ML20155D265

Expresses Appreciation for Supporting Commission Initiative in Issuing Recent Statement of Policy on Conduct of Adjudicatory Proceedings.Case-specific Orders Were Issued in Calvert Cliffs & Oconee License Renewal Proceedings

ML20155D265
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Site:	Calvert Cliffs, Oconee
Issue date:	10/23/1998
From:	Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Murkowski F SENATE, ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
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NUDOCS 9811030176
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CHAIRMAN i The Honorable Frank H. Murkowski, Chairman Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate.

Washington, D.C. 20510-6150

Dear Senator Murkowski:

Thank you for your support of the Commission's initiative in issuing the recent Statement of Policy on Conduct of Adjudicatory Proceedings, as expressed in your letter dated September 14,1998. As indicated in the Statement of Policy, the Commission is committed to monitoring its adjudicatory proceedings to make certain that they are concluded in a timely fashion while ensuring that the proceedings are fair and produce an adequate record for decision, in keeping with the Statement of Policy, the Commission has issued case-specific orders in the Calvert Cliffs and Oconee license renewal proceedings in which guidance was provided to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards concerning the scope of those proceedings, discovery management, and proposed schedules.

Further, the Commission recently published a proposed rule to streamline the hearir.g process associated with license transfer proceedings. Comments on the proposed rule, which would be codified as Subpart M to 10 CFR Part 2, the Commission's Rules of Practice, were due by October 13,1998 and it is hoped that the rule would be in place and effective before the end of December 1998. As part of the Commission's continuing efforts to improve its administrative processes, the Commission has also undertaken a broader examination of NRC adjudicatory hearing requirements which we expect will be complete early in 1999.

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Dear Madam Chairman,

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,15.' 53 D 59mmend you on this initiat ve. ii the licensing processes of the Nuclear Regulatory Co needs of a changing electricity industry.

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renewal proceeding, for the Calven Cliffs plant, would i t dbe theircompleted w see now that a second nuclear plant has applied and thata five more ha "

l of intect to renew their nuclear operating licenses.h I also note that a "fi Mile Island nuclear plant is underway with the AmerGen-GPU agreement r facility, and that the companies will submit the license tran This transfer action would appear to be a very t [willstraightforward watch this p opportunity to successfully implement the Commissioners' Policy S process with great interest. f h licensing ii s to boards and the direction of licensing l to y structure that efforts.

continue to work to ensure that the Commission liis able Ilooktoforward provide a reg allows the nuclear industry to adapt successfully to the new ccmpet to hearing from you soon.

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