ML20247E063

Applicant Views Re Appealability of LBP-89-17.* Litigation Re Applicant Proposed Siren Sys Not Representative of Major Segment of Full Power OL Proceeding & therefore,890623 Final Initial Decision Not Subj to Appeal.W/Certificate of Svc

ML20247E063
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	07/18/1989
From:	James Smith PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ROPES & GRAY
To:	NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP)
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CON-#389-8943 LBP-89-17, OL-1, NUDOCS 8907260067
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July 18, 1989 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION before the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING APPEAL BOARD

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In the Matter of )

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF ) Docket'Nos. 50-443-OL-1 NEW HAMPSHIRE, et al.

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50-444-OL-1

) (On-Site Emergency (Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2) ) Planning and Safety

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APPLICANTS' VIEWS REGARDING THE APPEALABILITY OF LBP-89 On June 23, 1989,-the Onsite Licensing Board issued its

" Final Initial Decision" with respect to Applicants' proposed siren system for notifying persons within the Massachusetts portion of the Seabrook plume exposure pathway emergency

. planning zone of a radiological emergency at the facility.1 The Appeal Board has called for the views of the parties as to.the appealability of this decision. The Appeal Board indicated that it appeared that the siren issue " represented 1 LBP-89-17, 29 NRC .

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7 but a very"small portion-of'the issues that' awaited decision." Applicants agree. While the litigation with respect to Applicants' proposed siren system represented a discrete and severable' issue, Applicants do not believe that

'it represented a major segment of the full' power operating-

' license proceeding. Consequently, Applicants believe that the June 23 issuance is interlocutory and, thus, not subject to appeal at this time.

p Respectfully submitted,

'~j h A Thomas G. Di'gnan, Jr.

George H. Lewald Kathryn A. Selleck Jeffrey P. Trout Jay Bradford Smith j Geoffrey C. Cook '

William L. Parker Ropes & Gray One International Place

-Boston, MA 02110-2624 (617) 951-7000 counsel for' Applicants I

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CERTIFICATE'OF SERVICE I, IJay Bradford Smith,-' one of. the attorneys. fh tb

' Applicants.herein, hereby certify that on July 18,fl989, I made service of the within document by depositing dopie~s 'hjfd'~

thereof with Federal. Express, prepaid, fordeliverPtW(or,2 where indicated, by depositing in1the United; States mail',

first' class postage paid, addressed to):

Alan.S.-Rosenthal, Chairman Howard A. Wilber l

Atomic SafetyLand Licensing Atomic Safety and. Licensing

. Appeal' Panel Appeal Panel.

.U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear. Regulatory Commission ' Commission East West Towers Building ' East West Towers Building 4350 East West: Highway 4350 East' West lighway-Bethesda, MD 20814 Bethesda, MD 20814 Thomas S. Moore' Mr. Richard R. Donovan Atomic Safety and' Licensing Federal Emergency Management Appeal Panel Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Federal 1 Regional Center-

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130 228th Street, S.W.

East Wert Towers-Building Bothell,. Washington 98021-9796 4350' East West Highway-

'Bethesda, MD -20814 Administrative Judge Ivan W. Administrative Judge Peter'B.

Smith, Chairman, Atomic Safety '

Bloch, Chairman,: Atomic and Licensing Board Safety and Licensing Board

'U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory-Commission Commission East West Towers Building East West Towers Building 4350. East West Highway- '4350 East West,HighwayL Bethesda, MD 20814 Bethesda, MD. 20814 Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole Dr.' Jerry Harbour Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and' Licensing U.S.-Nuclear. Regulatory Commission Board

. East W?st Towers Building U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 4350 East West Highway Commission

, Bethesda, MD 20814 East West Towers Building 4350 East West Hit "way Bethesda, MD 20814 Administrative Judge Kenneth A. Administrative Judge.Emmeth A.

McCollom- Luebke 1107 West Knapp Street 4515 Willard Avenue Stillwater, OK 74075 Chevy Chase, MD 20815

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John P. Arnold, Esquire Robert R. Pierce, Esquire Attorney General Atomic Safety and Licensing George Dana Bisbee, Esquire Board Assistant Attorney General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Office of the Attorney General Commission 25 Capitol Street East West Towers Building Concord, NH 03301-6397 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Sherwin E. Turk, Esquire Diane Curran, Esquire Office of General Counsel Andrea C. Ferster, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Harmon, Curran & Tousley Commission Suite 430 One White Flint North, 15th Fl. 2001 S Street, N.W.

11555 Rockville Pike Washington, DC 20009 Rockville, MD 20852 Adjudicatory File Robert A. Backus, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing 116 Lowell Street Board Panel Docket (2 copies) P.O. Box 516 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Manchester, NH 03105 Commission East West Towers Building 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814

• Atomic Safety and Licensing Mr. J. P. Nadeau Appeal Board Selectmen's Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 10 Central Road Commission Rye, NH 03870 Washington, DC 20555 Philip Ahrens, Esquire John Traficonte, Esquire Assistant Attorney General Assistant Attorney General Department of the Attorney Department of the Attorney General General Augusta, ME 04333 One Ashburton Place, 19th Flr.

Boston, MA 02108 Paul McEachern, Esquire Mr. Calvin A. Canney Shaines & McEachern City Manager 25 Maplewood Avenue City Hall P.O. Box 360 126 Daniel Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 Portsmouth, NH 03801 Mrs. Sandra Gavutis R. Scott Hill-Whilton, Esquire Chairman, Board of Selectmen Lagoulis, Hill-Whilton &

RFD 1 - Box 1154 Rotondi Route 107 79 State Street Kensington, NH 03827 Newburyport, MA 01950 t

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• Senator Gordon J. Humphrey -Barbara J. Saint Andre, Esquire U.S. Senate Kopelman and_Paige, P.C.

- Washington,'DC 20510 77 Franklin Street (Attn: Tom Burack) Boston, MA 02110

• Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Mr. William S. Lord One Eagle-Square, Suite 507 Board of Selectmen Concord, NH 03301 Town; Hall - Friend Street (Attn: ' Herb Boynton) Amesbury, MA 01913 Mr. Thomas F. Powers, III Judith H. Mizner, Esquire Town Manager _ 79 State Street, 2nd Floor Town of Exeter Newburyport, MA 01950 10 Front Street Exeter, NH 03833 H. Joseph.Flynn, Esquire Richard A. Hampe, Esquire Office of Ganeral Counsel Hampe and .VeNicholas Federal Emergency Management 35 Pleasant Street Agency Concord, NH 03301 500 C Street, S.W.

Washington, DC 20472 Gary W. Holmes, Esquire G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman Holmes & Ells Atomic Safety and Licensing 47 Winnacunnet Road Appeal Panel Hampton, NH 03842 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ashod N. Amirian, Esquire East West Towers' Building 145 South Main Street 4350 East West Highway P.O. Box 38 Bethesda, MD 20814 Bradford, MA 01835 i

Jay Bradford Smith

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