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11-8-21 Certificate as to Parties, Rulings, and Related Cases (DC Cir.)(Case No. 21-1056)(Consolidated)
ML21314A221
Person / Time
Site: Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
Issue date: 11/08/2021
From: Curran D, Goldstein M
Beyond Nuclear, Emory Univ School of Law, Harmon, Curran & Spielberg, Turner Environmental Law Clinic
To:
NRC/OGC, US Federal Judiciary, Court of Appeals, for the District of Columbia Circuit
References
1921462, 21-1048, 21-1055, 21-1056, 21-1179
Download: ML21314A221 (4)


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USCA Case #21-1048 Document #1921462 Filed: 11/08/2021 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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BEYOND NUCLEAR, INC., )

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Petitioner, ) Case No. 21-1056

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) Consolidated with Nos.

) 21-1048, 21-1055, and 21-1179

v. )

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR )

REGULATORY COMMISSION and the )

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Respondents. )

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CERTIFICATE AS TO PARTIES, RULINGS, AND RELATED CASES Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rules 15(c)(3) and 28(a)(1), counsel for Petitioner Beyond Nuclear, Inc. (Beyond Nuclear) certifies as follows:

1. Parties, Intervenors, and Amici Curiae.

Parties. The petitioner in case No. 21-1056 is Beyond Nuclear. On March 5, 2021, the Court consolidated case No. 21-1056 with case Nos. 21-1048 and 21-1055. Petitioners in case No. 21-1048 are Dont Waste Michigan, Citizens Environmental Coalition, Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination, Nuclear Energy Information Service, Public Citizen, Inc., San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition, and

USCA Case #21-1048 Document #1921462 Filed: 11/08/2021 Page 2 of 4 Leona Morgan, individually (collectively, Dont Waste Michigan, et al.).

Petitioner in case No. 21-1055 is the Sierra Club.

On August 26, 2021, the Court consolidated the previously consolidated case Nos. 21-1056, 21-1048, and 21-1055 with case No. 21-1179. Petitioners in case 21-1179 are Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd. and Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners (collectively, Fasken).

In each case, respondents are the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the United States of America.

Intervenors and Amicus Curiae. On October 8, 2021, the Court granted Interim Storage Partners, LLCs motion for leave to intervene.

2. Rulings Under Review.

Petitioner Beyond Nuclear seeks review of three NRC orders in Interim Storage Partners LLC (WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility) (NRC Docket No. 72-1050):

Order issued on October 29, 2018, and Memorandum and Order CLI-20-14, issued on December 17, 2020 (CLI-20-14), and The NRCs issuance of a license to build and operate the WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility, published at 86 Fed. Reg. 51,926 on September 17, 2021.

USCA Case #21-1048 Document #1921462 Filed: 11/08/2021 Page 3 of 4

3. Related Cases.

On February 2, 2021, Dont Waste Michigan et al. filed a petition for review of CLI-20-131 and CLI-20-14 in case No. 21-1048. On February 9, 2021, Sierra Club filed a petition for review of CLI-20-152 in case No. 21-1055. By order dated March 5, 2021, this Court consolidated case Nos. 21-1048 and 21-1055 with Beyond Nuclears case No. 21-1056. On August 20, 2021, Fasken filed a petition for review of the NRCs Order issued on October 29, 2018, CLI-20-14, and CLI-21-093 in case No. 21-1179. By order dated August 26, 2021, this Court consolidated case No. 21-1179 with the previously consolidated case Nos. 21-1049, 21-1055, and 21-1056.

Petitioner Beyond Nuclear has raised identical legal claims in the instant case and Beyond Nuclear, Inc. v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, No. 20-1187 (consolidated with No. 20-1225).

1 NRC Memorandum and Order CLI-20-13, issued on December 4, 2020.

2 NRC Memorandum and Order CLI-20-15, issued on December 17, 2020.

3 NRC Memorandum and Order CLI-21-09, issued on June 22, 2021.

USCA Case #21-1048 Document #1921462 Filed: 11/08/2021 Page 4 of 4 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Diane Curran DIANE CURRAN Harmon, Curran, Spielberg

& Eisenberg, LLP 1726 M Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: (202) 328-3500 Fax: (202) 328-6918 Email: dcurran@harmoncurran.com Counsel for Beyond Nuclear

/s/ Mindy Goldstein MINDY GOLDSTEIN Turner Environmental Law Clinic Emory University School of Law 1301 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30322 Tel: (404) 727-3432 Fax: (404) 727-7853 Email: magolds@emory.edu Counsel for Beyond Nuclear November 8, 2021