ML20210C656
| ML20210C656 | |
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| Site: | 07200022 |
| Issue date: | 07/20/1999 |
| From: | Chancellor D UTAH, STATE OF |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| CON-#399-20674 97-732-02-ISFSI, ISFSI, NUDOCS 9907270003 | |
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' 2A7'f DOCKETED USHRC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 99 JUL 23 P3 24 BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD, _
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Docket No. 72-22-ISFSI
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PRIVATE FUEL STORAGE, LLC
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ASLBP No. 97-732-02-ISFSI j
(Independent Spent Fuel
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Storage Installation)
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July 20,1999 I
STATE OF UTAH'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PARTIAL RESPONSE TO THE APPLICANT'S MOTION i
FOR PARTIAL
SUMMARY
DISPOSITION OF UTAH CONTENTION K
. AND CONFEDERATED TRIBES CONTENTION B The State of Utah (" State") hereby requests extensions of time to file responses to: 1) the Applicant's Motion for Partial Summary Disposition of Utah Contention K 1
and Confederated Tribes Contention B -Inadequate Consideration of Credible Accidents (" Summary Disposition Motion") only with respect to credible accidents posed by military aircrafts'; and 2) responses supporting the Applicant's Summary Disposition Motion. The current deadline for filing the State's response to the Summary Disposition Motion is July 22,1999, and the current deadline for filing the State's reply to responses supporting the Summary Disposition Motion is July 28, i
1999. See ASLBP Order, June 23,1999.
On June 15,1999, the Staff took a position on the impacts from credible j
$ However, this request for an extension of time does not include deferring the issue of credible accidents posed by " hung bombs" or malfunctioning ordnance.
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accidents except wit'i respect to impacts from aircrafts and munition testing. NRC Staff's Statement ofIt: Position Concerning Group I Contentions, dated June 15,1999
(" Staff's Position"), at 14. The Staff plans to take a position on the impacts of air delivered ordnance on July 22,1999 when it files its response to the Applicant's Summary Disposition Motion. However, according to the Staff, it will not be able to reach a position on the impacts of military aircraft on or before July 22,1999.2 In fact, the Staffis unable to predict when it can establish a position on military aircraft impacts. Moreover, on July 7,1999, the State received a copy of supplemental information provided by the Applicant to the Staff concerning the impacts of military and commercial aircraft, " hung bombs," and air-delivered ordnance.' The supplemental information is directly relevant to the issues addressed in the Applicant's Summary Disposition Motion. Thus, the State is requesting extensions of time to those dates described in the Board's June 23,1999 Order.
First, the Staff and Applicant are unopposed to allowing the State to file its response to the Staff's position and response to the Applicant's Summary Disposition Motion on August 4,1999, thereby allowing the State to address both the Staff's position and the recently received supplemental information.
Second, the Staff and Applicant are unopposed to allowing the State to defer its 2 The Staff has also not taken a position on air delivered ordnance, except " hung bombs." Staff's Position at 15.
3 Submittal of Commitment Resolution Letter #7 Information, June 30,1999.
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response to the Summary Disposition Motion with respect to impacts from military aircraft until such time that the Staff has taken a position relative to military aircraft.
i However, the State will file a response to Applicant's Motion on July 22,1999 on issues that does not involve impacts from military aircraft. See Exhibit 1, Marked-up copy of Summary Dispositioa Motion with strike out and other editing indicating J
areas that will not be addressed in the State's July 22,1999 response.
Finally, since the Staff and Applicant recognize that the State should be i
afforded the opportunity for discovery against the Staff once the Staff takes a position, the parties have agreed to workout a viable time table and present the revised dates to the Board once the Staff has acted.
Therefore, the State requests the Board approve: 1) the State's reply to the Staff's response to the Summary Disposition Motion be extended to August 4,1999; and 2) with respect to impacts from military aircraft, the State's response to the Summary Disposition Motion,' discovery against the Staff, and reply to the Staff's position and response to Summary Disposition Motion be extended until after the Staff is able to take a position regarding military aircraft impacts.
- The marked up copy of the Applicant's Motion (Exhibit 1) shows the scope of the remaining issues.
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DATED this 20th day ofJuly,1999..
Respectf submitted,f
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'Denise Chancelldifs'sistant Attorney General
- Fred G Nelson, Assistant Attorney General Diane Curran, Special Assistant Attorney General Connie Nakahara, Special Assistant Attorney General Attorneys for State of Utah
- Utah Attorney General's Office 160 East 300 South,5th Floor, P.O. Box 140873 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-0873 Telephone
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DOCKETED USHRC CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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~ I hereby certify that a copy of STATE OF UTAH'S UNOPPOSED Om MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PARTIAL RESPONSE TO.THE ADJ r
,r APPLICANT'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL
SUMMARY
DISPOSITION OF UTAH CONTENTION K AND CONFEDERATED TRIBES CONTENTION B was served on the persons listed below by electronic mail (unless otherwise noted) with conforming copies by United States mail first class, this 20th day of July,1999:
Rulemaking & Adjudication Staff Dr. Peter S. Lam Secretary of the Commission Administrative Judge
'U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Washington D.C. 20555 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc. gov Washington, DC 20555 (originaland two copies)
E-Mail: psl@nrc. gov G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.
Administrative Judge.
Catherine L. Marco, Esq.
. Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Office of the General Counsel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 15 B18 Washington, DC 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-Mail: gpb@nrc. gov Washington, DC 20555 E-Mail: set @nrc. gov Dr. Jerry R. Kline E-Mail: clm@nrc. gov
' Administrative Judge E-Mail: pfscase@nrc. gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jay E. Silberg, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555 Ernest L. Blal e,Jr.
E-Mail: jrk2@nrc. gov Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge E-Mail: kjerry@erols.com 2300 N Street, N. W.
Washington, DC 20037-8007 E-Mail: Jay _Silberg@shawpittman.com E-Mail: ernest _blake@shawpittman.com E-Mail: paul _gaukler@shawpittman.com 5
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. John Paul Kennedy, Sr., Esq.-
Danny Quintana, Esq.
1385 Yale Avenue Danny Quintana & Associates, P.C.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84105 68 South Main Street, Suite 600
. E-Mail: john @kennedys.org Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 E-Mail: quintana @xmission.com Richard E. Condit, Esq.
Land and Water Fund of the Rockies.
_ James M. Cutci:in 2260 Baseline Road, Suite 200.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board j
Boulder, Colorado 80302 Panel -
- E-Mail: rcondit@lawfund.org U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 1
'Joro Walker, Esq E-Mail: jmc3@nrc. gov j
Land and Water Fund of the Rockies (electronic copy only)
J 2056 East 3300 South Street, Suite 1
. Salt Laks City, Utah 84109 Office of the Commission Appellate
'E-Mail: joro61@inconnect.com Adjudication -
_ Mail Stop: 16-G-15 OWFN LU. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission s
Washington, DC 20555 (United States mailonly)
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i June 7,1999 CNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Maner of
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PRIVATE FUEL STORAGE L.L.C.
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Docket No. 72-22
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(Private Fuel Storage Facility)
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APPLICANT'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL
SUMMARY
DISPOSITION OF UTAH CONTENTION K AND CONFEDERATED TRIBES CONTENTION B Applicant Private Fuel Storage L.L.C. ("Applicam" or "PFS") files this motion for partial summary disposition of Board Contention 7," Utah K/ Confederated Tribes B -
Inadequr.te Consideration of Credible Accidents," ("Utan K") pursuant to 10 C.F.R. {
2.749. Summary disposition is watramed on the grounds that there exists no genuine is-sue as to any material fact relevant 'c the parts of the contention on which PFS requests summary disposition and, under the applicable Commission regulations, PFS is entitled to a decision as a matter oflaw. 'Ihis motion is supported by a statement of material facts, affidavits or declarations by George Carruth James Cole, Bruce Brunsdon, Floyd Davis, Jerry Cooper, Wes Jacobs, Jeff Johns, Carlton Britton, Krishna Singh, and Ram Srinivasan, and depositions of State personnel, and other State discovery responses.
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STATEMENT OF THEISSUES On April 22,1998, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (" Licensing Board" or
" Board") admined Utah K as a consolidation of Contentions Utah K and Confe Tribes B. Private Fuel Storage. L.L.C. Ondependent Spent Fuel Storage Installation),
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testing, storage, and disposal of chemical munitions and agents; 3) the testing of biologi.
cal materials; 4) the transponation of biological, chemict.1 and hazardous materials to and from DPG; 5) unexploded ordnance; and 6) aircraft flights into M o cf Michael Army intjolviwi Airfieldr:l f
,=^ aircraft carrying " hung bombs" and the landing of the X-33 experimental aircraft.2o By vimte of the distance between the PFSF and the locations on DPG where the t
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ostensibly hazardous activities take place, the nature of the activities, and the safety pre-cautions that are taken with respect to all potemia!!y dangerous activities at DPG those activities would not pose a significant hazard to the PFSF. Carruth Aff. at14; Cole Dec. at 1124-26. Indeed, in deposition State witnesses knowledgeable of activities at DPG could cite no specific, credible hazard at DPG that would thtraten the PFSF.22 In fact, in response to the question,"So it's safe to conclude as you said before, that you
. don't see any hazard posed to the Private Fuel Storage [F]acility from Dugway?" State witness David Larsen answered "Right. Right." Larsen Dep. At 72.
Utah K; State l' Disc. Resp. m 34-37 (Resp. to laterrogatory No.1. Utah K).
8' George Carruth is a former Commander of DPO, and Chief of the Chemical and Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense Division for the U.S. Anny. After his retuement from the Army, be served as Project Manager for a DOE contractor responsible for, amon5 other things, development of requirements for dry storage of spent nuclear fuel. Canuth Aff.H 1-2 Enh.1.
88 E3, Gesy Dep. m 46 48,56, $9 61,73,75-76.
" Larsen is an environmental uiennst with the Uiah Depanrnent of Environmental Quahry. Division of Solid and Hazarilous Waste, Chemical Demilliarization Section who has worked "mainly" on Dugwmy and has been the " lead person" for Dugwey for the pa*' 6 7 years. Larsen Dep. at 3,6. Larsen also wm the person who supplied the original Staes aflidavit supporting the Sime's claims with respect to Dugwsy. See Affidavit of David C. Larsen, Ea. I to siate of Diah contemions, Nov. 23,1997.
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along Skull Valley Road, but the safe packaging of those shipments is strictly regulated by the Department of Transportation so as to prevent a release even in the event of an ac-cident. Carruth AfL at 132. Hazardous wastes shipped from DPG do not include chemi-cal agent but rather only chemically neutralized agent, which is far less hazardous and i
I would not threaten the PFSF even if spilled on Skull Valley Road. Ld;
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Fifth, unexploded ordnance would not pose a significant hazard to the PFSF in that 1) it is extremely unlikely that such ordnance would explode spomaneously or acci-dentally and 2) even ifit did, the PFSF is far enough away that the material in the round
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would not pose a significant hazard. Carruth AfE at M 34-38. Unexploded ordnance is not likely to be found off DPG close enough to pose a risk to the PFSF. In that the firing ranges at DPO are all at least 15 miles away and Army records of where munitions were fired at DPO give no indication that munitions were fired elsewhere. Id at M 34-35.
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The proposed landing of the X-33 experimental aircraft at Michael AAF will also not pose a significant hazard to the ISFSI. All flights of the X-33 are setaduled to be concluded by mid.2000. Second, the proposed flight path would not bring the X-33 over the Skull Valley, let alene the PFSF. Cole Dec. at 126; Larsen Dep. at 63.
Thus, none of the above activities conceming Dugway would pose a credible haz-ard to the PFSF and PFS is entitled to summary disposition of this part of Utah K.
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The Utah Test and Training Range and Hid Air Force Base PFS has specified the facts material to determining the hazard posed by activities at Hill Air Force Base (" Hill" or " Hill AFB"), the Utah Test and Training Range
("UTTR). See Statement of Material Facts. Hill Air Force Base is located on the eastem shore of the Great Salt Lake, north of Salt Lake City, approximately 65 miles fmm the PFSF. Cole Dec. at j 12. Air Force aircraft based at Hill (and military aircraft based out.
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The State has alleged that aircraft flying to and from Hill and over the UTTR would pose a crash hazard to the PFSF and that the firing of air-delivered munitions (e.g.,
bombs and missiles) on the UTTR would pose a hazard to the PFSF. Utah K at 74-77.
By virtue of the distance from Hill to the PFSF (65 miles), the only hazard even ostensi-bly posed by activities there arises from crashes of aircraft Dying to or from the base.
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e UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Maner of
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PRIVATE FUEL STORAGE L.L.C.
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Docket No. 72-22
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(Private Fuel Storage Facillsy)
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STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACT
- The Applicant submits,in support ofits motion for summary disposition of Utah K, this statement of material facts as to which the Applicant contends that there is no genuine issue to be heard.
A.
Teket Rocket Essine Test Facility 1.
The test bays for the testing of rocket motors at the Tekoi facility are located more than 2 miles from the PFSF Restricted Area. Brunsdon Dec.
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Hickman Knolls, which rises to an altitude approximately 400 ft. higher than the PFSF and 270 ft higher than the Tekoi facility, is located between the PFSF and the Tekoi facility. Brunsdon Dec. at t 17,
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The largest rocket motor that can be tested at the Tekoi facility would contain 1.2 million pounds ofpropellant explosives. Davis Aff. at j 6; Wallner Dep. at 13-14 (largest motor is close to a million pounds of propellant).
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The safe offset distance for an explosion of a tocket motor may be determined by standard industry calculations. Brunsdon Dec at.119,12; Wallner Dep. at 37-38.
The overpressure caused at the PFSF Restricted Area by an explosion at 5.
the Tekoi facility of a rocket motor comaining 1.2 million pounds of j
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s.g Matthews Dep. at 40 (unfamiliar with transponation hazard).
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Dugway does not pose a significant hazard to the PFSF. Carruth Aff. at
';131-33; see Gray Dep. at 82 83 (unfamiliar with hazard),
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Unexploded ordnance at DPG would not pose a significant hazard to the i
l PFSF in that 1) it is extremely unlikely that such ordnance would explode spontaneously or accidentally and 2) even if it did, the PFSF is far enough L
away that the material in the round would not pose a significant hazard.
l Canuth Aff, at 1134 38; Larsen Dep. at 40.
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There is no reason ts believe that any unexploded ordnance is likely to be found off DPG close enough to pose a risk to the PFSF, in that the firing i
ranges at DPG are all at least 15 miles away and Anny records of where munitions were fired at DPO give no indication that munitions were fired elsewhere. Canuth Aff, at 1134-35; ge Matthews Dep. at 41 (unfamiliar with location of unexploded ordnance); see Larsen Dep. at 51-52 (solid waste management units (SWMUs) no hazard).
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Aircraft with hung ordnance flying from the UTTR to Michael AAF would pose no significant hazard to the PFSF, in that 1) only about five aircraft per year experience such problems and 2) aircraft on the UTTR with hung ordnance fly directly into Michael following specially developed approach procedures without crossing Skull Valley. Cole Dec.
at 125; Manhews Dep. at 25,29 (hazard depends on flight path); Larsen Dep. at 49 (disposal of bombs no hazard).
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The propos:d landing of the X 33 experimental aircraft at Michael AAF will not pose a significant hazard to the PFSF,in that 1) all flights of the X-33 into Michael are scheduled to be concluded by mid.2000 and 2) the proposed flight path would not bring the X 33 over the Skull Valley, let alone the PFSF. Cole Dec. at 126; Larsen Dep. at 63.
22.
None of the following activities at DPG wou:d pose a credible hazard to the PFSF: 1) the firing of conventional ground weapons in military resting and training; 2) the testing, storage, and disposal of chemical munitions i
and agents; 3) the testing of biological materials; 4) the transportation of chemical agent, biological materials, and hazardous materials to and from
,and eraft flights into and ouref DPG; 5) unexploded ordnagd LgA ;- Of aircraft carrying hung Michael Army Airfield. -
bombs and landings of the X-33 experimental aircraft. Carruth Aff. at 14; Cole Dec. at 1117-18,25 26; !.arsen Dep. at 62-63,72.
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Targets for training and testing with air-delivered weapons on the UlTR South Area are at least 25 miles from the PFSF and mn-ins for weapon delivery do not cross Skull Valley. Cole Dec. at 120; Manhews Dep. at 59.
12.
Procedures for using air-delivered weapons on the UTTR carefully control where weapons are released and where they fall. The UTTR has never had a weapon released outside a designated release area. Cole Dec. at j 20; Matthews Dep. at 27; id. at 56-57 (unaware of release outside designated area).
13.
By virtue of the distance from the targets to the PFSF and the procedures governing their use, the use of air-delivered weapons on the UlTR South Area would not pose a significant hazard to the PFSF. Cole Dec. at 120; Manhews Dep. at 59-60; Hawley Dep. at 31-32; see ij at 27 (not familiar with how weapons are used on the UTTR).
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