ML21300A329
| ML21300A329 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 10/27/2021 |
| From: | Bollwerk G Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | Beyond Nuclear, Sierra Club |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-269-SLR, 50-270-SLR, 50-287-SLR, ASLBP 22-973-01-SLR-BD01, RAS 56287 | |
| Download: ML21300A329 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD PANEL Before the Licensing Board:
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman Nicholas G. Trikouros Dr. Gary S. Arnold In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-269-SLR, 50-270-SLR, and 50-287-SLR DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC ASLBP No. 22-973-01-SLR-BD01 (Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3)
October 27, 2021 ORDER (Granting Petitioners Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply Pleading)
Upon consideration of the October 26, 2021 opposition of applicant Duke Energy Corp.
(Duke) to the October 26, 2021 partially unopposed motion of petitioners Beyond Nuclear, Inc.,
and the Sierra Club, Inc. (collectively Petitioners) to extend by seven days the October 29, 2021 deadline for their reply to the October 22, 2021 answers of Duke and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Staff to Petitioners September 27, 2021 hearing request,1 and finding that (1) existing filing schedules established in accord with 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(i) require Petitioners sole counsel to simultaneously prepare and submit within three days of each other responsive pleadings addressing a total of 110 plus pages of filings by the Staff and the applicants in this and another subsequent license renewal (SLR) proceeding currently pending on appeal before 1 Applicants Answer Opposing Petitioners Motion for Extension of Time to Reply (Oct. 26, 2021); see Petitioners Partially Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Reply to Oppositions to Hearing Request and Waiver Petition (Oct. 26, 2021) at 1 (indicating that the motion is not opposed by the NRC Staff but Duke objects to the extension request).
the Commission;2 and (2) this situation establishes the requisite unavoidable and extreme circumstances for such a relatively brief extension that will accommodate a timely filing in the Commission proceeding and will not result in any ascertainable impact on the overall schedule for this proceeding,3 it is ORDERED, that for good cause shown, Petitioners motion for extension of time is granted in that Petitioners reply to the Duke and NRC Staff answers to their hearing petition is now due on or before Friday, November 5, 2021.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland October 27, 2021 2 See Commission Order, Va. Elec. & Power Co. (North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2), Docket Nos. 50-338-SLR & 50-339-SLR (Oct. 8, 2021) (unpublished) (establishing schedule in North Anna SLR proceeding for participant filings on pending motions to reopen and to amend contention); Licensing Board Order (Initial Prehearing Order) (Oct. 13, 2021) at 2 (unpublished) (memorializing Oconee SLR proceeding participant schedules for filing answers and replies regarding Petitioners hearing request).
3 Baltimore Gas & Elec. Co. (Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2),
CLI-98-25, 48 N.R.C. 325, 342 (1998).
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
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DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, ) Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 & 50-287-SLR DUKE ENERY )
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(Oconee Nuclear Station )
Units 1, 2 and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the ORDER (Granting Petitioners Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply Pleading) 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 Susan Vrahoretis, Esq.
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman David E. Roth, Esq.
Administrative Judge Megan A. Wright, Esq.
Mary F. Woods, Esq.
Nicholas G. Trikouros Joseph M. Azeizat, Esq.
Administrative Judge Brian Newell, Senior Paralegal Georgiann E. Hampton, Paralegal Dr. Gary S. Arnold Amanda Black, Paralegal Administrative Judge E-mail: susan.vrahoretis@nrc.gov david.roth@nrc.gov Ian Curry, Law Clerk megan.wright@nrc.gov mary.woods@nrc.gov Brooke Taylor, Law Clerk joseph.azeizat@nrc.gov brian.newell@nrc.gov Allison Wood, Law Clerk georgiann.hampton@nrc.gov amanda.black@nrc.gov E-mail: paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov gary.arnold@nrc.gov ian.curry@nrc.gov brooke.taylor@nrc.gov allison.wood@nrc.gov
Oconee Power Station (Units 1, 2 and 3)
Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287-SLR ORDER (Granting Petitioners Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply Pleading)
Duke Energy Tracey LeRoy, Esq.
550 South Tryon Street, 45A Charlotte, NC 28202 tracey.leroy@duke-energy.com Counsel for Duke Energy Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Paul Bessette, Esq.
Ryan Lighty, Esq.
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 E-mail: paul.bessette@morganlewis.com ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com Beyond Nuclear Paul Vernon Gunter, Esq.
7304 Carroll Avenue #182 Takoma Park, MD 20912 paul@beyondnuclear.org Counsel for Beyond Nuclear Diane Curran, Esq.
Harmon, Curran, Spielberg and Eisenberg 1725 DeSales Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 dcurran@harmoncurran.com Krupskaya T. Digitally signed by Krupskaya T. Castellon Castellon Date: 2021.10.27 14:54:48
-04'00' Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of October 2021.
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