ML20212F817

FOIA Request for All Documents Re Application for or Issuing of Regulatory Exemptions,Waivers & Deviations on Const or Operation

ML20212F817
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	01/21/1987
From:	Goren J HARMON & WEISS
To:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
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FOIA-87-51 NUDOCS 8703050169
Download: ML20212F817 (3)

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SulTC 430 WASHINGTON D.C. soooo-uns GAIL McGREEVY H ARMON CLLYN R. W C'$5 T C t.C P H O N C DIANC CURRAN (2028328 3500 DE AN R. TOUSLEY ANDRC A C. F ERSTER January 21, 1987 HAND DELIVERED Donnie H. Grimsley, Director p g g g.7 g . , .,.

Division of Rules and Records office of Administration ACT REQUEST U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7735 Old Georgetown Road

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Dear Mr. Grimsley:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. Section 5 52, et seq., the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution ("NECNP")

Fequests that you make available copies of:

1) all documents reflecting the application for or issuing of any regulatory exemptions, waivers, or deviations with respect to the construction or operation of the Seabrook nuclear power plant (Docket Nos. 50-443,444); and

2) all documents concerning any staff review of Seabrook regulatory exemptions or the safety of the Seabrock plant as described in the enclosed article from the Boston Globe (December 23, 1986) that were referred to by Vincent Noonan of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

For each document identified in response to this request, please identify the title and date of the document, the author, the author's title, and the recipient of the document.

Under the statute, your response to this request is due within ten working days. Please note that these documents are highly relevant to a pending application by Public Service Company of New Hampshire for a reduction in the size of the Seabrook emer-gency planning zone. We have made repeated efforts to locate this information on our own; 'iowever, we have found it impossible to identify all of these documents. We would appreciate receiv-ing a timely response so that, we may review these documents in connection with our participation in the proceeding on PSNH's petition.

NECNP is an intervenor in the Seabrook operating license proceed-ing. The organization intends to use this information in the 8703050169 870121 PDR FOIA COREN87-51 PDR

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HARMON & WEISS Dont.1't.H. Grimsley January 21, 1987 page2 licensing of operationhearings to furtherplant.

of the Seabrook the public's interest in the safety Therefore, we request that you waive any copying and search fees pursuant to 10 C .F.R.

9.14(c).

Thank you for your prompt attention to this request.

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ly a 1 mile zone would exclude Nocnan defended lett:nc Sea-the .a Massachusetts towns it.at brrok out of certain safety' tests.

are part of the current IDmile w.ini.. "Over the years we Just rane. founti snu didn't have to do every-The NRC is rmt l' only one thenc h Ar the regulations ralled criticaly evaluajing Sembrook's for.' waivers u<ually are havd bid. on the hardship of cetting a work-The commonweakh of Mats

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achusetts, the towns of Ames- tsut the NRC official said that bury. Mass . and Hampton, N il . reasontnq micht chanca now that a.,o two envtrenmental groups - beabrr=s. is claimtnc to h ar the all critics of the plant - yesterday " sagest nocicar power piant in the a smi s ha ftve NH" comm tstioners world." iankee ofiletals sal.1 last in enerwe direttiv the reue.r of wrer, that their containment is so Seabroc k's application. The re- stronc and other safety systems veN normally would be handled ue sn reltable that people out9de lirSt by an agency !! censing board. a I mile radius could not be bart then by the enmmlutoners by radlalmn released alter an ac-Tne Massachusetts Energy rident.

T'nllev Ofhee ako has launched an inredligaten of the plant and is worried atnut a safety evaluation

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