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11-8-21 Petitioners Non-Binding Statement of Issues (DC Cir.)(Case No. 21-1048)
ML21314A246
Person / Time
Site: Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
Issue date: 11/08/2021
From: Kanner A, Perales M, Tennis A
Fasken Land & Minerals, Ltd, Kanner & Whiteley, Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners
To:
NRC/OGC, US Federal Judiciary, Court of Appeals, for the District of Columbia Circuit
References
1921498, 21-1048, 21-1055, 21-1056, 21-1179
Download: ML21314A246 (3)


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USCA Case #21-1048 Document #1921498 Filed: 11/08/2021 Page 1 of 3

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

DONT WASTE MICHIGAN, et al.,

Petitioners, Case No. 21 -1048 v.

Consolidated with Case Nos.

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR 21-1055, 21 -1056, 21-1179 REGULATORY COMMISSION and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondents.

PETITIONERS NON -BINDING STATEMENT OF ISSUES

Petitioners in Case No. 21-1179, Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd. (Fasken)

and Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners (PBLRO) hereby submits the

following non-binding statement of issues for review:

  • Whether the Order of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC ) Secretary (unpublished), issued on October 29, 2018, violate s

the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 10101,

et seq. (NWPA), and/or the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.

§§ 706(2)(A) and (C) (APA), by refusing to dismiss an administrative

proceeding and instead accepting and processing a license application

under conditions permitting federal ownership of spent nuclear fuel

(SNF) and contracting with a private commercial fuel interim storage

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facility before a permanent repository is available that disregard and

directly conflict with unambiguous provisions of the NWPA, 42 U.S.C.

§§ 10222(a)(5)(A) and 10143.

  • Whether the NRC violated the NWPA and/or the APA in CLI 14 by

ruling that the license application under its review in the proceeding was

lawful, that the NRC had jurisdiction to accept and process the license

application, and by refusing to grant Petitioners a hearing on the

question of whether the NRC is prohibited by the APA from issuing a

license that contains provisions that would directly violate the NWPA if

implemented.

  • Whether the NRC acted arbitrarily and capriciously, failed to engage in

reasoned decision-making, acted without substantial evidence, abused

its discretion, and/or acted otherwise contrary to law, including but not

limited to in violation of the NWPA, the APA, the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321, et seq. (NEPA)

and/or its own regulations, when it denied Petitioners the required

opportunity for a hearing and ruled that Petitioners contentions were

inadmissible in CLI 14 and/or CLI-21 -09.

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The foregoing is a preliminary listing of issues that Petitioners may raise.

Petitioners respectfully reserve the right to modify the list of issues addressed in its

brief, as well as to address these and other issues in more detail in future pleadings.

Dated: November 8, 2021 Respectfully submitted by:

KANNER & WHITELEY, LLC

/s/ Allan Kanner Allan Kanner, Esq.

Annemieke M. Tennis, Esq.

701 Camp Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504) 524 - 5777 a.kanner@kanner -law.com a.tennis@kanner-law.com

Monica Renee Perales, Esq.

6101 Holiday Hill Road Midland, TX 79707 Phone (432)687-177 monicap@forl.com

Counsel for Fasken and PBLRO Petitioners

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