ML21091A088
| ML21091A088 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Consolidated Interim Storage Facility |
| Issue date: | 04/01/2021 |
| From: | Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY |
| To: | Lemunyon G The LeMunyon Group |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 72-1050-ISFSI, ASLBP 19-959-01-ISFSI-BD01, RAS 56035 | |
| Download: ML21091A088 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 1, 2021 Glenn LeMunyon 300 New Jersey Avenue, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001
Dear Mr. LeMunyon:
On behalf of Chairman Christopher T. Hanson, I am responding to your March 30, 2021, e-mail, which requested a meeting between the Chairman and Fasken Oil & Ranch to discuss the Interim Storage Partners (ISP) Consolidated Interim Storage Facility license application.
The ISP application is the subject of an ongoing adjudicatory proceeding with Fasken as one of the parties to that proceeding. The Commission must remain impartial during the pendency of the proceeding and it would therefore be inappropriate for the Chairman to meet with you and the Fasken representatives to discuss these contested matters.
A copy of your e-mail and this response will be served on the participants in the ISP Consolidated Interim Storage Facility proceeding.
Sincerely, Annette L. Digitally signed by Annette L.
Vietti- Vietti-Cook Date: 2021.04.01 Cook 10:51:25 -04'00' Annette L. Vietti-Cook
From: Glenn LeMunyon To: CHAIRMAN Resource
Subject:
[External_Sender] ***** Meeting Request ***** -- Fasken Oil & Ranch from Midland Texas Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 2:51:40 PM Chairman Hanson:
Congratulations again on being named Chairman of the NRC by President Biden.
That is quite an honor! As a former appropriations committee staffer and Valpo alumni myself, you are making the Committee and the University proud!
Throughout my 20 years of government consulting and lobbying here in DC, I have worked on many issues specific to Texas. I used to work for a Texas Congressman. I recently took on a client matter that deals with an application for storage of high-level nuclear waste in Andrews County, Texas. Fasken Oil &
Ranch is a minerals development company (among many others) that is in the heard of the Permian Basin. As you probably know, they, and others, are interested in stopping the application. Obviously, Im simplifying the situation.
There are thousands of letters, comments, etc. both in favor and opposed to the high-level storage application. I would imagine that from the perspective of the NRC, this is not an easy issue to navigate.
REQUEST:
I have the top brass of Fasken Oil & Ranch in Washington, D.C. on April 14-16, 2021. I know that they would love the opportunity to brief you on their concerns regarding the application. I can promise you brevity.
Do you have some time the afternoon of the 14th or any time on the 15th to meet with my folks - either in person or by Zoom? It would be six of us: Ben Shepperd (Permian Basin Petroleum Association President/Director), Jimmy Carlile (Fasken O&R legislative liaison), Tommy Taylor (Fasken O&R Asst Gen Manager and Director of Oil and Gas Development), Lynda James (Fasken O&R General Manager and CFO), Monica Perales (Fasken in house counsel) and myself.
Please let me know! Thank you in advance for your consideration. Its probably kind of odd - having a meeting with all fossil fuel folks - but they have their concerns. I look forward to hearing from you! Let me know if you have any questions or if I can get you any additional information.
Glenn Glenn B. LeMunyon Telephone l 202.669.3888 300 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20001 glenn@lemunyongroup.com www.lemunyongroup.com
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
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INTERIM STORAGE PARTNERS LLC ) Docket No. 72-1050-ISFSI
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(WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility) )
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter from NRC Secretary Annette L. Vietti-Cook to Glenn LeMunyon for Fasken Oil and Ranch have been served upon the following persons by the 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: O16-B33 Mail Stop: O16-B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail.resource@nrc.gov Hearing Docket E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Office of the General Counsel Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Paul S. Ryerson, Chair Reginald Augustus, Esq.
Administrative Judge Sara Kirkwood, Esq.
E-mail: paul.ryerson@nrc.gov Mauri Lemoncelli, Esq.
Patrick Moulding, Esq.
Nicholas G. Trikouros Kevin Roach, Esq.
Administrative Judge Carrie Safford, Esq.
E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov Thomas Steinfeldt Alana Wase, Esq.
Dr. Gary S. Arnold Brian Newell, Senior Paralegal Administrative Judge E-mail: reginald.augustus@nrc.gov E-mail: gary.arnold@nrc.gov sara.kirkwood@nrc.gov mauri.lemoncelli@nrc.gov Ian Curry, Law Clerk patrick.moulding@nrc.gov Molly Mattison, Law Clerk kevin.roach@nrc.gov E-mail: ian.curry@nrc.gov carrie.safford@nrc.gov molly.mattison@nrc.gov thomas.steinfeldt@nrc.gov alana.wase@nrc.gov brian.newell@nrc.gov
WCS CISF - Docket No. 72-1050-ISFSI Letter from NRC Secretary Annette L. Vietti-Cook to Glenn LeMunyon for Fasken Oil and Ranch Counsel for Beyond Nuclear Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition Diane Curran, Esq. Karen D. Hadden Harmon, Curran, Spielberg and Eisenberg Executive Director, 1725 DeSales Street NW, Suite 500 605 Carismatic Lane Washington, DC 20036 Austin, TX 78748 E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com E-mail: karendhadden@gmail.com Mindy Goldstein, Esq.
Emory University School of Law Counsel for Interim Storage Partners LLC Turner Environmental Law Clinic Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1301 Clifton Road 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Atlanta, GA 30322 Washington, DC 20004 E-mail: magolds@emory.edu Grant Eskelsen, Esq.
Timothy Matthews, Esq.
Nuclear Information and Ryan Lighty, Esq.
Resource Service (NIRS) Paul Bessette, Esq.
Diane DArrigo E-mail: grant.eskelsen@morganlewis.com 6930 Carroll Avenue timothy.matthews@morganlewis.com Suite 340 ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com Takoma Park, MD 20912 paul.bessette@morganlewis.com Email: dianed@nirs.org Chris Hebner, Esq. Counsel for Fasken Land and Oil and City of San Antonio, TX Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners P.O. Box 839966 San Antonio, TX 78283 Monica R. Perales, Esq.
E-mail: chris.hebner@sanantonio.gov 6101 Holiday Hill Road Midland, TX 79707 E-mail: monicap@forl.com Counsel for Sierra Club Wallace Taylor Kanner & Whiteley, LLC 4403 1st Avenue S.E. 701 Camp Street Suite 402 New Orleans, LA 70130 Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 Allan Kanner, Esq.
E-mail: wtaylorlaw@aol.com Elizabeth Petersen, Esq.
Cynthia St. Amant, Esq.
Annemieke M. Tennis, Esq.
Counsel for Dont Waste Michigan, et al Conlee Whiteley, Esq .
Terry Lodge, Esq. E-mail: a.kanner@kanner-law.com 316 N. Michigan Street e.petersen@kanner-law.com Suite 520 c.stamant@kanner-law.com Toledo, OH 43604 a.tennis@kanner-law.com E-mail: tjlodge50@yahoo.com c.whiteley@kanner-law.com Digitally signed by Herald Herald Speiser Speiser Date: 2021.04.01 11:00:39
-04'00' Dated at Rockville, Maryland, Office of the Secretary of the Commission this 1st day of April 2021 2