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Ack Receipt of Commending Commission Decision to Review ALAB-853.Briefs of Parties Submitted.Substance of Recipient Concerns Cannot Be Addressed Because Position Urged Under Consideration.Served on 870305
ML20212K479
Person / Time
Site: Seabrook  NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 02/27/1987
From: Zech L
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To: Biden J
SENATE
References
CON-#187-2697 ALAB-853, OL-1, NUDOCS 8703090328
Download: ML20212K479 (1)


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The Honorable Joseph R. Riden, Jr.

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Dear Senator Biden:

Thank you for your letter dated January 79, 1987 in which you. commended the Commission's decision to take review of ALAB-853 in the Seabrook proceeding. The briefs of the parties have been submitted, and I assure you that we will make our decision in a careful and deli. berate fashion, fully cognizant of our responsibility for the public health and' safety under-

.the Atomic Energy Act.

I am sure you understand that I am unable to reply to the substance of your concerns because your letter focuses and ~

urges a position on the very matters that are before the Commission in the Seabrook adjudicatory proceeding. Pursuant parte procedures, your letter has been served on the to parties. our ex_ As you are aware, ex parte contacts such as those reflected in your. letter are even more seriously viewed by the Courts when they appear to have injected the element of Congressional pressure into an agency's ad.iudication.

Accordingly, we cannot offer more at this time than the assurance that the Commission will give the matter its careful review.

The Commission's decision on the matters involved in ALAB-853 In will be part of the formal record issued by the Commission.

light of your interest, I will ask our Office of Congressional Affairs to assure that you receive a copy.

Sincerely, hw.

Lando W. Zeg. , Jr

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