ML20148J604
| ML20148J604 | |
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| Site: | 05000467, Allens Creek File:Houston Lighting and Power Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 10/29/1978 |
| From: | Hooker K AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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4 i &l Mr. Sheldon J. Wolfe, Chairman Atomic Safety'and Licensing Boad. Panel m
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommLssion Washington, D.C. 20555, October 29, 1978
Dear Mr. Wolfe:
This letter is an elaboration of my objections to your conduct of the A11ents Creek nuclear power plant hearings,)as stated in the mailgram sent October 28 (also signed by Ann Wharton.
I am a single working mother trying to voice.g legitimate concerns about a highly contmversial project which would be built within 30 miles of y home. Instead of making it as easy as possible for me to partielpate in public hearings, you-a public official whose salary I pay through taxes
~have made participation a difficult, if not igossible task. To be specific
- 1. Your schedule has been extremely rushed, putting citizens who wish to intervene at a t n mendous disadvantage compazed to the nuclear power plant applicant, with a battery of lawyers at its disposal. For example: On October 25 Ms. Joyce McDow of your office phoned to tell me that a prehearing conference was scheduled for November 17.- (This meant I had to mailemy supple-mentary petition, stating my contentions in detail, by November. 2. November 2 J
is the deadline because of your requirement that the contentions be filed not later than fifteen days priore to the prehearing.) Ms. ItDow said announce-a ments of the prehearing would be mailed to peatioders but that she was also calling.us because of the short time until the prensarings. I asked Ms. McDow then to express toryum sy. stesagiebjbetion to this rush-rush saladdule, and repeated g objec' tion in the mailgram of October 28. 2ne emana aussey ;
General's office (through Mr. Richard Lowerre) opposes your unseemly haste.
Your own Rules of Practice states that 30 days' notice is req 11 red in nost similar actions 7I cannot possibly prepare adequate contentions in the five working days you have allowed me.
i 2'. You scheduled the prehearing on a weekday during working hours. I must take time off from my job (vsostion time).
- 3. You arrange for us to meet at the ' airport! A more inconvenient location for most of the ekihonc; would be hard to find. It will be an hourts drive each way for..me It. You seek to unreasonably narrow the range of issues we can raise at the prehearing and hearing, to changes in the proposed plant since 19751 It seems that although ratolear power plants are indoubtedly the most controversial and hazardous energy generstors being built, we are to argue,only about~ the
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layout of pipes and the position of gaskets. This puts p+ihonerS in an almost hopeless position.
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- 5. You have not supplied us with information to which we are entitled..You p
mailed me copies. of 'only 10 behtioners' stat'ements (out of about 30). We have not received the final')nvizenmental and safety reports on the proposed if
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I hope to hear from you soon on these objections, filed within the deadline ~of five days from amouncement of the prehearing (10 C.F.R. 9.751 (d)).
- erely, Kathryn Hooker 1
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