ML20235N658

Advises That Es Christenbury Ltr Re Emergency Planning Regulations Brought About by Request from E Thomas of FEMA to Have Ltr Authored by Author Evaluated by NRC

ML20235N658
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	07/13/1987
From:	Dignan T ROPES & GRAY
To:	Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8707200166
Download: ML20235N658 (3)

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-j July 13, 1987 f -Thomas E. Murley, Director .. ]

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulat. ion U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commiss.ian Washington, DC 20555 Re: Seabrook Station, Docket Nos. 50-443 and 50-444

Dear Mr. Murley:

I recently read your letter of July 2, 1987, to William B. Derrickson, Senior Vice President, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, to which you attached a copy of a letter from Edward S. Christenbury, former Director'and Chief Hearing Counsel at the NRC and an' undated,' unsigned memorandum which I authored.

L In your letter you state "it is my understanding that the aforementioned letter [ referring to the Christenbury

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'] 1 letter), initially brought about by your legal counsel's  !

questions on understanding and interpretations of the emergency planning regulations, had been made available to you and the other parties to the Seabrook' proceedings." i i

So the record can be absolutely clear on this matter, as j recited in the Christenbury letter that. letter was brought l about.by.a request made by Edward Thomas of-FEMA' Region 1 to -

j have the memorandum which I had authored evaluated.by NRC i Counsel. The memorandum which I' authored should also be I placed in context. That document was originally a talking.

paper.which I utilized in a meeting with officials from'The 1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I had been asked to attend I. that' meeting'to answer, to the best of my ability, certain questions concerning'NRC Regulations.

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Thomas E. Murley, Director July 13, 1987 I have taken the time to clear up this rather minor point simply.because of the fact.that the high visibility of the Seabrook case together with suggestions in certain quarters that the NRC Staff has, in essence, provided ,

" coaching" to the Applicants in this matter would appear to '

dictate that all descriptions of derivations of advice letters'be extremely precise.

Thanking you for your attention in this matter, I remain, Sincerely yo rs y

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-1 cc: Mr. Calvin A. Canney '

Ms. Letty Hett Ms. Roberta C. Pevear Ms. Sandra Gavutis Chairman, South Hampton Board of Selectmen l Mr. Angie Machiros Ms. Cashman Honorable Peter J. Matthews Mr. Donald E. Chick l Mr. Richard Strome Mr. Alfred V. Sargent Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Mr. Owen B. Durgin Charles Cross, Esq.

Mr. Guy Chichester i Ms. Jane Spector l Mr. Robert Sweeney Mr. Bruce B. Beckley Dr. Mauray Tye Robert A. Backus, Esq. )

William S. Jordan, III, Esq.  :

Diane Curran, Esq. ]

Philip Ahrens, Esq.

Mr. Warren Hall  ;

Ms. Jane Doughty Ms. Diana P. Randall l Richard Hampe, Esq. 1 E. .Tupper Kinder, Esq. l l

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RoPts & GRAY i Thomas E. Murley, Director July 13, 1987 1

i G. Dana Bisbee, Esq.

Resident Inspector, ,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l Mr. John DeVincentis Mr. A. M. Ebner Mr. Robert J. Harrison Carol S. Sneider, Esq. l D. Pierre G. Cameron, Jr., Esq. I Regional Administrator, Region I, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i

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