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Category:INTERVENTION PETITIONS
MONTHYEARML20209H9101999-07-20020 July 1999 Motion of Connecticut Light & Power Co & North Atlantic Energy Corp for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Hearing.* with Certificate of Svc & Notice of Appearance ML20199F7641999-01-21021 January 1999 Answer of Montaup Electric Co to Motion of Ui for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Requests Motion Be Denied on Basis of Late Filing.With Certificate of Svc ML20206Q0151999-01-12012 January 1999 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Answer to Petition to Intervene of New England Power Co.* If Commission Deems It Appropriate to Explore Issues Further in Subpart M Hearing Context,Naesco Will Participate.With Certificate of Svc ML20199A4331999-01-11011 January 1999 Motion of United Illuminating Co for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Company Requests That Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time Be Granted.With Certificate of Svc ML20198P7181998-12-31031 December 1998 Motion of Nepco for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Summary Relief Or,In Alternative,For Hearing.* Moves to Intervene in Transfer of Montaup Seabrook Ownership Interest & Petitions for Summary Relief or for Hearing ML20237C6981998-08-18018 August 1998 Sapl/Necnp Reply to Naesco Response to Proposed Contentions.* Board Should Admit Sapl/Necnp Contentions 1-4 & North Atlantic Energy Svcs Corp Arguments to Contrary. W/Certificate of Svc ML20237C6791998-08-18018 August 1998 Sapl/New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Reply to Staff Answer to Contentions.* Petitioners Believe Board Can & Should Give Cases Consideration W/O Filing of Addl,But Not Substantively Different Contention.W/Certificate of Svc ML20236X9281998-08-10010 August 1998 NRC Staff Answer to Contentions.* for Reasons Stated,All of Contentions Proposed Should Be Rejected & Proceeding Should Be Terminated.W/Certificate of Svc ML20237A0501998-08-10010 August 1998 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Response to Proposed Contentions.* Petitioners Failed to Propose Admissible Contention.Request for Hearing & Petition to Intervene,As Applied to Both Petitioners Should Be Denied ML20066H2581991-02-14014 February 1991 Response of Ma Atty General & Necnp to ASLB Order of 910124.* Intervenors Believe ASLB Should Reopen Record, Permit Discovery & Hold Hearing on Beach Sheltering Issues. W/Certificate of Svc ML19332D7241989-11-21021 November 1989 Intervenors Motion for Clarification Or,In Alternative,For Reconsideration.* Clarification or Reconsideration of Scheduling Requirements Set by Commission 891121 Order Requested.Certificate of Svc Encl ML19332D5191989-11-15015 November 1989 Applicant Answer to Intervenors Motion to Admit late-filed Contention & Reopen Record Based Upon Withdrawal of Commonwealth of Ma Emergency Broadcast Sys Network & Wcgy.* Motion Should Be Denied Since Results Unlikely to Change ML19327B6941989-10-27027 October 1989 NRC Response to Intervenors Second Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Balancing of Five Factors,Including Development of Sound Record & Delay & Broadening of Proceeding,Weighs Against Admission ML19327B6751989-10-26026 October 1989 NRC Response to Intervenors Motion to Amend Intervenors Motions of 890929 & 1013 to Admit Contentions on 890927 Onsite Emergency Plan Exercise.* Intervenors Motion Should Be Denied as Improper Argument.Certificate of Svc Encl ML19325E0171989-10-20020 October 1989 Applicant Answer to Intervenors Second Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Motion to Assert Addl Bases for Original Onsite Exercise Contention JI-Onsite Ex-1 Should Be Denied.W/Certificate of Svc ML19325E0011989-10-20020 October 1989 Applicant Response to Intervenors Motion to Amend Intervenors Motions of 890929 & 1013 to Admit Contentions on 890927 Onsite Emergency Plan Exercise.* Issue Re Admittance Committed to Board Discretion.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20248J3511989-10-13013 October 1989 Intervenors Second Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Advises That Applicant Contentions Filed on 890929 to Admit Addl Bases Re Scope of Onsite Exercsise Should Be Admitted.W/Certificate of Svc ML20248J0601989-09-28028 September 1989 Intervenors Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Requests Hearing & to Engage in Discovery for Hearing on Contention.Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20247Q6761989-09-22022 September 1989 Intervenors Second Informational Suppl to Low Power Contentions Filed on 890721 & 0828.* Incorporates Encl Plant Startup Test Procedure 1-ST-22,Rev 2 Into Low Power Testing Contentions.W/Supporting Info & Certificate of Svc ML20246N1001989-09-0101 September 1989 Intervenors Reply to Responses of Applicant & Staff Re Intervenors Motion to Admit Contention,Or,In Alternative,To Reopen Record & Request for Hearing.* Contention Raises New Issues & Should Be Admitted.W/Certificate of Svc ML20247E0321989-07-21021 July 1989 Intervenors Motion to Admit Contention,Or in Alternative,To Reopen Record & Request for Hearing.* Requests Contentions Re Deficiencies in Training,Mgt Control,Supervision, Communication & Procedure Compliance Be Admitted ML20246P2041989-07-0505 July 1989 Joint Intervenor (Ji) Contentions on Spmc & June 1988 Graded Exercise.* ML20248F4691989-04-0303 April 1989 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (Sapl) Trial Brief on Contention Ji 56 & Sapl Contentions EX-2,4,6,7,8,12,13 & 14.* Svc List Encl ML20206M9761988-11-23023 November 1988 NRC Staff Response to 881114 Board Order Requesting Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 for Seabrook Proposed General Exercise Contentions.* Contentions & Bases Should Be Denied. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20206M9031988-11-22022 November 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 to Exercise Contentions.* Svc List Encl ML20206M9431988-11-22022 November 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 to Seabrook Offsite Exercise Contentions.* Svc List Encl ML20205R4821988-11-0202 November 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Jm Shannon late-filed Contentions Concerning Joint Applicant Decommissioning Plan for Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.* ML20205R4971988-11-0202 November 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Contentions on Applicant Decommissioning Plan,Motion for Stay of Low Power Operation & Motion to Reopen Record.* Supporting Info & Svc List Encl ML20205R5441988-11-0202 November 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Jm Shannon late-filed Contentions Concerning Joint Applicant Financial Qualifications to Operate Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205R5661988-11-0202 November 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Contentions on Applicant Plan in Response to NRC Order CLI-88-07.* Supporting Documentation Encl ML20205R7201988-11-0202 November 1988 Town of Hampton Contention on Applicant Plan to Fund Decommissioning Costs of Seabrook Station.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205E0011988-10-24024 October 1988 Reply of Commonwealth of Ma Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff & Applicant to Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Exercise Contentions.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205E0271988-10-21021 October 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (Necnp) & Town of Hampton (Toh) Reply to Applicant & NRC Staff Responses to Contentions Toh/Necnp EX-2 & Toh/Necnp EX-3.* Svc List Encl ML20205D8051988-10-21021 October 1988 Town of Hampton & New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Reply to Responses of Staff & Applicant to Intervenor Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20206C1951988-10-18018 October 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (Sapl) Reply to Applicant & Staff Responses to Sapl Contentions on June 1988 Graded Exercise.* Svc List Encl ML20204G9731988-10-13013 October 1988 NRC Staff Response to Intervenors Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Proposed General Exercise Contentions Should Be Admitted for Litigation & Proferred Contentions Should Be Denied Admission.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154S4571988-09-28028 September 1988 Applicant Response to Intervenor Contentions on June 1988 Seabrook Exercise.* Intervenor Contentions Should Be Disposed Of.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154K8741988-09-21021 September 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Exercise Contentions Submitted in Response to June 1988 Plant Initial full- Participation Exercise.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154K9331988-09-21021 September 1988 Town of Hampton & New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Emergency Planning Contentions on 880628-29 Exercise.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154P3461988-09-21021 September 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution & Town of Hampton Contentions Re 1988 Exercise of Offsite Plans & Preparedness for Plant Emergency Planning Zone.* Svc List Encl ML20154N9061988-09-20020 September 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Svc List Encl ML20154D7431988-09-12012 September 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Petition for Review of ALAB-899.* Petition Should Be Granted on Basis That Integrity of RCS Significantly Paramount to Safe Operation of Plant.W/Certificate of Svc ML20151A6461988-07-0707 July 1988 NRC Staff Response to Town of Salisbury Amended Contentions Re Applicant Plan for Commonwealth of Ma Communities.* Applicant Untimely Amends to Contentions Should Be Rejected. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20151A6301988-07-0606 July 1988 NRC Staff Response to City of Haverhill Detailed Contentions.* City of Haverhill late-filed Contentions Should Be Rejected.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196G7031988-06-27027 June 1988 Applicant Response to City of Haverhill Detailed Contentions.* Contentions Should Be Rejected & City Should Be Denied Admission as Party,Per 10CFR2.714.Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A3761988-06-22022 June 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (Necnp) Reply to Applicant & NRC Staff Response to Necnp Contentions on Spmc.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A3991988-06-22022 June 1988 Reply of Massachussetts Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff and Applicant to Contentions 7 Through 83 Filed by Massachussetts Atty General.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A5261988-06-22022 June 1988 Town of Amesbury Reply to NRC Staff & Applicant Responses to Town of Amesbury Contentions on Seabrook Plan for Massachussetts Communities.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A8701988-06-20020 June 1988 Reply of Commonwealth of Ma Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff & Applicant to First Six Contentions Filed by Commonwealth of Ma Atty General.* ML20151A8361988-06-17017 June 1988 Reply of Town of West Newbury to Responses of Applicant & NRC Staff to Intervenors Contentions Re Seabrook Plan for Commonwealth of Ma Communities.* Certificate of Svc Encl 1999-07-20
[Table view] Category:RESPONSES & CONTENTIONS
MONTHYEARML20209H9101999-07-20020 July 1999 Motion of Connecticut Light & Power Co & North Atlantic Energy Corp for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Hearing.* with Certificate of Svc & Notice of Appearance ML20199F7641999-01-21021 January 1999 Answer of Montaup Electric Co to Motion of Ui for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Requests Motion Be Denied on Basis of Late Filing.With Certificate of Svc ML20206Q0151999-01-12012 January 1999 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Answer to Petition to Intervene of New England Power Co.* If Commission Deems It Appropriate to Explore Issues Further in Subpart M Hearing Context,Naesco Will Participate.With Certificate of Svc ML20199A4331999-01-11011 January 1999 Motion of United Illuminating Co for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Company Requests That Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time Be Granted.With Certificate of Svc ML20198P7181998-12-31031 December 1998 Motion of Nepco for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Summary Relief Or,In Alternative,For Hearing.* Moves to Intervene in Transfer of Montaup Seabrook Ownership Interest & Petitions for Summary Relief or for Hearing ML20237C6981998-08-18018 August 1998 Sapl/Necnp Reply to Naesco Response to Proposed Contentions.* Board Should Admit Sapl/Necnp Contentions 1-4 & North Atlantic Energy Svcs Corp Arguments to Contrary. W/Certificate of Svc ML20237C6791998-08-18018 August 1998 Sapl/New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Reply to Staff Answer to Contentions.* Petitioners Believe Board Can & Should Give Cases Consideration W/O Filing of Addl,But Not Substantively Different Contention.W/Certificate of Svc ML20236X9281998-08-10010 August 1998 NRC Staff Answer to Contentions.* for Reasons Stated,All of Contentions Proposed Should Be Rejected & Proceeding Should Be Terminated.W/Certificate of Svc ML20237A0501998-08-10010 August 1998 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Response to Proposed Contentions.* Petitioners Failed to Propose Admissible Contention.Request for Hearing & Petition to Intervene,As Applied to Both Petitioners Should Be Denied ML20066H2581991-02-14014 February 1991 Response of Ma Atty General & Necnp to ASLB Order of 910124.* Intervenors Believe ASLB Should Reopen Record, Permit Discovery & Hold Hearing on Beach Sheltering Issues. W/Certificate of Svc ML19332D7241989-11-21021 November 1989 Intervenors Motion for Clarification Or,In Alternative,For Reconsideration.* Clarification or Reconsideration of Scheduling Requirements Set by Commission 891121 Order Requested.Certificate of Svc Encl ML19332D5191989-11-15015 November 1989 Applicant Answer to Intervenors Motion to Admit late-filed Contention & Reopen Record Based Upon Withdrawal of Commonwealth of Ma Emergency Broadcast Sys Network & Wcgy.* Motion Should Be Denied Since Results Unlikely to Change ML19327B6941989-10-27027 October 1989 NRC Response to Intervenors Second Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Balancing of Five Factors,Including Development of Sound Record & Delay & Broadening of Proceeding,Weighs Against Admission ML19327B6751989-10-26026 October 1989 NRC Response to Intervenors Motion to Amend Intervenors Motions of 890929 & 1013 to Admit Contentions on 890927 Onsite Emergency Plan Exercise.* Intervenors Motion Should Be Denied as Improper Argument.Certificate of Svc Encl ML19325E0171989-10-20020 October 1989 Applicant Answer to Intervenors Second Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Motion to Assert Addl Bases for Original Onsite Exercise Contention JI-Onsite Ex-1 Should Be Denied.W/Certificate of Svc ML19325E0011989-10-20020 October 1989 Applicant Response to Intervenors Motion to Amend Intervenors Motions of 890929 & 1013 to Admit Contentions on 890927 Onsite Emergency Plan Exercise.* Issue Re Admittance Committed to Board Discretion.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20248J3511989-10-13013 October 1989 Intervenors Second Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Advises That Applicant Contentions Filed on 890929 to Admit Addl Bases Re Scope of Onsite Exercsise Should Be Admitted.W/Certificate of Svc ML20248J0601989-09-28028 September 1989 Intervenors Motion to Admit Contentions on 890927 Emergency Plan Exercise.* Requests Hearing & to Engage in Discovery for Hearing on Contention.Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20247Q6761989-09-22022 September 1989 Intervenors Second Informational Suppl to Low Power Contentions Filed on 890721 & 0828.* Incorporates Encl Plant Startup Test Procedure 1-ST-22,Rev 2 Into Low Power Testing Contentions.W/Supporting Info & Certificate of Svc ML20246N1001989-09-0101 September 1989 Intervenors Reply to Responses of Applicant & Staff Re Intervenors Motion to Admit Contention,Or,In Alternative,To Reopen Record & Request for Hearing.* Contention Raises New Issues & Should Be Admitted.W/Certificate of Svc ML20247E0321989-07-21021 July 1989 Intervenors Motion to Admit Contention,Or in Alternative,To Reopen Record & Request for Hearing.* Requests Contentions Re Deficiencies in Training,Mgt Control,Supervision, Communication & Procedure Compliance Be Admitted ML20246P2041989-07-0505 July 1989 Joint Intervenor (Ji) Contentions on Spmc & June 1988 Graded Exercise.* ML20248F4691989-04-0303 April 1989 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (Sapl) Trial Brief on Contention Ji 56 & Sapl Contentions EX-2,4,6,7,8,12,13 & 14.* Svc List Encl ML20206M9761988-11-23023 November 1988 NRC Staff Response to 881114 Board Order Requesting Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 for Seabrook Proposed General Exercise Contentions.* Contentions & Bases Should Be Denied. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20206M9031988-11-22022 November 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 to Exercise Contentions.* Svc List Encl ML20206M9431988-11-22022 November 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Comments on Significance of ALAB-903 to Seabrook Offsite Exercise Contentions.* Svc List Encl ML20205R4821988-11-0202 November 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Jm Shannon late-filed Contentions Concerning Joint Applicant Decommissioning Plan for Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.* ML20205R4971988-11-0202 November 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Contentions on Applicant Decommissioning Plan,Motion for Stay of Low Power Operation & Motion to Reopen Record.* Supporting Info & Svc List Encl ML20205R5441988-11-0202 November 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Jm Shannon late-filed Contentions Concerning Joint Applicant Financial Qualifications to Operate Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205R5661988-11-0202 November 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Contentions on Applicant Plan in Response to NRC Order CLI-88-07.* Supporting Documentation Encl ML20205R7201988-11-0202 November 1988 Town of Hampton Contention on Applicant Plan to Fund Decommissioning Costs of Seabrook Station.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205E0011988-10-24024 October 1988 Reply of Commonwealth of Ma Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff & Applicant to Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Exercise Contentions.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20205E0271988-10-21021 October 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (Necnp) & Town of Hampton (Toh) Reply to Applicant & NRC Staff Responses to Contentions Toh/Necnp EX-2 & Toh/Necnp EX-3.* Svc List Encl ML20205D8051988-10-21021 October 1988 Town of Hampton & New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Reply to Responses of Staff & Applicant to Intervenor Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20206C1951988-10-18018 October 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (Sapl) Reply to Applicant & Staff Responses to Sapl Contentions on June 1988 Graded Exercise.* Svc List Encl ML20204G9731988-10-13013 October 1988 NRC Staff Response to Intervenors Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Proposed General Exercise Contentions Should Be Admitted for Litigation & Proferred Contentions Should Be Denied Admission.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154S4571988-09-28028 September 1988 Applicant Response to Intervenor Contentions on June 1988 Seabrook Exercise.* Intervenor Contentions Should Be Disposed Of.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154K8741988-09-21021 September 1988 Commonwealth of Ma Atty General Exercise Contentions Submitted in Response to June 1988 Plant Initial full- Participation Exercise.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154K9331988-09-21021 September 1988 Town of Hampton & New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Emergency Planning Contentions on 880628-29 Exercise.* Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20154P3461988-09-21021 September 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution & Town of Hampton Contentions Re 1988 Exercise of Offsite Plans & Preparedness for Plant Emergency Planning Zone.* Svc List Encl ML20154N9061988-09-20020 September 1988 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Contentions on Graded Exercise.* Svc List Encl ML20154D7431988-09-12012 September 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Petition for Review of ALAB-899.* Petition Should Be Granted on Basis That Integrity of RCS Significantly Paramount to Safe Operation of Plant.W/Certificate of Svc ML20151A6461988-07-0707 July 1988 NRC Staff Response to Town of Salisbury Amended Contentions Re Applicant Plan for Commonwealth of Ma Communities.* Applicant Untimely Amends to Contentions Should Be Rejected. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20151A6301988-07-0606 July 1988 NRC Staff Response to City of Haverhill Detailed Contentions.* City of Haverhill late-filed Contentions Should Be Rejected.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196G7031988-06-27027 June 1988 Applicant Response to City of Haverhill Detailed Contentions.* Contentions Should Be Rejected & City Should Be Denied Admission as Party,Per 10CFR2.714.Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A3761988-06-22022 June 1988 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (Necnp) Reply to Applicant & NRC Staff Response to Necnp Contentions on Spmc.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A3991988-06-22022 June 1988 Reply of Massachussetts Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff and Applicant to Contentions 7 Through 83 Filed by Massachussetts Atty General.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A5261988-06-22022 June 1988 Town of Amesbury Reply to NRC Staff & Applicant Responses to Town of Amesbury Contentions on Seabrook Plan for Massachussetts Communities.* Certificate of Svc Encl ML20196A8701988-06-20020 June 1988 Reply of Commonwealth of Ma Atty General to Responses of NRC Staff & Applicant to First Six Contentions Filed by Commonwealth of Ma Atty General.* ML20151A8361988-06-17017 June 1988 Reply of Town of West Newbury to Responses of Applicant & NRC Staff to Intervenors Contentions Re Seabrook Plan for Commonwealth of Ma Communities.* Certificate of Svc Encl 1999-07-20
[Table view] Category:LEGAL TRANSCRIPTS & ORDERS & PLEADINGS
MONTHYEARML20217N2561999-10-21021 October 1999 Transcript of Affirmation Session on 990121 in Rockville, Maryland Re Memorandum & Order Responding to Petitions to Intervene Filed by co-owners of Seabrook Station Unit 1 & Millstone Station Unit Three.Pp 1-3 ML20217H9511999-10-21021 October 1999 Memorandum & Order.* Proceeding Re Nepco 990315 Application Seeking Commission Approval of Indirect License Transfers Consolidated,Petitioners Granted Standing & Two Issues Admitted.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 991021 ML20211L5141999-09-0202 September 1999 Comment on Draft Reg Guide DG-4006, Demonstrating Compliance with Radiological Criteria for License Termination. Author Requests Info as to When Seabrook Station Will Be Shut Down ML20211J1451999-08-24024 August 1999 Comment Opposing NRC Consideration of Waiving Enforcement Action Against Plants That Operate Outside Terms of Licenses Due to Y2K Problems ML20210S5641999-08-13013 August 1999 Motion of Connecticut Light & Power Co,Western Massachusetts Electric Co & North Atlantic Energy Corp to Strike Unauthorized Response of Nepco.* Unauthorized Response Fails to Comply with Commission Policy.With Certificate of Svc ML20210Q7531999-08-11011 August 1999 Order Approving Application Re Corporate Merger (Canal Electric Co). Canal Shall Provide Director of NRR Copy of Any Application,At Time Filed to Transfer Grants of Security Interests or Liens from Canal to Proposed Parent ML20210P6271999-08-10010 August 1999 Response of New England Power Company.* Nu Allegations Unsupported by Any Facts & No Genuine Issues of Matl Facts in Dispute.Commission Should Approve Application Without Hearing ML20210H8311999-08-0303 August 1999 Reply of Connecticut Light & Power Co,Western Massachusetts Electric Co & North Atlantic Energy Corp to Response of New England Power Co to Requests for Hearing.* Petitioners Request Hearing on Stated Issues.With Certificate of Svc ML20210J8501999-08-0303 August 1999 Order Approving Transfer of License & Conforming Amend.North Atlantic Energy Service Corp Authorized to Act as Agent for Joint Owners of Seabrook Unit 1 DD-99-10, Director Decision DD-99-10 Denying Petition to Ban Individual Who Unlawfully Discriminated Against Contract Electrician in Violation of 10CFR50.7 from Participating in Licensed Activities for Period of at Least 5 Yrs1999-08-0303 August 1999 Director Decision DD-99-10 Denying Petition to Ban Individual Who Unlawfully Discriminated Against Contract Electrician in Violation of 10CFR50.7 from Participating in Licensed Activities for Period of at Least 5 Yrs ML20211J1551999-07-30030 July 1999 Comment Opposing That NRC Allow Seabrook NPP to Operate Outside of Technical Specifications Due to Possible Y2K Problems ML20210E3011999-07-27027 July 1999 Response of New England Power Co to Requests for Hearing. Intervenors Have Presented No Justification for Oral Hearing in This Proceeding.Commission Should Reject Intervenors Request for Oral Hearing & Approve Application ML20209H9101999-07-20020 July 1999 Motion of Connecticut Light & Power Co & North Atlantic Energy Corp for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Hearing.* with Certificate of Svc & Notice of Appearance ML20195H1911999-06-15015 June 1999 Application of Montaup Electric Co & New England Power Co for Transfer of Licenses & Ownership Interests.Requests That Commission Consent to Two Indirect Transfers of Control & Direct Transfer ML20206A1611999-04-26026 April 1999 Memorandum & Order.* Informs That Montaup,Little Bay Power Corp & Nepco Settled Differences Re Transfer of Ownership of Seabrook Unit 1.Intervention Petition Withdrawn & Proceeding Terminated.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 990426 ML20205M7621999-04-15015 April 1999 Notice of Withdrawal of Intervention of New England Power Co.* New England Power Co Requests That Intervention in Proceeding Be Withdrawn & Hearing & Related Procedures Be Terminated.With Certificate of Svc CLI-99-06, Order.* Joint Request for ten-day Extension of Schedule Set Forth in CLI-99-06 in Order to Facilitate Parties Settlement Efforts Granted,With Exception of Date of Hearing. with Certificate of Svc.Served on 9904071999-04-0707 April 1999 Order.* Joint Request for ten-day Extension of Schedule Set Forth in CLI-99-06 in Order to Facilitate Parties Settlement Efforts Granted,With Exception of Date of Hearing. with Certificate of Svc.Served on 990407 ML20205G0921999-04-0505 April 1999 Joint Motion of All Active Participants for 10 Day Extension to Permit Continuation of Settlement Discussion.* Participants Request That Procedural Schedule Be Extended by 10 Days.With Certificate of Svc ML20205G3091999-03-31031 March 1999 Petition That Individuals Responsible for Discrimination Against Contract Electrician at Plant as Noted in OI Rept 1-98-005 Be Banned by NRC from Participation in Licensed Activities for at Least 5 Yrs ML20204E6401999-03-24024 March 1999 Protective Order.* Issues Protective Order to Govern Use of All Proprietary Data Contained in License Transfer Application or in Participants Written Submission & Oral Testimony.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 990324 ML20204G7671999-03-23023 March 1999 Comment Supporting Proposed Rule 10CFR50.54(a) Re Direct Final Rule,Changes to QA Programs ML20207K1941999-03-12012 March 1999 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Participation in Proceeding.* Naesco Wished to Remain on Svc List for All Filings.Option to Submit post-hearing Amicus Curiae Brief Will Be Retained by Naesco.With Certificate of Svc ML20207H4921999-02-12012 February 1999 Comment on Draft Contingency Plan for Year 2000 Issue in Nuclear Industry.Util Agrees to Approach Proposed by NEI ML20203F9471999-02-0909 February 1999 License Transfer Application Requesting NRC Consent to Indirect Transfer of Control of Interest in Operating License NPF-86 ML20199H0451999-01-21021 January 1999 Answer of Little Bay Power Corp to Motion of Ui for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Requests That Ui Petition to Intervene & for Hearing Be Denied for Reasons Stated.With Certificate of Svc ML20199F7641999-01-21021 January 1999 Answer of Montaup Electric Co to Motion of Ui for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Requests Motion Be Denied on Basis of Late Filing.With Certificate of Svc ML20199D2461999-01-19019 January 1999 Supplemental Affidavit of Js Robinson.* Affidavit of Js Robinson Providing Info Re Financial Results of Baycorp Holding Ltd & Baycorp Subsidiary,Great Bay Power Corp. with Certificate of Svc ML20199D2311999-01-19019 January 1999 Response of New England Power Co to Answers of Montaup Electric Co & Little Bay Power Corp.* Nep Requests That Nep Be Afforded Opportunity to File Appropriate Rule Challenge with Commission Pursuant to 10CFR2.1329 ML20206R1041999-01-13013 January 1999 Answer of Little Bay Power Corp to Motion of New England Power Co for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Summary Relief Or,In Alternative,For Hearing.* with Certificate of Svc ML20199A4741999-01-12012 January 1999 Answer of Montaup Electric Co to Motion of Nepco for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Summary Relief Or,In Alternative,For Hearing.* Nepco 990104 Motion Should Be Denied for Reasons Stated.With Certificate of Svc ML20206Q0151999-01-12012 January 1999 North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Answer to Petition to Intervene of New England Power Co.* If Commission Deems It Appropriate to Explore Issues Further in Subpart M Hearing Context,Naesco Will Participate.With Certificate of Svc ML20206Q8451999-01-12012 January 1999 Written Comments of Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co.* Requests That Commission Consider Potential Financial Risk to Other Joint Owners Associated with License Transfer.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 990114 ML20199A4331999-01-11011 January 1999 Motion of United Illuminating Co for Leave to Intervene & Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time.* Company Requests That Petition to Allow Intervention out-of-time Be Granted.With Certificate of Svc ML20198P7181998-12-31031 December 1998 Motion of Nepco for Leave to Intervene & Petition for Summary Relief Or,In Alternative,For Hearing.* Moves to Intervene in Transfer of Montaup Seabrook Ownership Interest & Petitions for Summary Relief or for Hearing ML20198P7551998-12-30030 December 1998 Affidavit of J Robinson.* Affidavit of J Robinson Describing Events to Date in New England Re Premature Retirement of Npps,Current Plans to Construct New Generation in Region & Impact on Seabrook Unit 1 Operation.With Certificate of Svc ML20195K4061998-11-24024 November 1998 Memorandum & Order.* North Atlantic Energy Services Corp Granted Motion to Withdraw Proposed Amends & Dismiss Related Adjudicatory Proceedings as Moot.Board Decision LBP-98-23 Vacated.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 981124 ML20155J1071998-11-0909 November 1998 NRC Staff Answer to North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Motion for Leave to File Reply.* Staff Does Not Object to North Atlantic Energy Svc Corp Motion.With Certificate of Svc ML20155D0041998-10-30030 October 1998 Motion for Leave to File Reply.* Licensee Requests Leave to Reply to Petitioner 981026 Response to Licensee 981015 Motion to Terminate Proceedings.Reply Necessary to Assure That Commission Is Fully Aware of Licensee Position ML20155D0121998-10-30030 October 1998 Reply to Petitioner Response to Motion to Terminate Proceedings.* Licensee Views Segmentation Issue as Moot & Requests Termination of Subj Proceedings.With Certificate of Svc ML20155B1641998-10-26026 October 1998 Response to Motion by Naesco to Withdraw Applications & to Terminate Proceedings.* If Commission Undertakes to Promptly Proceed on Issue on Generic Basis,Sapl & Necnp Will Have No Objection to Naesco Motion.With Certificate of Svc 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Before the trn ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD b6,
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TOWN OF HAMPTON AND NEW ENGLAND COALITION ON NUCLEAR POLLUTION t
REPLY TO THE RESPONSES OF THE STAFF AND APPLICANTS TO INTERVENORS CONTENTIONS ON GRADED EXERCISE NOW COME the Town of Hampton (hereinafter "TOH") and New England i
Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (hereinafter "NECNP") and hereby reply to the responses of the Staff and Applicants to certain contentions f
submitted by TOH/NECNP on the graded exercise conducted on June 28 and 29, 1988, as follows:
r T.Q11/,lifCNP EX 1 The scope of the June 28-09, if88 Exercise of the New Hampshire l
Radiological Emergency !<esponsa Plan (NHRERP), was so limited that it cou)d not and did not yield valid or meaningful results regarding the capability to implement that plan, as required by 10 C.F.R.
150.47(a)(1) and (a) (2), in that it did not hiclu(:e demonstrations or evaluations of emergency response caphbilities of nany persons and entities relied upon to 1:nplcnent th NHRERP.
In addition, the i
exclusion of these eatities from the Exercise precludes a finding that i
the Exercise evaluated major portions of' emergency response capabilities, as required by 10 C.F.R.
5 50. 47 (b) (14 )
and 10 C.F.R.
l Part 50, Appendix E(F) (1).
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of New Hampshire personnel, the najority of the organizations, entities, and individuals relied upon in the NHRERP for implementation of that plan did not participate in the Exercise.
Thus, the Exercise did not address the willingness, availability, training, equipment, capability, or adequacy of performance of the entities and individuals identified in Bases a to g below, each of which is necessary to implement the portions of the NHRERP referenced therein.
Accordingly, the NHRERP is fundamentally flawed.
BASES:
(a)
None of the teachers relied upon under the NHRERP to implement protective actions for school children, S1q, e.g.,
NilRERP Vol. 18A, Appendix F, participated in the Exercise.
Necessarily, the Exercise failed to meet a primary objective to demonstrate the ability and resources necessary to adequately protect students ir an emergency.
Exercise Report, p.
172.
Since hundreds of teachers through their representatives, and by petition, have already provided evidence in this proceeding of their intent npl to implement the NHRERP, failure to test for the availability and participation of New Hampshire teachers represents a fundamental flaw in the NHRERP.
(b)
Gince none of the New Hampshire teachers participated in the Exercise, FEMA could not observe any adequate demonstration of the organizational ability or resources necessary to offect an early dismissal, sheltering, or evacuation, of the school children, even though this demonstration was one of the Exercise objectives.
Exercise Report, p.
172.
Under the NHRERP, early dismissal, sheltering and evacuation are the only, protective actions for school children.
ERA (e.g.) NHRERP Vol. 18A, App.
F.
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All of these protective actions assume, and rely upon, teachers for impler.entation.
Id.
Failure to observe or test necessary personnel or procedures to protect students represents a fundamental flaw in the NHRER?,
(c)
During the summer months, Hampton Beach is the mont highly and donsely poy.0.ated area in the Seabrook EPZ, and poses unique and extrene obstacles to emergency planning.
Under the hHRERP, State
[ Police are required to provide all 17 traffic guides to utaff every i' t r a f f i c centrol post lecated within Hampton Beach, and to ansumo responsibility for regulating the bumper to bumper traffic out cf the a
kl Direct Beach area.
Eqn NHRERP, Vol.
6, App. 1: Exhibit 1 to Applicants' Testimony No. 3 (Personnel Rasources), Tablo 3.1-2.
The I
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Failure to adequately demonstrate the ability and resources deemed necessary under the NHRERP to evacuate the EPZ's most populated beach area represents a fundamental flaw in the NHRERP.
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Although at least 45 traffic control guides are to be provided by the New Hampshire State Police to all Towns under the NHRERP, Id. at Tables 3.1-2, 3.1-3, only two troopers actually assumed that function during the Exercise.
- Sag, Exhibit 1,
attached.
Accordingly, there is no factual basis to support TEMA's finding that 1
State Police could or did properly "handle beach closing," and the l
time frames for staffing of traffic control points relied on by FEMA are wholly rpeculative.
Sea, Exercise Report, p.
182.
In addition, i
the NHRERP requires State Police to provide 28 traffic guides to staff access control posts within the New Hampshire EPZ.
Volume 6,
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Only two troopers were actually deployed to staff ACPs during the t
Exercise.
Exhibit 1.
FEMA's conclusion that, by 1530 hours0.0177 days <br />0.425 hours <br />0.00253 weeks <br />5.82165e-4 months <br />, State l
Police had adequately shown the capability to deploy all 89 troopers for ACP/TCPs is without foundation.
Exercise Report, p.
182.
Failure to adequately demonstrate the ability and resources necessary to regulate evacuation traffic and EPZ access represents a fundamental i
flaw in the NHRERP.
Exercise Report, p. 182.
I (e)
The Exercise did not provide
- for, test, or require simulation, of even a single accident or other traffic impediment in the Hampton Beach area.
Even under non-omergency conditions, traffic accidents and tie-ups, with associated traffic congestion, are routine at Hampton Beach.
The Exercise unreasonably assumed, however, that f
traffic flow remained smooth throughout the beach during the entire
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Failure to adequately demonstrate road clearance e
capabilities and traffic management, under anticipated conditions, in l
the critical pathway along the beach represents a fundamental flaw in j
the NHRERP.
I (f) 15 or 18 (83%) of the bus companies relied upon under the NHRERP for emergency and special needs transportation did not provide any drivers or buses for the Exercise.
Even the three companies who l
did provide resources deployed only 18 regular buses (4%) of the 453 i
required for implementation of the NHRERP.
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special needs buses ( 3 8t ), deemed necessary for irplementation of the Plan.
Sat, Applicants' Direct Testimony No.
2, pp. 13-15, Cetober 21, 1987; Exhibit 2.
The adequacy of transportation recources, particularly bus drivers, has been seriously disputed in these proceedings.
The failure to demonstrate the availability of any meaningful number of those resources represente a fundenental flaw in the NHRERP.
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There is no basis for FEMA's assertion that the State, during the
- Exercise, adequately demonstrated or "identified",
sufficient manned vehicles to evacuate the entire EPZ.
See Exercise Report, p. 165.
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Apparently, no determination of the number of drivers actually available to drive, was provided by the companica or required by the Exercise.
The failure to demonstrate the actual availability of necessary transportation resources, including at least 96% (435 of 453) of the drivers required to implement the NHRERP, represents a fundamenual flaw in the NHRERP.
Exhibit 2.
R_EPLY TO RESPONSES RE: BASES A AND B:
Reolv to Aonlicants' Posit h Applicants offer no specific objection to Bases A and B beyond the vague claim that the contention is objectionable "on the ground that it is baseless in its generality" and that certain points raised by TOH/NECNP were covered by contentions filed by another Intervenor in this proceeding.
Applicants' claim of undue "generality" in the contention is plainly inaccurate, given the specific deficiencies outlined in each of the proffered bases.
With renpect to Bases A and B, it is hardly a "generality" to identify that none of the New Hampshire teachers 1
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't the rrotective action procedures for school children were reviewed or tnsted.
Applicants claie unat the TOH/NECHP contention is I
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where emergency plans rely upon teachers "for assistance in i
f supervising and coordinating" protective actions, Isl. at p.
150, lack of adequate teacher participation in carrying out an emergency plan I
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Accordingly, assuming the NHRERP exercise failed to include even i t e a cb.gI, nucessarily the exercise was fatally flawed since it failed to satisfy the mandate for "full participation" of personnel performing essential emergency services i
and failed to adequately "verify the capability to respond to the accident scenario.,3 While the Staff.herefore quibbles over whether or not teachers j
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must participato, and be tested, in an emergency exercise to reasonably assure an adequate response.5/6 only a month ago, the Appeal Board determined that an exercise must include participation by school personnel, and provided further guidance as to the proper scope of a "full participation" exercise:
The regulation involved here,Section IV.4.1 of 10 C.F.R.
Part 50, Appendix E, states that ' full participation' is required for the initial emergency exercise to be conducted during the two year period preceding license issuance.
The regulation immediately calls attention to the definition of full participation found in which is as much a part of the Footnote 4 regulation entitled to equal legal effect as if it were in the text.
(Footnote omitted.)
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For this reason, the Staff's reliance upon Pniladelchia Electric gm. is equally flawed.
The Board's opinion cited by the Staff provides utterly no guidance over the proper scope or definition of a l
"full participation" exercise.
Philadelphia Electric Co (Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2), LBP-85-14, 21 NRC 1219, 1308-1309 l
x (1985).
In the cited opinion, the Board was focusing solely on whether teachers would be deemed "emergency workers" for purposea of l
whether they should be issued KI and dosimetry.
Id. at 1309.
The scope of a "full participation" exercise is never discussed, addressed, or defined.
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provides that an exercise may be conducted "without mandatory public l
participation."
10 C.F.R.
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Part IV.F.1.
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interpreted by the Appeal Board, "all At ('without mandatory public participation') means is that emergency exercises should not involve actual participation by the ceneral nublic, or so-called ' live tests and drills'."
ALAB-900, p.31.
(Emphasis supplied.)
As alleged in l
Bases A and B,
the NHRERP assumes, and rolles upon, teacher participation and assistance to students to implement protective actions.
Unlike members of the general public, therefore, and as recognized by the Appeal
- Board, teachers represent a critical component of the planned emergency response for students.
Failure to i
include even a single teacner in the exercise is a blatant and fundamental flaw in the NHRERP.
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- state, local and licensee / applicant personnel and other resources so as to permit verification of their ' integrated capability' to respond to the particular accident scenario being tested.
(Footnote omitted.)
A further gloss on the meaning of full participation is added in the text:
Such an exerciso should test 'as much of the licensee (applicant), state and local emergency plans as is reasonably achievable without mandatory poblic participation.'
In summary, the adequacy of the scope of a pro-license emergency exercise must. be judged against the NRC's regulatory requirements, not the customary practice of FEMA in designing and conducting such exercises.
The general focus of the NRC's emergency planning requirements is on whether there is reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of an emergency, i.e.,
whether there is an absence of any fundamental flaws in the emergency plans.
Particularly pertinent among those requirements insofar as emergency exe:cises are concerned is 10 C.F.R.
Part 50, Appendix E, Section 4.F.1, the entirety of which (including footnote 4) must be given effect.
That provision requires a pre-license exercise to be ' full participation.'
This means that all
'the major observable portions of the on-site and off-site emergency plans' must be tested in that pre-license exercise; the FEMA objectives can serve as guidance in determining what the major observable elements are.
In addition, a pre-license uxercise includes the mobilization of
- state, local and licensee pornonnel
'in sufficient numbers' to verify their ' integrated capability' to assess and to respond to the particular accident scenario being tested.
There is no discute that the notential evacuation of schools within the emercency olannina zone (EPZ)_is a maior element of off-rite emercency planninc.
See FEMA Objectives, No.
19.
See also, 10 C.F.R.
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ALAB-900 (9/20/88) pp.
17, 25-26, 34-35.
(Emphasis Supplied.)y The Appeal Board, therefore, expressly rejected the position proffered by the staff that "school personnel need not be involved in an emergency exercise." S_%2, Staff Response, p. 71.
This Board should similarly reject the Staff's view, and admit Bases A and B for litigation.
REPLY TO RESPONSES RE: BASES C AND E:
Ren1v to Annlicants' Position Applicants offer no specific objection to Basis C beyond a vague claim of "generalityd and as "repetitive" of contentions proffered by another Intervenor.
As stated, such objections provide no legal support for exclusion of the basis.
The only additional objection proffered by Applicants on Basis E is a bald claim that the failure to test road clearance capabilities and traffic management under anticipated conditions, in the Hampton Beach area, does not amount "to
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- achools, as distinct from identifying which "school and related personnel" must participate in an exercise to meet the regulatory standard.
In view of the Appeal Board's recognition of the important role played by teachers in an effective emergency response, however, end the plain meaning of the mandate for "full participation" to test the "major observable portions" of an emergency plan, the NHRERP simply cannot be meaningfully tested unless there is a minimum of teacher participation in the exercise.
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This assertion adds nothing of legal content to the Applicants' position, and, as stated in reply to the Staff, is erroneous.
Roolv to Staff's Position In opposition to Bases C and E, the Staff asserts there is "no regulatory basis for requiring that all traf fic control posts be staffed in an exercise." (Emphasis supplied.)
Even conceding this point, the Staff's assertion is irrelevant to, and represents a misreading of, Bases C and E.
Barcs C and E rather are premised upon the Commission's mandate that an exercise test "the naior observable portions" of the emergency plan.
10 C.F.R.
Part 50, Appendix E, IV.F.1.
Accordingly, although not AU traffic control posts need be tested in an exercise, the management and staffing of the "major," or most significant, traffic control plans, posts, and personnel with potentially the greatest impact on a prompt and safe evacuation, must be exercised to satisfy Commission regulations.
This the exerciso utterly failed to do.
Even Applicants concede that traffic control posts vary in importance and that "the most important TCPs are considered to be those which have the most potential for expediting the movement of traffic (and this) first function, enhancing roadway capacity, can have a pronounced influence on ETE."
Applicants' Direct Testimony No. 7 (Evacuation Time Estimate and Human Behavior in Emergencies),
November 5,
1987, pp.
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To understand the rationale underlying the sensitivity runs relating to ETE to the manning of TCPs, however, it is necessary to delineate the various functions of traffic control.
These functions, in decreasing importance, include:
- Enhance roadway capacityt
- Guide evacuees along recommended routest
- Expedite traffic movement;
- Provide assurance to the public;
- Surveillance In general, a TCP performs more than one of these functions.
Some TCPs, however, are designed primarily to perform one of the two most important functions.
The first
- function, enhancing roadway capacity, can have a pronounced influence on ETE.
Such tactics are applied sparingly during an evacuation since they can be 4
resource intensive.
These tactics, however, can be effective in reducing ETE when effectively and strategically applied.
The most recent analysis performed with respect to this matter reveals that three TCP locations within the New Hampshire portion of the EPZ have been designed primarily as capacity enhancing:
A-HB-03, A-HB-04 and D-HA-02.
These TCPs will serve to expedite the traffic movement from within the Town of Hampton,
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Id. at pp. 67-68.
1 By Applicants' admission, all three of the most critical TCPs in the New Hampshire EPZ are locnted within the Town of Hampton, with two d
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The exerciso thorofore failed to test or evaluate this major portion of the NHRERP, which is designed to expedite evacuation of the highest and most densely populated beach area in the EPZ.
FEMA itself highlighted the extremo obstacles posed to an adequate evacuation by the "thousands of beachgoers in the Scabrook EPZ," FEMA Profiled Testimony, NHRERP (9/11/87), pp.
38-39, and has recognized the necessity for an adequate demonstration of the "organizational ability and resourecs necessary to control evacuation traffic."
FEMA Objectivo 20.9 Yet the exercise ignored all of th7 critical TCPs, and ignored the beach area as well.
REPLY TO RESPONSES RE: BASES D.
F AND G:
Roolv to Aeolicants' Position Applicants' position is again vague and deficient.
The only additional objection prof fered by Applicants concerns Basis G, which alleges the exorciso failed to adequately test for the availability of sufficient manned emergency vehicles.
Those capabilities, in FEMA's
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Renly to Staff's Position The Staff does not object to admission of Bases D, F and G to the extent they allege the exercise was not of sufficient scope in the areas referenced.11 Respectfully submitted, TOWN OF HAMPTON NEW ENGLAND COALITION Oil NUCLEAR POLLUTION t
Dated:
October 21, 1988 By Matthew T.
Brock Shaines & McEachern, P.A.
25 Maplewood Avenue Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603) 436-3110 10 Objective 19.
Demonntrate the ability and resources necessary to implement appropriate protective actions for school children within the plume EPZ.
Objective 20.
Demonstrate the organizational ability and resources necessary to contral evacuation traffic flow and to control access to evacuated and sheltered areas.
11 While accepting Bases D, F and G as drafted, the Staff improperly again seeks to limit TOH only to the referenced bases.
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Brock, one of the attorneys for the Town of Hampton 1988, M,I,made service of the herein, hereby certify that on October 21, NEW QLAND COALITION ON foregoing document, TOWN OF HAMP' ION AND NUCLEAR POLLUTION REPLY TO THE RESPONSES OF THE STAFFi@ND ' APPLICANTS TO INTERVENORS CONTENTIONS ON GRADED EXERCISE, by depositing copics thereof in the United States Mail, first class postage prepaid for delivery (or, where indicated, by Express Mail, prepaid) addressed to:
- Ivan Smith, Esq., Chairman
- Dr. Jerry Harbour Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Atomic Safety & Licensing Board (Off-Site)
(Off-site)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.
East West Towers Building East West Towers Building 4350 East West Highway 4350 East We:st Highway i
Bethesda, MD 20814 Bethesda, MD 20814 1
Linenberger, Jr.
- Atomic Safety & Licensing Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Appeal Board Panel (Off-Site)
U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Comm.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 East West Towers Building 4350 Eact West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814 George H.
Lewald, Esq.
Kathryn A. Selleck, Esq.
- Adjudicatory File Ropes & Gray Atomic Safety & Licensing Board 225 Frankin Street Panel Docket (2 copies)
Boston, MA 02110 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Eaut West Towers Building
Sneider, Esq.
4350 East West Highway Stephen H. Oleskey, Esq.
Bethesda, MD 20814 Allan R.
Fierce, Esq.
Department of the Atty. General
One Ashburton Place George Dana Bisbee, Esq.
Boston, MA 02108 Office of the Attorney General State House Annex
Concord, NH 03301 Andrea C.
Ferster, Esq.
Harmon & Weiss 2001 S Street, N.W., Suite 430 Washington, DC 20009-1125
Office of General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Donovan 15th Flaor - One White Flint North Federal Emergency Mget. Agency 11555 Rockville Pike Federal Regional Center i
Rockville, MD 20852 130 228th Street, S.W.
Bothell, Washington 98021-9796 I
Philip Ahrens, Esq.
Robert A.
Backus, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Backus, Meyer & Solomon Office of the Attorney General 111 Lowell Street State House, Station 6 Hanchester, NH 03105 Augusta, ME 04333 Janc Doughty Michard A.
Hampe, Esq.
Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Hampe and McNicholas 5 Market Street 15 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 Concord, NH 03301 William S.
Lord, Chairman Charles P. Graham, Esq.
Board of Selectman Murphy & Graham Town of Amesbury 33 Low Street Town Hall, Friend Street Newburyport, MA 01950 Amesbury, MA 01913 R. Scott Hill-Whilton
!!. Joseph Flynn, Esq.
Lagoulis, Clark, Hill-Whilton Office of General Counsel
& McGuire Federal Emergency Mgmt. Agency 79 State Street 500 C Street, S.W.
Newburyport, MA 01950 Washington, DC 20472 Ashod N. Amirian, Esquire Judith H. Mizner, Esq.
376 Main Street 79 State Street Haverhill, MA 01830 2nd Floor Newburyport, MA 01950 Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Senator Gordon J. Humphrey U.S.
Senate One Eagle Square, Suite 507 washington, DC 20510 Concord, NH 03301
( Ka- ' '
Tom Burack)
(Attn:
Herb Boynton)
Leonard Kopelman, Esquire
Pierce, Esq.
Barbara J. Saint Andre, Esquire Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Kopelman & Paige, P.C.
Panel 77 Franklin Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.
Boston, MA 02110 East West Towers Building 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Beverly Hollingworth 209 Winnacunnet Road Hampton, NH 03842 5'T's s
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