ML20248F726

Memorandum & Order.* Requests That Applicant & NRC File Supplemental Briefs Limited to Discussion of Us Court of Appeals 890228 Decision Re Limerick Ecology Action,Inc Vs Nrc.W/Certificate of Svc.Served on 890407

ML20248F726
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	04/07/1989
From:	Tompkins B NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC), VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
References
CON-#289-8406 LBP-89-06, LBP-89-6, OLA, NUDOCS 8904130170
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$ (o DJ'A ;i:T' UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WW l NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMICSAFETYANDLICENSINGAPPEAhBdbD-7 P3 :10 Administrative Judges: rp n ; e 00CKE W.i6 /H Christine N. Kohl, Chairman ApfhM7, 1989 Dr. W. Reed Johnson Howard A. Wilber NYfD APR 071989 In the Matter of )

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VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR ) Docket No. 50-271-OLA POWER CORPORATION ') (Spent Fuel Pool Amendment)

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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Pending before us is the Licensing Board's February 2, 1989, referred ruling concerning certain environmental r

contentions. See LBP-89-6, 29 NRC . All of the parties' briefs are now on file. Subsequent to the filing of the applicant's brief and shortly before the filing of the NRC staff's brief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a lengthy decision in Limerick Ecology Action, Inc. v. NRC, Nos. 85-3431, et al. (February 28,.

1989). Neither the applicant's nor the staff's brief thus discusses the possible relevance of that decision to the l issues before us in this proceeding. The joint brief for interveners the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution l l

and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (filed a month after the Third Circuit's decision), however, contains substantial discussion of that case. We therefore request applicant and 8904130170 DR 890407 ADOCK 05000271 ,

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l the NRC staff to file supplemental briefs limited to a discussion of the Limerick decision, its relevance to the instant case,.and the related arguments of the interveners.

Such briefs are to be received by us and the other parties no later than April 21, 1989.

Interveners have requested' oral argument on this matter. The decision whether, and if so when, to hold oral argument will be made in the near future.

It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE APPEAL BOARD Mf k' -

Barbara A. Tompkins Secretary to the Appeal Board Dr. Johnson did not participate in this memorandum and order.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERfCA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of I I

VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER I Docket No.(s) 50-271-OLA CORPORATION I (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power 1 Station) l I

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing AB HEMORANDUM AND ORDER 4/7/89 have been served upon the following persons by U.S. mail, first class, except as otherwise noted and in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Sec. 2.712.

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Christine N. Kohl, Chairman Howard A. Wilber Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety and Licensino Appeal Board Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Charles Bechheefer, Chairman Gustave A. Linenberger, Jr.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge James H. Carpenter W. Reed Johnson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ASLAB U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 115 Falcon Drive, Colthurst Washington, DC 20555 Charlottesville, VA 22901 Ann P. Hodgdon, Esa. Andrea C. Ferster Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Harmon, Curran & Tousley U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2001 S Street, N.W., Suite 430 Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20009 Thomas S. Dignan, Jr., Esa. R. K. Gad !!!, Esquire Ropes & Gray Ropes & Gray One International Place One International Place Boston. MA 02110 Boston, MA 02110

Docket No.(s)S0-271-DLA AB MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 4/7/89.

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George B. Dean, Esa. Samuel H. Press, Esc.

Office of the Attorney General Special Assistant Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Vermont Department of Public Service Boston, MA 02108 120 State Street Montoeller, VT 05602 Richard J. Goddard, Esc. Jay M. Gutierrer. Esc.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region !! Region I 101 Marietta Street, Suite 2900 631 Park Avenue Atlanta, GA 30323 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Dated at Rockville, Md. this 7 day of April 1989

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