ML20217H857
| ML20217H857 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 04/10/1998 |
| From: | Travers W NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Del Core D AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9804300111 | |
| Download: ML20217H857 (3) | |
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Dear Mr. Del Core,
I am responding to your letter to Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson dated March 12,1998. In it, you refer to a March 12,1998, article in the Wall Street Journal about meetings between Mr.
Paul Blanch and three of the four Commissioners on the subject of the Millstone issues. The article unfortunately did not make clear that Mr. Blanch met individually with these Commissioners, not in a group; thus some readers incorrectly assumed that a Commission l
" meeting," as that term is used in the Government in the Sunshine Act, had taken place. In fact, there was no Commission meeting in this instance, and the Sunshine Act does not apply.
In addition, the Commission's regulations prohibiting communications between persons outside the agency and the Commissioners only apply when an adjudicatory proceeding involving the matters discussed is ongoing. For your reference, the regulations which address prohibited ex parte communications are found at 10 C.F.R. 5 2.780. There are no adjudicatory proceedings before the agency involving Northeast Utilities, and, therefore, communications between Mr. Blanch, or any other person, and the Commissioners regarding the restart of Northeast Utilities' shutdown units are not precluded.
With respect to your question regarding Mr. Blanch's access to members of the Commission, the decision to entertain Mr. Blanch's request was made by the individual members of the Commission. Commissioners may, at their discretion, meet with members of the public, absent an ongoing adjudicatory proceeding.
In addition, you express dissatisfaction with the way in which the NRC staff has conducted public meetings. In particular, you state that they are too long and cover too much information that should be spread over the course of a few evenings. The meetings conducted by the NRC l
staff as part of their Millstone oversight program are to provide periodic status reports to the public and to respond to questions. They also are scheduled to accommodate the public, as well as coordinate with the staff's activities at the site. While thehtings have covered much information, most of the meetings have been transcribed, and the transcripts are publicly
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Sincerely, Driginal Signed by:
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