ML20100H572

Suffolk County & Ny State Motion for Commencement of Independent Investigation of DOE Influence on Facility Proceedings to Force NRC to Take Action Which Affected Outcome of Proceedings.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20100H572
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Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	04/01/1985
From:	Brown H, Palomino F KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART, NEW YORK, STATE OF, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY
To:	NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION' Before the Commission '- DBMETED 39.PC

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SUFFOLK COUNTY AND NEW YORK STATE MOTION FOR COMMENCEMENT OF INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF. DEPARTMENT

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OF-ENERGY INFLUENCE ON SHOREHAM PROCEEDINGS

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Documents described in the attached New York Times article, dated March 27, 1985, disclose efforts of the Department of Energy to influence the outcome of NRC proceedings concerning the l Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant. Among.other things, these docu-ments reveal DOE's effort to:

~" Lobby NRC and FEMA to amend, ,

interpret, issue opinions, oroadopt presumptions regarding their regulations and rules which are favorable to DOE's policies."

" Force NRC and FEMA to accept L(change rule?) utility exercise of EP without local cooperation or presumption that local authority.

~<d will act in a real emergency."

n g such approaches.of DOE to " lobby" Land " force" the NRC to L . .

take actions which affect the' outcome of the Shoreham proceeding to are repugnant to.the~NRC.'.s adjudicatory process'and,.particularly, are unlawful under'the governirg Administrative Procedure Act, 125 -

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t,, .M Atomic Energy Act, and NRC regulations. The Shoreham proceeding is an on-the-record adjudication. DOE's off-the-record initiatives with the NRC to'altler the established legal framework and to sway the direction and context of NRC decisionmaking are an obstruction of the lawful regulatory processes.

Moreover, the documents described in the Times article reveal ~

DOE's approach to influence actions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. -Por example, in a March 8, 1985 letter from l DOE Secretary Herrington to FEMA Director Giuffrida,' DOE urges FEMA to conduct an exercise of LILCO's offsite emergency-plan. The conduct of such an exercise is a contested issue in ,

the Shoreham proceedings. Secretary Herrington does not even reveal that the New York State Supreme Court on February 20, 1985 declared LILCO's-plan to be illegal. Thus, DOE is urging l

FEMA to join with LILCO to attempt to achieve an unlawful objective.

FEMA, as the NRC's evaluator of offsite. emergency preparedness, plays a significant role in the adjudicatory process as a pur-portedly. impartial participant. - The apparent efforts of DOE behind-the-scenes to influence FEMA's on-the-record representations

-and opinions undercut the integrity of the Shoreham adjudicatory proceedings. At this point, it is therefore not clear if the NRC and FEMA have been acting.for themselves_or, at times, as the surrogates of DOE.and DOE's undisclosed agenda for the outcome of the Shoreham proceedings.

Accordingly, to bring-fully'to public-light the extent of DOE's inv'olvement at the.NRC and the influence of DOE on the contentanddirectionoftheNR(}'sShorehamproceedings,andto n ,

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-9 establish the foundation on which action might be taken to cleanse any taint which has resulted from DOE's activities, Suffolk County and New York State hereby move the NRC immediately to commence an independent investigation of DOE's activities.

This investigation should be aimed at disclosing DOE's lobbying, forcing, influencing, or any other actions which might affect or already have affected the content, direction, or outcome of the NRC's.Shoreham proceedings.

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Respectfully submitted, Martin Bradley Ashare Suffolk County Department of Law H. Lee Dennison Building Veterans Memorial. Highway Hauppauge, New York 11788

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Herbert H. Brown

• Lawrence Coe.Lanpher Karla J. Letsche KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART 1900 M Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036 Attorneys for Suffolk County

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ticoed the Secretary t.msety earlier this Another departmost memo,metated intentof an holsketchdating dent ter 4 I

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. If the Federal tas plans if any west discoy. ronen en Vesey Street hae==== a double spent Agamey were to help 3 said, ered .

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- . UNITED STATES OF AMERICA i

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OCLdETED USMC Before the Commission

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In the Matter of ) [C E Cf I 3RAER LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-322-OL

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'(Shoreham Nuclear Power Stati'on, ) .

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., CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I .hereby certify that copies of_Suffolk County-and New York State Motion for Commencement of Independent Investigat: ion of Department of Energy Influence on Shoreham Proceedings have

. been: served on the.following this 1st day of April, 1985, by '

U.S.' mail, first class, except as otherwise noted.

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- Judge James L. Kelley Edward M. Barrett, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Long Island Lighting Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 250 Old Country Road Washington, D.C. 20555 Mineola, New York 11501 Judge Glenn O.~~ Bright Honorable Peter Cohalan

' Atomic Safety and Licensing Boa 23 Suffolk' County. Executive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission H. Lee Dennison. Building Washington, D.C. 20555 Veterans Memorial' Highway Hauppauge,ENew York. 11788 JudgeLElizabeth B. Johnson .

Oak-Ridge National Laboratory' '** Fabian Palomino, Esq. ,

P.O. Box X,-Building 3500 Special Counsel to the Oak: Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Governor Executive Chamber, Room 229 ,

Atomic Safety and: Licensing State Capitol AppealeBoard ' Albany, New York 12224 U.S.- Nuclear Regulatory ~ Commission Washington, D;C. . 20555 ** W. Taylor :Reveley, III, Esq.

Anthony?F..Earley, Jr., Esq.

• Edwin J. J Reis , ' Esq . Rober.t M. Rolfe, Esq.

Bernard M; Bordenick,~Esq.. Hunton.a Williams Office of; Exec. Legal Director 707: East Main Street U.S. Nuclear: Regulatory Commission Richmond, Virginia 23212 Washington, D.C. 20555 f

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4-Mr. Martin Suu'bert James Dougherty, Esq.

c/o Cong. William Carney 3045' Porter Street, N.W.

1113 Longworth House Office Washington, D.C. 20008 Building Washington, D.C. .20515 Mr. Brian McCaffrey Long Island Lighting Company Martin Bradley Ashare, Esq. Shoreham Nuclear Power Sta.

Suffolk County Attorney P.O. Box 618 H. Lee Dennison Building North Country Road Veterans Memorial Highway Wading River, New York 11792 Hauppauge, New York 11788 - ,

Jay Dunkleberger, Esq.

Docketing and Service Branch. New York State Energy Office Office of the Secretary Agency Building 2 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission . Empire State Plaza Washington, D.C. 20555 Albany, New York 12223

• Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman *Comm. Frederick M. Bernthal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

Room 1114 , Room 1156 1717 H Street, N.W. 1717 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 2055.5

• Commissioner Lando W. Zech, Jr. *Comm. Thomas M. Roberts U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

Room 1113 Room 1103

, 1717 H Street, N.W. 1717 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555

• ' Commissioner James .K. Asselstine Stephen B. Latham, Esq.-

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissLon John F. Shea, Esq.

Room 1136 .

Twomey, Latham and Shea 1717 H Street, N.W. 33 West Second Street Washington, D.C. 20555 Riverhead, New-York 11901

• Herzal Plaine, Esq. Lawrence J.'Brenner, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Administrative Judge i'

10th Flcor Atomic Safety & Licensing Bd.

1717 H Street, N.W. U.S. Nuclear. Regulatory Comm.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. George.A. Ferguson Dr.: Peter A. Morris Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Atomic Safety & Licensing Bd.

U.S. Nuclea.r Regulatory: Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

20555 20555

. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.

Morton B. Margulies, Esq.- Dr. Jerry R. Kline Administrative Judge- Administrative Judge

Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Atomic Safety & Licensing Bd.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory, Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555

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Mr. Freddrick J. Shon Mr. Frank R. Jones Administrative Judge Deputy County Executive Atomic-Safety & Licensing Board H. Lee Dennison Building I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Veterans Memorial' Highway Washington,.D.C. . 20555 Hauppauge, New York 11788 i Stewart ~M. Glass, Esq. Joel Blau, Esq.

Regional Counsel New York Public Service Comm.

Federal Emergency Management ~ Agency Gov. Rockefeller Building New York, New York 10278 Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12223 Atomic Safety and Licensing i Board Panel Mr. Stuart Diamond U.S. Nuclear Fegulatcry Commission Business / Financial

' Washington, D.C. 20555 NEW YORK TIMES New York, New York 10036 MHB-Technical Associates 1723 Hamilton Avenue Spence Perry, Esq.

Suite K Associate General Counsel

. San Jose, California 95125 . Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 ,

Jonathan D. Feinberg, Esq. .

Staff Counsel E. Milton Farley, III,'Esq.

New York State Pub 2ic Service .Hunton & Williams Commission P.O. Box 19230 3 Rockefeller I'laza 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Albany, New York 12223 Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Nora Bredes Odes L. Stroupe, Jr., Esq.

Executive Director Hunton & Williams ,

Shoreham Opponents Coalition P.O. Box 109 195 East Main Street 333 Fayetteville Street Smithtown, New York 11787 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 t e 3 Herbert H. Brown

-KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART 1900 M Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, D.C. -20036 DATE: April 1, 1985 By Hand

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