ML20212N688
| ML20212N688 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 03/05/1987 |
| From: | Dignan T PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ROPES & GRAY |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| CON-#187-2744 OL, NUDOCS 8703130118 | |
| Download: ML20212N688 (6) | |
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_ BRANCH ATOtlIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
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In the Matter of
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF
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Docket Nos. 50-443-OL NEW HAMPSHIRE, et al.
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50-444-OL
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(Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2)
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(Offsite Emergency Planning
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APPLICANTS' RESPONSE'TO ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES M.
SHANNON'S NOTICE OF INTENTIONsTO PARTICIPATE ON NEWLY ADMITTED CONTENTIONS AND OBJECTION TO AND MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF HEARING SCHEDULE INSOFAR AS IT IS A MOTION TO DELAY THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE HEARINGS F
Under date of March 2, 1987, the Attorney General of the Commonwealth filed, inter alla, a motion to reconsider the hearing schedule.
The gravamen of the motion is 10 CFR 2.743(b) which states that written testimony shall be served upon parties at least 15 days before the hearing session at which it is to be offered.
The Commonwealth argues that the hearing schedule must be changed because it contemplates the start of hearings only 10 days after the last day for filing h31 DOC 5
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written testimony.
The_ argument ignores the context of the cited regulation and the scheduling order.
The regulation talks about service before the hearing date and service includes service by regular mail.-
The regulations assume a
'five' day period to be-added to all "due dates" when service-has been made by mail.
Thus the thrust of the regu'lation is to have the written testimony in the hands of the parties at least 10 days before the hearing.
The scheduling order which this Board has. issued assumes that the parties receive the testimony on the date indicated.
Thus there is assurance that the contemplated ten days will be available_to prepare for the hearing.
In addition to the foregoing, 10 CFR 2.718(e) gives essentially plenary authority in scheduling matters to a Licensing Board.
A second ground asserted for rescheduling is the alleged requirement of a prehearing conference.
Assuming that 10 CFR 2.752 is properly read as mandating such an event in every operating license case, the most it can be said to mandate is one such conference.
We are aware of no authority, and the Attorney General of The Commonwealth cites none, which requires the holding of a prehearing conference before each different phase of the hearing where, as here, the operating license case is being tried in phases.
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CONCLUSION The-Motion should be denied.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Dignan, Jr., one'of the attoN e frt I, Thomas G.
Applicants herein, hereby certify that on March 5, 1987,MAf.
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first class postage paid, addressed to):
Administrative Judge Helen Hoyt, Robert Carrigg, Chairman' Chairperson, Atomic Safety and Board of Selectmen Licensing Board Panel Town Office Atlantic Avenue U.S. Nuclear Regulatory ~
North Hampton, NH 03862 Commission East West Towers Building
-4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Judge Gustave A. Linenberger, Jr.
Diane Curran, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Andrea C.-Ferster, Esquire Board Panel Harmon & Weiss U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Suite 430 Commission
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2001 S Street, N.W.
East West Towers Building Washington, DC 20009 4350 East. West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Dr. Jerry Harbour Stephen E.'Merrill Atomic Safety and Licensing Attorney General Board Panel George Dana Bisbee U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Assistant Attorney General Commission office of the Attorney General East West Towers Building 25 Capitol Street 4350 East West Highway Concord, NH. 03301-6397 Bethesda, MD 20814
- Atomic Safety and Licensing Sherwin E. Turk, Esquire Board Panel Office of the Executive Legal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Director Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC' _ 20555 Tenth Floor 7735 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814
- Atomic Safety and Licensing Robert A. Backus, Esquire Appeal Board Panel 116 Lowell Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory P.O.
Box 516 Commission Manchester, NH 03105 Washington, DC 20555
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.1 Philip Ahrens, Esquire Mr. J.P. Nadeau Assistant Attorney General Selectmen's Office Department of the Attorney 10 Central Road General Rye, NH 03870 Augusta, ME 04333 Paul McEachern, Esquire Carol S.
Sneider, Esquire Matthew T. Brock, Esquire Assistant Attorney General Shaines & McEachern Department of the Attorney General 25 Maplewood Avenue One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor P.O. Box 360 Boston, MA 02108 Portsmouth, NH 03801 Mrs. Sandra Gavutis Mr. Calvin A. Canney Chairman, Board of Selectmen City Manager RED 1 - Box 1154 City Hall Route 107 126 Daniel Street Kensington, NH 03827 Portsmouth, NH 03801
- Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Mr. Angie Machiros U.S.
Senate Chairman of the Washington, DC 20510 Board of Selectmen (Attn:
Tom Burack)
Town of Newbury Newbury, MA 01950
- Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Mr. Peter J. Matthews One Eagle Square, Suite 507 Mayor Concord, NH 03301 City Hall (Attn:
Herb Boynton)
Newburyport, MA 01950 Mr. Thomas F. Powers, III Mr. William S.
Lord Town Manager Board of Selectmen Town of Exeter Town Hall - Friend Street 10 Front Street Amesbury, MA 01913 Exeter, NH 03833 H.
Joseph Flynn, Esquire Brentwood Board of Selectmen Office of General Counsel RFD Dalton Road Federal Emergency Management Brentwood, NH 03833 Agency 500 C Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20472 Gary W. Holmes, Esquire Richard A. Hampe, Esquire Holmes & Ells Hampe and McNicholas 47 Winnacunnet Road 35 Pleasant Street Hampton, NH 03841 Concord, NH 03301
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1 Mr. Ed Thomas Judith H. Mizner, Esquire FEMA, Region I Silverglate, Gertner, Baker, 442 John W. McCormack Post Fine, Good & Mizner Office and Court House 88 Broad Street Post Office Square Boston, MA 02310 Boston,-MA 02109 Charles P. Graham, Esquire McKay, Murphy and Graham 100 Main-Street Amesbury, MA 01913
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