ML20248J047
| ML20248J047 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 09/27/1989 |
| From: | Dignan T PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ROPES & GRAY |
| To: | NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP) |
| References | |
| CON-#489-9249 OL, NUDOCS 8910130017 | |
| Download: ML20248J047 (6) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY. COMMISSION ws t '
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Docket Nos. 50-443-OL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, e.t 31
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(Seabrook Station, Units 1
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(Offsite Emergency and 2)
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Planning Issues)
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APPLICANTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A REPLY TO RESPONSE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO THE APPLICANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE THE MASS AG'S SEPTEMBER 15 COMMENTS AND APPLICANTSt MOTION TO SUBMIT FURTHER ANALYSIS OF MONITORING CAPACITY ISSUES I
AND REPLY Applicants move the Appeal Board for leave to file the following reply to the recent filing of the Attorney General of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (MAG) entitled:
RESPONSE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO THE APPLICANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE THE MASS AG'S SEPTEMBER 15 COMMENTS AND kPPLICANTS' MOTION TO SUBMIT FURTHER ANALYSIS OF MONITORING CAPACITY ISSUES:
In his response MAG relies on certain language taken from the supplementary information published with the recent amendments to the Rules of Practice 1 in order to argue that i
1 54 Fed. Reg. 33168 at 33179 (Aug. 11, 1989).
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ig; th'e-amendment made to 10 CFR S 2.762 does not apply in the Seabrook proceeding.
The language quoted speaks only to
" contentions" filed in proceedings initiated before the effective date.
Obviously, what the Commission was saying2 was that the rules governing the framing of contentions would not apply to ongoing proceedings i.g.,
the anendments to 10 CFR 5 2.714.
No such similar limitation was placed upon the other amendments made to the remaining rules. 'Had the Commission wished to do that it would simply have said that the amendments do not apply to any proceeding initiated after the effective date, rather than confining the limitation to
" contentions in proceedings."
In short the amended rule is applicable and does deny MAG standing to make any of the arguments made in the original filing.
The latest filing is more of the same:
arguments that could, and should, have been addressed to the Licensing Board but were not so addressed.
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Frankly there is a thorny question as to whether a statement in the statement of reasons which L
accompanies a rule promulgation can have the effect of making a rule applicable only to future i
proceedings when such language is not actually included in the regulation itself.
However, that question need not be resolved for this proceeding at this time.
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Thottfas U. Dif En, Jr.
George H. Lewald Jeffrey P. Trout Jay Bradford Smith Geoffrey C.
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Parker Ropes & Gray One International Place Boston, MA 02110-2624 (617) 951-7000 Counsel for Applicants
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Alan S.-Rosenthal,' Chairman Howard A. Wilber Atomic-Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing
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Commission East ~ West Towers Building East West Towers Building 4350 East West Highway 4350 East West Highway.
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l Thomas S. Moore Mr. Richard R. Donovan Atomic Safety and Licensing Federal Emergency Management Appeal Panel Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Federal Regional Center Commission-130 228th Street, S. W.~
, East West-Towers Building Bothell, Washington 98021-9796 4350 EastLWest Highway.
Bethesda,>MD. 20814 Administrative Judge Ivan W.
H. Joseph Flynn, Esquire Smith, Chairman, Atomic Safety Office of General Counsel and Licensing Board Federal Emergency Management U.S.: Nuclear Regulatory Agency
' Commission 500 C Street, S.W.
East West Towers Building Washington, DC 20472 4350 East' West Highway-Bethesda, MD 20814 Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole Gary'W. Holmes, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Holmes & Ells U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 47 Winnacunnet Road East West Towers' Building Hampton, NH 03842 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Administrative Judge Kenneth A.
Judith H. Mizner, Esquire McCollom 79 State Street, 2nd Floor 1107 West Knapp Street Newburyport, MA 01950 Stillwater, OK 74075 i
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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)
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Box 516 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Manchester, NH 03105 Commission East West Towers Building 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814
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P. Nadeau Appeal Board-Selectmen's Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 10 Central Road Commission Rye, NH 03870 Washington, DC 20555 Philip Ahrens, Esquire.
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