ML20215B347

Requests Response to Author 861120 Request That NRC Cease All Work Associated W/Util Possible Request for Exemption from Emergency Planning Regulations

ML20215B347
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	12/03/1986
From:	Markey E HOUSE OF REP., ENERGY & COMMERCE
To:	Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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'"'"*"""*'"""""" WASHINGTON, DC 20515 December 3, 1986 Honorable Lando W. Zech, Jr.

Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Mr. Chairman:

On November 20, 1986 I wrote to you asking that (1) the NRC cease all work associated with Public Service of New Hampshire's

" explorations" regarding filing for an exemption f rom the 1

Commission's emergency planning regulations, and (2) that the NRC terminate its contract with Brookhaven to review PSNH technical studies intended to support such an exemption request,

,! particularly sisce no formal request of any kind has been filed by PSNH. I asked you to respond to my letter by December 1,1986.

To date, I have received in response only a letter f rom Carl

! Kammerer informing me that the Commission "should be able to respond to [my) letter on or before December 11, 1986."

4 Speaking frankly, I cannot understand why it should take the NRC three weeks to respond to what is in essence a simple request.

l A response to my letter requires no search of files, or any compilation of documents or data. The fact that the NRC has indicated that it intends to take three weeks to respond can only l

' raise questions as tc whether you purposefully are attempting to delay a response for some reason or whether the agency's

, management practices should be reviewed with regard to their efficiency.

Yesterday my staff received the attached letter from PSNH to the NRC indicating that the utility intends to file formally for some kind of relief f rom the NRC's emergency planning regulations before the end of the year, and asking the NRC to further expedite their review of PSNH related technical studies.

As I noted in my letter of November 20, the issues surrounding emergency planning at Seabrook and the legitimate i rights of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and six local

, communities to participate fully in the licensing process are

matters of the most profound importance to all parties concerned

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{ P g] 2 December 3, 1986 and local government. A continuing attempt by the NRC to assist the utility to circumvent Congressionally-mandated emergency planning regulations through the use of technical artifice will lead almost surely to a review of NRC's authority in this area.

In light of the urgency of these matters, I request that you 1

i respond immediately and specifically to my letter of November 20. I Sincerely, l

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Seabrook Station Probabilistic Safety Assesseest (SSPsA)

Update Dear sir This letter is to infors you that New Esapehire Yankee (WRY) is proceeding on a schedule to file a request related to energency planning process optione prior to the end of 1984.

We request, therefore, that all steps be taken to cone.inue the NRC's review of our technical submittal. It would be very helpful to have the results of the NRC's review prior to our formal filing.

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