CFR2.714.Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A3761988-06-22022 June 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (Necnp) Reply to Applicant & NRC Staff Response to Necnp Contentions on Spmc.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A3991988-06-22022 June 1988 Reply of Massachussetts Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff and Applicant to Contentions 7 Through 83 Filed by Massachussetts Atty General.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A5261988-06-22022 June 1988 Town of Amesbury Reply to NRC Staff & Applicant Responses to Town of Amesbury Contentions on Seabrook Plan for Massachussetts Communities.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A8701988-06-20020 June 1988 Reply of Commonwealth of Ma Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff & Applicant to First Six Contentions Filed by Commonwealth of Ma Atty General.* ML20151N6271988-06-17017 June 1988 Town of Salisbury Reply to Applicant Response to Intervenor Contentions on Seabrook Plan for State of Ma Communities ML20151A8361988-06-17017 June 1988 Reply of Town of West Newbury to Responses of Applicant & NRC Staff to Intervenors Contentions Re Seabrook Plan for Commonwealth of Ma Communities.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20151N6461988-06-17017 June 1988 Town of Salisbury Amended Contentions Re Applicant Plan for State of Ma Communities.Certificate of Svc Encl 1999-07-20
[Table view] Category:LEGAL TRANSCRIPTS & ORDERS & PLEADINGS
MONTHYEARML20217H9511999-10-21021 October 1999 Memorandum & Order.* Proceeding Re Nepco 990315 Application Seeking Commission Approval of Indirect License Transfers Consolidated,Petitioners Granted Standing & Two Issues Admitted.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 991021 ML20217N2561999-10-21021 October 1999 Transcript of Affirmation Session on 990121 in Rockville, Maryland Re Memorandum & Order Responding to Petitions to Intervene Filed by co-owners of Seabrook Station Unit 1 & Millstone Station Unit Three.Pp 1-3 ML20211L5141999-09-0202 September 1999 Comment on Draft Reg Guide DG-4006, Demonstrating Compliance with Radiological Criteria for License Termination. Author Requests Info as to When Seabrook Station Will Be Shut Down ML20211J1451999-08-24024 August 1999 Comment Opposing NRC Consideration of Waiving Enforcement Action Against Plants That Operate Outside Terms of Licenses Due to Y2K Problems ML20210S5641999-08-13013 August 1999 Motion of Connecticut Light & Power Co,Western Massachusetts Electric Co & North Atlantic Energy Corp to Strike Unauthorized Response of Nepco.* Unauthorized Response Fails to Comply with Commission Policy.With Certificate of Svc ML20210Q7531999-08-11011 August 1999 Order Approving Application Re Corporate Merger (Canal Electric Co). Canal Shall Provide Director of NRR Copy of Any Application,At Time Filed to Transfer Grants of Security Interests or Liens from Canal to Proposed Parent ML20210P6271999-08-10010 August 1999 Response of New England Power Company.* Nu Allegations Unsupported by Any Facts & No Genuine Issues of Matl Facts in Dispute.Commission Should Approve Application Without Hearing ML20210H8311999-08-0303 August 1999 Reply of Connecticut Light & Power Co,Western Massachusetts Electric Co & North Atlantic Energy Corp to Response of New England Power Co to Requests for Hearing.* Petitioners Request Hearing on Stated Issues.With Certificate of Svc ML20210J8501999-08-0303 August 1999 Order Approving Transfer of License & Conforming Amend.North Atlantic Energy Service Corp Authorized to Act as Agent for Joint Owners of Seabrook Unit 1 ML20211J1551999-07-30030 July 1999 Comment Opposing That NRC Allow Seabrook NPP to Operate Outside of Technical Specifications Due to Possible Y2K Problems ML20210E3011999-07-27027 July 1999 Response of New England Power Co to Requests for Hearing. Intervenors Have Presented No Justification for Oral Hearing in This Proceeding.Commission Should Reject Intervenors Request for Oral Hearing & Approve Application ML20209H9101999-07-20020 July 1999 Motion of Connecticut Light & Power Co & North Atlantic Energy Corp for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Hearing.* with Certificate of Svc & Notice of Appearance ML20195H1911999-06-15015 June 1999 Application of Montaup Electric Co & New England Power Co for Transfer of Licenses & Ownership Interests.Requests That Commission Consent to Two Indirect Transfers of Control & Direct Transfer ML20206A1611999-04-26026 April 1999 Memorandum & Order.* Informs That Montaup,Little Bay Power Corp & Nepco Settled Differences Re Transfer of Ownership of Seabrook Unit 1.Intervention Petition Withdrawn & Proceeding Terminated.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 990426 ML20205M7621999-04-15015 April 1999 Notice of Withdrawal of Intervention of New England Power Co.* New England Power Co Requests That Intervention in Proceeding Be Withdrawn & Hearing & Related Procedures Be Terminated.With Certificate of Svc CLI-99-06, Order.* Joint Request for ten-day Extension of Schedule Set Forth in CLI-99-06 in Order to Facilitate Parties Settlement Efforts Granted,With Exception of Date of Hearing. with Certificate of Svc.Served on 9904071999-04-0707 April 1999 Order.* Joint Request for ten-day Extension of Schedule Set Forth in CLI-99-06 in Order to Facilitate Parties Settlement Efforts Granted,With Exception of Date of Hearing. with Certificate of Svc.Served on 990407 ML20205G0921999-04-0505 April 1999 Joint Motion of All Active Participants for 10 Day Extension to Permit Continuation of Settlement Discussion.* Participants Request That Procedural Schedule Be Extended by 10 Days.With Certificate of Svc ML20205G3091999-03-31031 March 1999 Petition That Individuals Responsible for Discrimination Against Contract Electrician at Plant as Noted in OI Rept 1-98-005 Be Banned by NRC from Participation in Licensed Activities for at Least 5 Yrs ML20204E6401999-03-24024 March 1999 Protective Order.* Issues Protective Order to Govern Use of All Proprietary Data Contained in License Transfer Application or in Participants Written Submission & Oral Testimony.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 990324 ML20204G7671999-03-23023 March 1999 Comment Supporting Proposed Rule 10CFR50.54(a) Re Direct Final Rule,Changes to QA Programs ML20207K1941999-03-12012 March 1999 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Participation in Proceeding.* Naesco Wished to Remain on Svc List for All Filings.Option to Submit post-hearing Amicus Curiae Brief Will Be Retained by Naesco.With Certificate of Svc ML20207H4921999-02-12012 February 1999 Comment on Draft Contingency Plan for Year 2000 Issue in Nuclear Industry.Util Agrees to Approach Proposed by NEI ML20203F9471999-02-0909 February 1999 License Transfer Application Requesting NRC Consent to Indirect Transfer of Control of Interest in Operating License NPF-86 ML20199F7641999-01-21021 January 1999 Answer of Montaup Electric Co to Motion of Ui for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Requests Motion Be Denied on Basis of Late Filing.With Certificate of Svc ML20199H0451999-01-21021 January 1999 Answer of Little Bay Power Corp to Motion of Ui for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Requests That Ui Petition to Intervene & for Hearing Be Denied for Reasons Stated.With Certificate of Svc ML20199D2461999-01-19019 January 1999 Supplemental Affidavit of Js Robinson.* Affidavit of Js Robinson Providing Info Re Financial Results of Baycorp Holding Ltd & Baycorp Subsidiary,Great Bay Power Corp. with Certificate of Svc ML20199D2311999-01-19019 January 1999 Response of New England Power Co to Answers of Montaup Electric Co & Little Bay Power Corp.* Nep Requests That Nep Be Afforded Opportunity to File Appropriate Rule Challenge with Commission Pursuant to 10CFR2.1329 ML20206R1041999-01-13013 January 1999 Answer of Little Bay Power Corp to Motion of New England Power Co for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Summary Relief Or,In Alternative,For Hearing.* with Certificate of Svc ML20206Q8451999-01-12012 January 1999 Written Comments of Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co.* Requests That Commission Consider Potential Financial Risk to Other Joint Owners Associated with License Transfer.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 990114 ML20199A4741999-01-12012 January 1999 Answer of Montaup Electric Co to Motion of Nepco for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Summary Relief Or,In Alternative,For Hearing.* Nepco 990104 Motion Should Be Denied for Reasons Stated.With Certificate of Svc ML20206Q0151999-01-12012 January 1999 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Answer to Petition to Intervene of New England Power Co.* If Commission Deems It Appropriate to Explore Issues Further in Subpart M Hearing Context,Naesco Will Participate.With Certificate of Svc ML20199A4331999-01-11011 January 1999 Motion of United Illuminating Co for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Company Requests That Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time Be Granted.With Certificate of Svc ML20198P7181998-12-31031 December 1998 Motion of Nepco for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Summary Relief Or,In Alternative,For Hearing.* Moves to Intervene in Transfer of Montaup Seabrook Ownership Interest & Petitions for Summary Relief or for Hearing ML20198P7551998-12-30030 December 1998 Affidavit of J Robinson.* Affidavit of J Robinson Describing Events to Date in New England Re Premature Retirement of Npps,Current Plans to Construct New Generation in Region & Impact on Seabrook Unit 1 Operation.With Certificate of Svc ML20195K4061998-11-24024 November 1998 Memorandum & Order.* North Atlantic Energy Services Corp Granted Motion to Withdraw Proposed Amends & Dismiss Related Adjudicatory Proceedings as Moot.Board Decision LBP-98-23 Vacated.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 981124 ML20155J1071998-11-0909 November 1998 NRC Staff Answer to North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Motion for Leave to File Reply.* Staff Does Not Object to North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Motion.With Certificate of Svc ML20155D0041998-10-30030 October 1998 Motion for Leave to File Reply.* Licensee Requests Leave to Reply to Petitioner 981026 Response to Licensee 981015 Motion to Terminate Proceedings.Reply Necessary to Assure That Commission Is Fully Aware of Licensee Position ML20155D0121998-10-30030 October 1998 Reply to Petitioner Response to Motion to Terminate Proceedings.* Licensee Views Segmentation Issue as Moot & Requests Termination of Subj Proceedings.With Certificate of Svc ML20155B1641998-10-26026 October 1998 Response to Motion by Naesco to Withdraw Applications & to Terminate Proceedings.* If Commission Undertakes to Promptly Proceed on Issue on Generic Basis,Sapl & Necnp Will Have No Objection to Naesco Motion.With Certificate of Svc ML20154K8751998-10-15015 October 1998 Motion to Withdraw Applications & to Terminate Proceedings.* NRC Does Not Intend to Oppose Motion.With Certificate of Svc ML17265A8071998-10-0606 October 1998 Comment on Integrated Review of Assessment Process for Commercial Npps.Util Endorses Comments Being Provided by NEI on Behalf of Nuclear Industry ML20154C8171998-10-0606 October 1998 Notice of Appointment of Adjudicatory Employee.* Notice Given That W Reckley Appointed as Commission Adjudicatory Employee to Advise Commission on Issues Related to Review of LBP-98-23.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 981006 CLI-98-18, Order.* Grants Joint Motion Filed by Naesco,Sapl & Necnp for Two Week Deferral of Briefing Schedule Set by Commission in CLI-98-18.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 9810061998-10-0505 October 1998 Order.* Grants Joint Motion Filed by Naesco,Sapl & Necnp for Two Week Deferral of Briefing Schedule Set by Commission in CLI-98-18.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 981006 ML20153H4471998-10-0101 October 1998 Joint Motion of Schedule Deferral.* Naesco,Sapl & Necnp Jointly Request Temporary Deferral of Briefing Schedule as Established by Commission Order of 980917 (CLI-98-18). with Certificate of Svc ML20154F9891998-09-29029 September 1998 License Transfer Application Requesting Consent for Transfer of Montaup Electric Co Interest in Operating License NPF-86 for Seabrook Station,Unit 1,to Little Bay Power Corp ML20154D7381998-09-21021 September 1998 Affidavit of FW Getman Requesting Exhibit 1 to License Transfer Application Be Withheld from Public Disclosure,Per 10CFR2.790 ML20153C7791998-09-18018 September 1998 Comment Supporting Proposed Rule 10CFR50 Re Reporting Requirements for Nuclear Power Reactors.Util Endorses NRC Staff Focus on Operability & Funtionality of Equipment & NEI Comments ML20151Z5611998-09-18018 September 1998 Order.* Pursuant to Commission Order CLI-98-18 Re Seabrook Unit 1 Proceeding,Schedule Described in Board 980904 Memorandum & Order Hereby Revoked Pending Further Action. with Certificate of Svc.Served on 980918 ML20151Y0331998-09-17017 September 1998 Order.* All Parties,Including Util,May File Brief No Later than 981007.Brief Shall Not Exceed 30 Pages.Commission May Schedule Oral Argument to Discuss Issues,After Receiving Responses.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 980917 ML20153E8771998-09-16016 September 1998 Comment Opposing Draft NUREG-1633, Assessment of Use of Potassium Iodide (Ki) as Protective Action During Severe Reactor Accidents. Recommends That NRC Reverse Decision to Revise Emergency Planning Regulation as Listed 1999-09-02
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Helen F. Hoyt, Chairperson Emrreth A. Luebke
- Jerry Harbour
) Docket Nos. 50-443-01, In the Matter of
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-(Seabrook Station, UnTts 1 and 2) ) September 8,~ 1983
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CONTENTIONS OF TOWN OF RYE RELATIVE TO EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND TOWN OF RYE CONTENTION I: The Applicant's Radiological Emergency Response Plan for New Hampshire and the Town of Rye does not satisfy the requirements of 10 C.F.R.
650.47(b)(1), (8), (9) or (12) because it is not authorized by Rye, and; there has been no assessment of the Town's or the State's emergency response needs and resources or satisfaction'of its resource requirements in the following areas: emergency per-sonnel, emergency notification, notification of key response personnel, sheltering,
! exposure cotrol, medical support, education, reception facilities, decontamination, training, radiological monitoring, public information, special needs of children and infirm, special needs of transients, exercise and drills, recovery and reentry, overall
, emergency transportation, transportation for special facilities, schools, and people with special needs or without private transportation, emergency medical transporta-ng3
. tion, medical treatment for contaminated injured individuals, radiological monitoring and assessment equipment, dosemeters and respiratory equipment for emergency work-o .
lg- ers, and manpower for traffic raanagement and access control, emergency transporta-g wo tion and security operations, emergency maintenance of evacuation routes and response IE Ma.o to abandoned. vehicles, traffic accidents, and other obstructions to evacuating traffic flow, and staffing of emergency response facilhies. In the absence of an assessment
.and satisfaction'of'the requirements in these areas, there can be no " reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken" to protect persons present in the Town of Rye in the event of a radiological emergency at Seabrook-Station, as required by.10 C.F.R. 550.47(a)(1).
BASIS FO'R RYE'S CONTENTION 1 THAT:
There'is no reasonable assurance that adequate protective action for the Town of Rye and neighboring populations can and will be taken in the event of certain forseeable kinds ~ of radiological emergencies which can and may occur at the Applicants pro-jected nuclear reactors if they are operated.
Applicants calculations and estimates do not account for: preparation and mobilization
- and notification time, power failures affecting criticals systems such as phone and lights, bounds of error in calculation models, dynamic responses of public officials n .d evacuees, adverse weather, directional bias of evacuees, shadow evacuation, role conflicts of emergency personnel, actual evacuation routes, local options and agree-ments, transport resources, road conditions, equipment and facilities, current accurate population counts, back ups and in-depth reosurces, systems and personnel.
Reasonable assurance of adequate protection for Rye would require. in some cases of reactor excursions, events, runaways, scrams, melts, partial melts and other such loss of control, a more or less instantaneous awareness and mobilization of great numbers of willing and able public servants and/or volunteers, and; vast physical resources,
- equipage, transport, roadways, repair, and. safe refuge, and; realistic planning and di-rection. These basic resources,-and such readiness, willingness and ability, do not exist in.the Town of Rye, and as far as is known in Rye, does not exist in the Towns
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- around' Rye. ~ Rye has t arely begun the process of evaluating the. radiological threats to health and safety which exist in the Town's surrounding environment, and those which may exist in the future, such as at Seabrook Station.
' Af ter careful consideration in an ongoing process begun early this year, the Town is finding-(fr'om reports of the Rye Nuclear Intervention Advisory Committee) that: Ne
. are prepared in only the crudest way for only the least kinds of accidents, and; we see no agency or resources which we could call (rely) on in the event of a serious acci-dent (radiological) affecting Rye", and; "The Committee agrees that any meaningful
, emergency response' plan (radiological or other) will he a product of Rye's own planning and resources; that in these matters, if g don't do it, it won't get done", and; that the PSNH/Lomasney- plan fails to assure adequate or timely staff, supplies, assistance, com-munications, coordination, notification, equipment or medical resources for evei, the relatively minor radiological emergencies which it projects (1 to 25 rems whole body
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l- The purpose of the Lomasney/PSNH plan, published in the name of Rye, is twice l -
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a) in the preface, page -v- "This plan describes the preparation and emergency L
f response required by the Town of Rye to react to a potential radiological emergency at Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant" b) in section I-A page I-l PURPOSE "This Radiological Emergency Response Plan L
is designed to provide the Town of Rye with organizational procedures and a descrip-tion of protective action 'to be taken in the event of a radiological incident at the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant"
'It is significant that public health and safety are never mentioned in the statements of purpose, and are mentioned but once in~ the entire 150 page document. The plan does not even begin to' address the needs for medical care appropriate to radiological sickness in a substantial number of people. Rye's population is 4,300. There are no-l appropriate medical services in Rye and only- one physician practicing in Rye.
-The plan made in'the name of Rye is apparently for the purpose of expediting a' license
, but is utterly useless as a tool for meaningful radiological emergency response prepared-ness in that; all other defects aside, it fails to' recognize or address the nature of a radi-ological emergency. Most creatures, humans for sure, are sickened by radiation, even -
small doses, therefore; unless a population successfully evades radiation, it must have medical care. And of a special kind, not ordinarily handy. 10 C.F.R. 50.47(b)(12) mandates it. The. Applicants are oblivious to it. Rye is only interested in. action that protects the public's health and safety. -We' know; that keeping radiation out of our lines is the best protection, that successfully. fleeing from it is next best, and that failing that, swif t sure medical care is the only other protection possible. Rye must and will ~ '
plan all its radiological emergency responses based-on dose-effect relationships of radia-tion and human health, and assured medical care for every citizen exposed, and; rejects out of hand all radiological' emergency planning that doesn't assure such protection. Rye believes the law supports us in our own proper choices in these matters. The Ato'mic
. Energy Act directs-the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to base its decisions only on the protection of the public's health and safety. Under current regulations, the' Federal ,
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Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must find that a utility's plan has sufficient' local support to work. 10 C.F.R. 2.715(c) allows interested municipalities " . . .
reasonable opportunity to participate and to introduce evidence, interrogate witnesses,
- and advise the_ Commission." New Hampshire's RSA 107-b requires'"The civil defense
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- ' United States Congress' H.R.' 2512' and S. 893'which if passed into law, would strip " local
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Analysis of 1983 Nuc; ear Powerplant Lic;nsing " Reform" Legisiction
'B2 Reagan Administration (tnrcan tht Dip;rtment of En:rgy) ena tha Nuclear R;gulatory Commission h:ve both filec ler.s'. ation to "strcamline" the process for lictnsing nuclear powerplants. The bills are nun:ered H.R. 2511 and S. 894 ( Administration / DOE bill) rnd H.R. 2512 and S. 893 (NRC bill).
As you might expect, the nuclear industry -- many large utilities, reactor makers such as Westinghouse and General Electric, and major architect / engineering firms like Bechtel and Stone i Webster -- are putting heavy pressure on Congress to move these bills, hay know that nuclear power is in trouble, because both the marketplace and the public at largo have rejected it in favor of safer, more reliable energy technologies.
No reactor has been ordered since 197P, and all 13 reactors ordered between 1974-8 have been cancelled or indefinitely postponed. At the same time, at least 26 coal-fired powerplants were ordered between 1979-1982. And recent public opinion polls, including one tak:n for the' nuclear industry, consistently show that 55'A of the American people oppose nuclear power while only 335 support it.
-- -However,-this-leg-islat-ion-would ,--if-ariythingy-make-the-industry's problems-worse r by further reducing public confidence in the NRC's ability to effectively regulate this tschnology. As former NRC Commissioner Pet'er Bradford told a Senate subcomittee, "the NRC h: ring process ranks very low among the issues that have brought nuclear power to its prestnt situation. NRC hearings did not cause Bree Mile Island. NRC hearings did not bring about the cancellation and default at the UPPSS units. NRC hearings had nothing to do with the' quality assurance breakdowns at Diablo Canyon and Zimmer. NRC hearings are not causing the Midland containment to sink. NRC hearings are not even at the bottom of the
. cost overruns at Shoreham and Seabrook."
Both the DOE and NRC bills are structured around the same set of regulatory concepts:
restricted backfitting (based on quantitative cost / benefit analysis), "one-step" licensing, hybrid hearings, early site review, and pre-approval of plant designs.
- Both bills introduce, for the first time, the concept of cost / benefit balancing into the Atomic Energy Act. he Act now directs the NRC to base its decisions only on the protcetion of the public's health and safety. Under a cost / benefit standard, any improvement in public protection would easily be $' outweighed" by the cost of , needed rep irs, since the latter can be precisely calculated but the formc.- is necessarily imprecise and speculative.
" Tne DOE bill would make it much more difficult for the NRC to order safety-related upgrcdings - ("backfits") in the equipnent or operations of any reactor that has already received initial NRC approval . NRC now has, and has needed, a great deal of flexibility to respond to the constantly-emerging safety problems that neither the agency nor the industry wsra prepared for. Among other things, the DOE bill:
-- requires the NRC Commissioners to personally approve all backfit orders, a f.;nc:.i;c now largelv handled by staff;
-- restricts the information NRC .can require licensees to submit, thus making it hard;r to investigate emerging safety problems;
-- allows NRC to adopt a lower standard of safety for older plants by directing it to consider the " remaining life of the facility" before ordering repairs;
-- implicitly requires all backfits to be justified by complex quantitative risk asnasments that can easily be manipulated to downgrade the need for expensive repairs.
(De DOE bill proposes these drastic changes, even though DOE," questioned in a House hearing, could not come up with a single example of an unnecessary backfit!)
The NRC bill 'does not go as far, but it does require a higher standard of proof b3 fore backfits can be ordered.
- Bath bills would let the NRC issue a "one-step" license, covering operation as well as construction, but neither bill requires the NRC to resolve all outstanding safety
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- submit a complcto plEnt d:sigr refo e th2 license is issurd!L05 bill coes not even require tha NRC Commissioner Gilinsky has basia cf hia cours2 outline."cbmpared th] "on:-st p" lic:nse to "r.anding cn incoming
- The DOE bill would let a utility ' start site preparation work, including
" safety-related construction activities", before the NRC has issued any license -- in fa before it has approved either the' reactor design or the site. ,
comitment of the utility's resources will inevitably bias the licensingSuch an irrevocable process and add to
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- 'lhe DOE bill would repeal the requirement for an adjudicatory hearing, now held whether the plantupon was request of any constructed citizen-intervenor before a plant begins operation, o properly.
' rs t rtrnent s } ir axocsir.g In recent years.
aj:r .i:t:Pos tnd :h:Cy w.r.tr xtir,:i these hearings have been pra Lices at plants lige Zimmer, Midland, South Texas, and Diablo Canyon.
Under the DOE bill, all pre-operational reviews would be left to the NRC staff, which has a very poor record mistakes on its own; there would
-' the utility's peality assurance re:: rds. be no formal outside review or even any public disc Bath bills weaken the public's right which is often the only way to uncover safety problems. to cross-examine NRC and utility experts, Under the bills' provisions for
" hybrid" hearings, the NRC licensing, board will have to decide in each case which will be subject to cross-exanination -- a decision that, unlike more technical sa issues, can often rroceedings. be reversed in court, thus lengthening rather than shortening (he current e Mder the DOE bill, procedures allow each party to cross-examine all witnesses.)
issues are subject to tne !EC Commissioners _themselves would decide, case-by-case, which cross-examination!
These new ;;recedures can be applied in cases dready underway, ootentially changing the ground-rules in the middle of the hearin .
Both bills, but especially the NE till, evidence in ways that make it more difficult fer citizens to pursue serious safety sites effective for long periods of time. Bath bills make the NRC's approval of st 10 years, with a 10-year renewal granted Tne NRC bill makes both approvals effective for almost automatically, he burden of proof is snifted to the public to show that the design does not meet current safety standar rather than standards. remaining with the reactor manufacturer to show that it still meets the for design approvals and site permits. DOE's bill goes even further, allowing an in in'.' obsolet:e designs and questionable sites for decades.The effect of such provisions is to " gra
- Ecth bills defer payment of the application fee for design approvals and site termits until the design or site is actually used, or until the end of the 10 year appr
- eriod. oval (The DOE bill waives the fee entirely if the design is never used.)- This anounts General Electric -- hardly the most needy recipients of scarce fed
> wer *Authority, Both bills would delegate to the states, or to federal agencies like the Bonnevi]le and the availability of alternativ ?the responsibility for reviewing the need for the power to be gen i npact analysis mandated by the National Envircnmental Pelicy(NEPA) Actenergy sources
-- without -- ess setting any minimm standards for public participation, and without mandating full consideration of conservation and improved energy efficiency as alternatives to new powerplant construction.
- While the scope of the NRC bill is generally restricted to light-water reactors the DOE bill would also apply to breeder reactors and reprocessing plants -- two new and ,
potentially even more dangerous types of nuclear facilities. The bill's procedural shortcuts and backfitting restrictions are entirely inappropriate when not one breeder reactor or reprocessing plant is operating commercially in this country.
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Respectfully submitted, BOARD OF SELECTMEN l - Gr$/mL J.padrau, Chneman Y/A!%Ybf f/sY/w/r '
13uy ichester, Chairman. /~
-Rye uclear Intervention Maynardf./ Young ' / '
Advisory Committee hmm . w g A J. . . .
Frances 1. Holway A CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the " Rye Contentions 1 and 2" in the above-captioned
-proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class or, as indicated by an asterisk, through deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory
' Commission's internal mail system, this 9th day of September,1983.
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.. Calvin A. Canney, City Manager-City Hall Edward F. Meany 126 Daniel Street .
. Town of Rye, New Hampshire Portsmouth, NH -03801 l 155 Washington Road
-Rye, NH' 03870 Roberta C. Pevear-Town of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire Mr. Robert.J. Harrison Drinkwater Road President and Chief Executive Officer .Hampton Falls, NH 03844-Public Service Co. of New Hampshire-P.O. Box 330 Manchester, NH :03105 William S. Jordan, III, Esq.
. Robert A. Backus, Esq.- Ellyn R. Weiss Esq.-
116 Lowell Street Hannon & Weiss P.O. Box 516. 1725 I Street, N.W.
Manchester..NH 03105 Suite 506 Washington, D.C. 20006
-Brian P. Cassidy Regional Counsel Phillip Ahrens, Esq.
FEMA, Region I .
- Assistant Attorney General John W. McConnack Post Office & State House Station #6 "
Courthouse Augusta ~, ME 04333 Boston, MA ~02109 Senator Gordon J. Humphrey ~ Donald L. Herzberger, MD U.S. Senate ~ Hitchcock Hospital Washington,.D.C. 20510 Hanover, NH 03755 (Attn: TomBurack)
Sen. Robert L. Preston Thomas G. Dignan, 'Jr. , Esq. State of New Hampshire Senate Ropes & Gray Concord,.NH 03301
- i. 225 Franklin Street.
Boston, MA 02110 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
- Atomic Safety and Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission-
, . Appeal Panel
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, D.C. 20555 John B. Tanzer Town of Hampton, New Hampshire Jane Doughty 5 Morningside Drive Field Director Hampton, NH 03842 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League 5 Market Street Letty Hett Portsmouth, NH .03801 Town of Brentwood -
RFD Dalton Road Brentwood, NH 03833
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- Office 'of the Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Patrick J.'McKeon Washington, D.C. 20555- .Chaiman of Selectmen, Rye, New Hampshire David R. Lewis, Esq.
10 Central Road Law-Clerk to the Board Rye, NH 03870 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Anne Verge, Chairperson Washington, D.C. 20555 _ Board of Selectmen Town Hall Dr.-Mauray Tye South'Hampton, NH 03842 209 Summer Street Haverhill, MA 01830 Mr. Maynard B. Pearson-Town of Amesbury, Mass.
Town of North Hampton 40 Monroe Street.
North Hampton, New Hampshire 03862 Amesbury, MA 01913
[ lR.' K. Gad III, Esq. Senator Gordan J. Humphrey-t Ropes &. Gray 1 Pillsbury St.-
225 Franklin Street- Concord,-NH~ 03301~
Boston, MA 02110- (Attn: . Herb -Boynton) i '
o L Helen Hoyt, Esq. , Chaiman*. Dr. Emeth A. Luebke* -
Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board l- Panel Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission ~ .
~ Washington, D.C. 20555- Washington,-D.C. 20555 i
! -- - Dr. Jerry, Harbour
- Jo Ann Shotwell, Asst. Attorney i Administrative Judge Office of the Attorney General
, Atomic Safety.and Licensing Board Environmental Protection Division Panel _ .
One Ashburton-Place,- 19th Floor l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Boston, MA 02108 L Washington -D.C. 20555 L Nicholas J. Costello i Beverly Hollingworth 1st Essex District l 7=A Street Whitehall Road
-Hampton Beach, NH' 03842-Amesbury, MA 01913 Edward L. Cross, Jr. , Esq. Sandra Gavutis
~ ** George Dana Bisbee, Esq. Town of Kensington, New Hampshire l.
' . Environmental. Protection Division RFD 1 Office of the Attorney General East Kingston, NH 03827 State House Annex Concord, NH03301 ./
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