ML20150B689
| ML20150B689 | |
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| Site: | New England Power |
| Issue date: | 10/24/1978 |
| From: | Dignan T, Gad R, Ritsher J NEW ENGLAND POWER CO. |
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| NUDOCS 7811080195 | |
| Download: ML20150B689 (5) | |
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Docket Nos. STN50-569 50-568 Q (NEP, Units 1 and 2) ) ,
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APPLICANTS' ANSWER AND OBJECTION TO THE MOTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER REQUIRING FURTHER INFORMATION AND REQUEST FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
- 1. Under date of October 13, 1978, the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (State) served a " Motion for Entry of an Order Requiring Further Information" (Motion).
- 2. The State's Motion requests an order directing New
-England Power Company (NEP) to supply certain voluminous '
information with respect to two alternate sites "as i at of its Environmental Report".
3 Although not denominated as such, the Motion amounts ,
to a request for discovery in the form of a set of interroga-tories combined with a' set of requests for production, although ,
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obviously in no form recognized by the NRC's Rules of Practice.
Compare 10 CFR $$ 2.740b, 2.741.
4 The Motion is improper and the order requested should be denied for each and all of the reasons set out in Paragraphs 5 thrcugh 7 below.
- 5. The Motion is.in direct violation of this Board's
" Order Concerning Motions to Suspend Proceedings and Staff Review and Commencement of Discovery". New England Power Co.
(NEP, Units 1 and 2), LBP-78-9, 7 NRC 271, 294 (Feb. 21, 1978).
1 6.- The request, if granted, would require the detailed l type study by the applicants (and the Staff) of an alternate I i
site which was specifically held by the NRC not to be required ;
i because ". . . the costs of that approach could not conscionably !
be imposed on private applicants and their ratepayers". P.S. Co.
of N.H. (Seabrook Station, Units 1 & 2), CLI-77-8, 5 NRC 503, 529.(1977), affirmed sub nom. New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution v. NRC, F.2d (1st'Cir. 1978).
- 7. This Board is.without authority to direct an applicant to include information.in its environmental report. The only sanction for an inadequate environmental report is a refusal by the Staff to issue a Draft Environmental Statement. See I 1
P.S. Co. of N.H., supra at 525 Especially is this so in the case of the " alternative sites" issue where the Staff alone
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bears the burden.of proof. Boston Edison Co. (Pilgrim Station, Unit'No. 2), ALAB-479, 7 NRC 774, 792-94-(May 25, 1978). i 1
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WREREFORE, the applicants,' pursuant to 10 CFR S 2 740b and 10 CFR 5 2.741(d),' object to each and all of the interrogatories i
l' and requests for. production made in the Motion; pursuant to a
! 10 CFR $ 2.740(c) move.for the issuance of a protective order
- directing that the discovery. requested not be had; and, pur-
} suant to 10 CFR $ 2.730(c), say that the Motion should be i denied.
i By their attorneys, I
John A. Ritsher 1 John A. Ritsher i
Thomas G. Dignan, Jr.
Thomas G. Dignan, Jr.
R. K. Gad III R. K. Gad III October 24, 1978 l
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4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Thomas G. Dignan, Jr., hereby certify that on October 24, 197 8, I made service. of the within document, by mailing a copy.
thereof postage prepaid to:
! Marshall E. Miller, Esquire Rhode Islanders for Safe Power Atomic Safety and Licensing Physicians Concerned About Board Panel Nuclear Power U.S. Nuclear Regulatory c/o Mrs. Emma Sacco Commission Box 69 Washington, D. C. 20555 .Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879 Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke Rhode Island Association of Atomic Safety and Licensing Conservation Commissioners Board Panel Pole 95, Stillwater Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 Commission Attn: Richard A. Poirier, President Washington, D. C. 20555 V. James Santaniello, Esquire Dr. Oscar H. Paris Town. Solicitor for the Town of Atomic Safety and Licensing West Greenwich Board Panel Manning, West, Santaniello & Pari U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 711 Industrial Bank Building Commission Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Washington, D. C. 20555 Sister Arlene Violet, Esquire 4
Myron Karman, Esquire Violet & Rosin Office of the Executive 187 Westminster Avenue - Suite 507 Legal Director Providence, Rhode Island 02903 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory (Attorney for Conservation Law Commission Foundation)
- Washington, D. C. 20555
- John P. Toscano, Jr., Esquire Coalition for Consumer Justice Town Solicitor, Town of ;
2 410 Broad' Street Charlestown, R.I.
. Central Falls,.Rhode Island 02863 22 Canal Street Attn: Mr. Henry J. Shelton Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 Vincent'J. Naccarato, Town Archibald B. Kenyon, Jr.,' Esquire Solicitor for the Town Town Solicitor .;
of Westerly Town of Kingstown, R.I.
Suite 209, Washington Trust 51 Tower Hill. Road i Building .
Wakefield, Rhode Island -02879 Westerly, Rhode Is1'and.02891 !
Eric D. Schneider ;
Claudine C. Schneider i H56 Central Street Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882 (Pro se)
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Karin P. Sheldon, Fsquire Barry N. Capalbo, Esquire Sheldon, Harmon, Roisman & Weiss Town Solicitor
'1025 15th Street, N.W. Town of Hopkinton, R.I.
Suite.500 42 Granite Street Washington, D. C. 20005- Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 (Attorneys for Concerned Citizens of Rhode Island, Point Judith Fishermen's Edward H. Newman, Esquire Cooperative, New England Coalition on Town Solicitor Nuclear Pollution and Trustees for the Town of Richmond, R.I.
Trust of Thomas Lyman Arnold) 42 Granite Street Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 Harrison A. Fitch, Esquire New England Legal Foundation State of Rhode Island and 110 Tremont Street Providence Plantations Boston, Massachusetts 02108 State Energy Office (Attorney for New England Council for 80 Dean Street Economic Development, Labor and Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Management Plan for Economic Develop- Attn: Mr. Sean Kelleher ment, IBEW Local #99, Ironworkers Local
- 37, The Carpenters Union, Steam- Thomas J. Ligouri, Esquire fitters Local #476, Greater Providence Urso and Adamo Chamber of Commerce, Blackstone' Valley 42 Granite Street Chamber of Commerce and Rhode Island Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 Chapter, Associated General Contractors) (Attorney for the Town of Hopkinton)
The Taxpayers and Voters of Charlestown RFD A. J. Brosco, Esquire Bradford, Rhode Island 02808 Town Solicitor Attn: Raymond L. Thorp, Jr. Town of Exeter Chairman for Intervention Brosco & Brosco 293 South Main Street Save the Bay, Inc. Providence, Rhode Island 02903 655 Main Street East Greenwich, Rhode Island .02818 '
Attn: John T.Scanlon, Executive Director Aquidneck Island Ecology Box 573 Newport, Rhode Island 02840 Thomas G. Dignan, Jr.
Thomas G. Dignan, Jr.
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