ML20196A599

Transcript of 881201 Hearing in Bethesda,Md.Pp 143-152

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO:*J'ISSION 8i 2

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8 (Pre-hearing Conference) 9 Thursday December 1, 1938 10 Room 407 11 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 12 Atomic Safety & Licensing Board I

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HON. IiORTON 21ARCULIES, CHAIR".AN 17 HON. FREDERICK J.

SHON, ME!!BER Atomic Safety & Licensing Board 18 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.

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1 APPEARANCES (Continued) 2 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff:

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I PROCEEDINGS 2

JUDGE MARGULIES:

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MR. IRVING:

Good afternoon, Judge Margulies.

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Good afternoon.

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This conversation is being I

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7 Judge Paris is necessarily absent.

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A announcement to make in regard to Judge Luebke.

9 Judge Luobke has notified the Board that he is I!

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How do you do?

Good afternoon.

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Good afternoon, Your Honor.

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Just let me say that we 20 certainly regret the news about Judge Luebke and hope he is d

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it is not serious.

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2 During our last pre-hearing conference on November V

3 29th, we were discussing the possibility of holding the (3

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4 hearihg up here on December 21st.

Mr. Irving hed expressed 5

his reservations on a number of occasiens as to whether a 30 6

day notice in the Federal Register was required and after 7

double checking 2.104 of 10 CPR, I find that he is correct 8

and that we would have another--had to have another 30 day 9

Register notice.

10 We are now back to the p roblem of the time and 11 place of hearing.

The matter becomes complicated in that the 12 new hearing date must also meet Judge Shon's schedule.

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14 all the files and present whatevel questions he may have and 15 direct them to the parties.

16 We are very interested in proceeding as quickly as 17 possible, but from a very practical standpoint, it appears i

18 that the earliest hearing date that we can proceed with is during the first week of January, 1999.

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20 to do would be to commence the hearing on January 4th, and 21 l

to provide for the taking of limited appearance statements at 1

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Do the parties wish to comment?

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Will that require any additional notice?

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JUDGE MARGULIES:

It will not require the 30 day 4

5 Federal Register Notice, but it will go out.

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an order to that affect and we will send it to the Federal 7

Register to be published, but the 30 day provision does not 8

control.

We would put out a simple notice saying:

9 "Notice is hereby given that the hearing to be held to in (captioned construction permit application proc.eeding, 11 on December 21st, naming the time and place) is cancelled 12 and is rescheduled to commence or: January 4th, 1989 at the (l

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Persons will be permitted to make uj 14 limited appearance statements at the session as authorized 15 by 10 CPR 2.715(a)."

16 That would be the nature of the hearing notice.

17 MR. IRVING: And the mid December date was not is acceptable, the December 27th, 28th?

19 JUDGE !MRGULIES:

It's just too tight.

20 MR. IRVING: I can understand that, Your lionor.

21 Well, we vill certainly, from the Applicant's 22 standpoint, we certainly understand the situation that has O

23 occurred and, under the circumstanca.s, January 4th seems to 24 be a reasonable date of continuance.

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Our !ntentions are the same in terms of pushing ahead as fully 2

and completely as we can for an early disposition.

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support that continuance.

6 Is the Moot Courtroom available on that date?

JUDGE MARGULIES:

We have contacted the school and 8

it is available that week.

9 Do you have anything to say, Mr. Bordenick?

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No, only that certainly the staff understands the situation and we will be present at the hear-12 ing.

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15 we, you know, just utay on top of the situation and that we 16 be able to monitor the events as as they develope, 17 MR. BORDENICK:

I certainly agree with that.

I 18 l have been away from my office since yesterday mcrning.

I 19 am fairly confident the Board has not received anything fur-20 ther f rom the staf f as yet.

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That is correct.

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staff witnesses present in Knoxville.

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whether or not the Board would like to make a nito visit to either or both sites.

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7 Judge Shon and so we wi11 continuo to defor any action on a

that and certainly we will remember Mr. Irving's comment 9

that it requires 3 days advanco notice in terms of dealing 10 with DOE.

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In contcrplation of site visits 12 generally, being to Applicant's sito, staff certainly has no 13 problem with Mr. Irving raaking the arrangemente, even though,

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But, 1 have no 16 problem with him ma);ing the arrangements.

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now because we Fed Ex'd them out to you, JUDGE MARGULIES:

b'e did get them.

I didn't know gg if vc would go into oth(r areas, but it seems to me that tho 20 l

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It would probably be appropriate 6

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Judge Marculles, in that regard, as 8

.I noted during the last conferenco call, is the Board thinkinc 9

in terms of a conforonco call next week--sometime Aoxt week?

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Yes.

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That's fino, on behalf of the Appli-I 16 l cant, Your llonor.

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At thin poiat, I don't know whether la if fact, I will have to report on Thursday.

There is a pro-1, vision where you call in and you're assigned a number, and go they tell you which numbers have tn report. So I wont 21 krtow until Wednesday night.

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So it will be 2:00 p.m.

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Thank you, Your lionor.

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