ML20214J628
| ML20214J628 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 11/25/1986 |
| From: | Reis H FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO., NEWMAN & HOLTZINGER |
| To: | Cotter B Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| CON-#486-1687 OLA, NUDOCS 8612010373 | |
| Download: ML20214J628 (2) | |
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Paul Cotter, Jr.
Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Room E-422 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20555 Re:
Florida Power & Light Co. (St. Lucie Plant, Unit 2), Docket No. 50-389 (Spent Fuel Transfer Amendment Noticed at 51 Fed. Reg. 37242 (October 20, 1986)) OLA
Dear Judge Cotter:
We have received a notice dated November 20, 1986, which indicates that, in response to a letter from John Paskavitch, i
your office has convened a Board to consider whether a hearing l
should be granted on the application of Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) to transfer spent fuel between its St. Lucie units.
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"My request is for a hearing in Florida Power
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The letter does not, in even the most marginal way, meet the requirements for a petition to intervene under the Commission's rules.
10 C.F.R. Part 2, App. A, III(a)(1).
It should have been disposed of by the Secretary as a " request for hearings
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.. fails to comply with the Commission's pleading requirements and fails to set forth an arguable basis for further proceedings."
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Paul Cotter, Jr.
November 25, 1986 Page Two It is deeply disturbirg that the Commission's adjudicatory machinery would be set in motion by a communication of this type.
The expenditurc of time and money on the part of FPL to respond by way of pleadings to such a communication is unjustifiable; the concomitant activities of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel and the NRC Staff triggered by this action would constitute a misallocation of resources at a time of budgetary restraint throughout the Government and especially at the NRC.
Certainly its resources could be better expended upon other activities.
For all of the foregoing reasons, we request that the action convening the Board be rescinded and that Mr. Paskavitch's letter not be accepted for filing as a petition to intervene.
In view of the detriment to the public interest and the unnecessary expense involved, if you have any doubts regarding your authority to take such action we request that you refer this matter to the Commission.
Res ectfully, Harold F.
Reis Counsel for Florida Power & Light Company cc:
Chairman Lando W.
Zech, Jr.d Commissioner Thomas M.
Roberts Commissioner James K. Asselstine Commissioner Frederick M.
Bernthal Commissioner Kenneth M. Carr Victor Stello, Jr.,
Executive Director for Operations E.S.
Christenbury, Asst. Gen. Counsel for Hearings John Paskavitch
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