ML20344A438
| ML20344A438 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 12/09/2020 |
| From: | Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY |
| To: | Alliance for a Progressive Virginia, Beyond Nuclear, Sierra Club |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-338-SLR, 50-339-SLR, RAS 55901, Subsequent License Renewal | |
| Download: ML20344A438 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER Docket No. 50-338-SLR COMPANY 50-339-SLR (North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2)
ORDER On October 15, 2020, the NRC provided notice in the Federal Register of the opportunity for members of the public to file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene with respect to the subsequent license renewal application of Virginia Electric and Power Company for North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Louisa, Virginia. The deadline for filing a request is December 14, 2020.1 On November 23, 2020, Beyond Nuclear, Sierra Club, and Alliance for a Progressive Virginia (collectively, Petitioners) submitted a request for a 32-day extension of the deadline to file a request.2 After reviewing the extension request, pursuant to my authority under 10 C.F.R.
§ 2.346(b), I deny Petitioners request because Petitioners did not show special circumstances amounting to good cause for an extension.
1 Virginia Electric and Power Company; North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent License Renewal Application; Opportunity to Request a Hearing and to Petition for Leave to Intervene, 85 Fed. Reg. 65,438 (Oct. 15, 2020).
2 Partially Unopposed Motion by Beyond Nuclear, Sierra Club, and Alliance for a Progressive Virginia for Extension of Deadline for Filing Hearing Requests (Nov. 23, 2020). Petitioners represent that the NRC Staff does not oppose their extension request. Virginia Electric and Power Company on behalf of itself and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative filed an answer opposing the extension request. Applicants Answer Opposing Beyond Nuclears, Sierra Clubs, and Alliance for a Progressive Virginias Motion for Extension of Deadline for Filing Hearing Requests (Nov. 30, 2020).
For the Commission Annette Digitally signed by Annette L.
L. Vietti- Vietti-Cook Date:
Cook 2020.12.09 16:28:50 -05'00' Annette L. Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of December 2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339-SLR
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(North Anna Power Station )
Units 1 and 2)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER OF THE SECRETARY (DENYING EXTENSION REQUEST) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16B33 Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Tison Campbell, Esq.
E. Roy Hawkens Travis Jones, Esq.
Chief Administrative Judge Joseph McManus, Esq.
Anita Naber, Esq.
Emily Krause, Esq. David Roth, Esq.
ASLBP Chief Counsel Jennifer Scro, Esq.
Sherwin Turk, Esq.
E-mail: roy.hawkens@nrc.gov Brian Newell, Paralegal emily.krause@nrc.gov Stacy Schumann, Paralegal E-mail: tison.campbell@nrc.gov travis.jones@nrc.gov joseph.mcmanus@nrc.gov anita.naber@nrc.gov david.roth@nrc.gov jennifer.scro@nrc.gov sherwin.turk@nrc.gov brian.newell@nrc.gov stacy.schumann@nrc.gov Dominion Energy Services, Inc.
William S. Blair, Esq.
120 Tredegar Street, RS-2 Richmond, VA 23219 Email: william.s.blair@dominionenergy.com
North Anna Power Station (Units 1 and 2)
Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339-SLR ORDER OF THE SECRETARY (DENYING EXTENSION REQUEST)
Counsel for Beyond Nuclear, the Sierra Club, Counsel for Dominion Energy Services, Inc.
and Alliance for a Progressive Virginia Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Diane Curran, Esq. Paul Bessette, Esq.
Harmon, Curran, Spielberg and Eisenberg Ryan Lighty, Esq.
1725 DeSales Street NW, Suite 500 Kathryn Sutton, Esq.
Washington, DC 20036 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com Washington, DC 20004 E-mail: paul.bessette@morganlewis.com ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com kathryn.sutton@morganlewis.com Krupskaya Digitally signed by Krupskaya T. Castellon T. Castellon Date: 2020.12.09 16:32:10 -05'00' Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of December 2020.
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