ML22271A917
| ML22271A917 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 06300001 |
| Issue date: | 09/28/2022 |
| From: | Brooke Clark NRC/SECY |
| To: | Horsford S, Samson Lee, Brett Titus US Congress, US HR (House of Representatives) |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| ASLBP 09-892-HLW-CAB04, RAS 56459, HLW License App 63-001 CAB04 | |
| Download: ML22271A917 (10) | |
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SECRETARY The Honorable Dina Titus UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 28, 2022 United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20510
Dear Representative Titus:
I am responding to your letter of September 21, 2022, to Chair Hanson regarding the State of Nevada's September 20, 2022, request to lift the suspension of the Yucca Mountain high-level waste repository adjudication. In your letter, you request that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission "give full and fair consideration of the State of Nevada's motion" so that Nevada "may have its voice heard in this process."
The Commission has the Nevada request under advisement in its adjudicatory capacity; it will address the motion with due consideration to applicable law. Although the adjudication is suspended, it is still pending, and the Commission cannot discuss or comment on the issues involved in the matter, including those raised in your letter.
A copy of your letter and this response will be served on the participants in the Yucca Mountain proceeding.
Sincerely,
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Brooke P. Clark
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 SECRETARY September 28, 2022 The Honorable Steven Horsford United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20510
Dear Representative Horsford:
I am responding to your letter of September 21, 2022, to Chair Hanson regarding the State of Nevada's September 20, 2022, request to lift the suspension of the Yucca Mountain high-level waste repository adjudication. In your letter, you request that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission "give full and fair consideration of the State of Nevada's motion" so that Nevada "may have its voice heard in this process."
The Commission has the Nevada request under advisement in its adjudicatory capacity; it will address the motion with due consideration to applicable law. Although the adjudication is suspended, it is still pending, and the Commission cannot discuss or comment on the issues involved in the matter, including those raised in your letter.
A copy of your letter and this response will be served on the participants in the Yucca Mountain proceeding.
Sincerely,
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SECRETARY The Honorable Susie Lee UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 28, 2022 United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20510
Dear Representative Lee:
I am responding to your letter of September 21, 2022, to Chair Hanson regarding the State of Nevada's September 20, 2022, request to lift the suspension of the Yucca Mountain high-level waste repository adjudication. In your letter, you request that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission "give full and fair consideration of the State of Nevada's motion" so that Nevada "may have its voice heard in this process."
The Commission has the Nevada request under advisement in its adjudicatory capacity; it will address the motion with due consideration to applicable law. Although the adjudication is suspended, it is still pending, and the Commission cannot discuss or comment on the issues involved in the matter, including those raised in your letter.
A copy of your letter and this response will be served on the participants in the Yucca Mountain proceeding.
Sincerely,
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Brooke P. Clark
~ongress of tbe Wniteb ~tates Wasbington, llQC 20510 The Honorable Christopher T. Hanson Chainnan U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-16 B33 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 September 21, 2022 RE: Yucca Mountain License Proceeding
Dear Chairman Hanson,
We write today to strongly urge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to give fair and full consideration to the State of Nevada's motion to reopen the licensing proceeding to consider motions for summary disposition related to the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository.
Since September 2011, the NRC adjudicatory process has been on hold, and these motions would initiate the process to lift the suspension and give the Commission the opportunity to vote on the Yucca Mountain license application.
The relationship between the Department of Energy (DOE) and State of Nevada has long been a difficult and painful one. For over three decades, the Department of Energy has left open the possibility of Nevada's becoming the dumping ground for the nation's nuclear waste. From the time the Nuclear Waste Policy Act was signed into law in 1987, there has been resounding disapproval by Nevadans.
Since the license application has been on hold, our State faces an uncertain future of not knowing whether hazardous nuclear waste will be forced upon us.
There are also significant financial implications for the State and the country. In 2008, the Department of Energy estimated that without major interruptions, it would take $1.66 billion just to complete the multi-year process for receiving construction authorization. If that were to happen, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates that construction of Yucca Mountain would cost between $75 billion and $119 billion.
This construction estimate does not account for the costs of transporting highly radioactive nuclear waste through 44 States and the District of Columbia, including 330 Congressional Districts. With an estimated 100,000 trucks needed to transport the waste, that would amount to an average of 4-6 trucks per day, every day, for 50 years.
Due to the safety, financial, and environmental implications for Nevada, we strongly urge your fair and full consideration of the State of Nevada's motion so that our State may have its voice heard in this process. We know you have a difficult task ahead of you as you make this critical decision. If you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact any ofus, or our staff at your convenience.
Sincerely, Dina Titus Member of Congress Susie Lee Member of Congress Steven Horsford Member of Congress CC:
The Honorable Jeff Baran-Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Honorable David A. Wright - Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Honorable Bradley Crowell - Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Honorable Annie Caputo - Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Department of Energy County of Inyo, California Eureka County, Nevada State of Washington State of South Carolina State of California California Energy Commission California Department of Justice Nye County, Nevada Clark County, Nevada White Pine County, Nevada National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Native Community Action Council Aiken County, South Carolina Nuclear Energy Institute Prairie Island Indian Community Joint Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Group Lincoln County, Nevada Four Counties (Churchill, Esmeralda, Lander, Mineral), Nevada
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (High-Level Waste Repository)
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Docket No. 63-001-HLW CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letters from Secretary Brooke P. Clark to Representatives Titus, Horsford, and Lee have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange and by e-mail.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLBP)
Mail Stop T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Construction Authorization Board 04 (CAB04)
Thomas S. Moore, Chair Administrative Judge tho mas.moore@nrc.gov Paul S. Ryerson Administrative Judge paul.ryerson@nrc.gov Noel Johnson, Law Clerk noel.johnson@nrc.gov Emily Newman, Law Clerk emily.newman@nrc.gov U.S. Department of Energy Office of General Counsel 1000 Independence Avenue S.W.
Washington, DC 20585 Martha S. Crosland, Esq.
martha.crosland@hq.doe.gov James Bennett McRae ben.mcrae@hq.doe.gov Cyrus Nezhad, Esq.
cyrus.nezhad@hq.doe.gov Charles Sherrill, Esq.
charles.sherrill@hq.doe.gov Office of Counsel, Naval Sea Systems Command Nuclear Propulsion Program 1333 Isaac Hull Avenue, SE, Building 197 Washington, DC 20376 Frank A. Putzu, Esq.
frank.putzu@navy.mil U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Adam Gendelman, Esq.
Kevin Roach, Esq.
Andrea Silvia, Esq.
adam.gendelman@nrc.gov kevin.roach@nrc.gov andrea.silvia@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 ocaamail@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 hearingdocket@nrc.gov Counsel for U.S. Department of Energy Morgan, Lewis & Beckius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 Alex S. Polansky, Esq.
alex.polonsky@morqanlewis.com Levi McAllister, Esq.
levi. mcallister@morganlewis.com For U.S. Department of Energy Talisman International, LLC 1000 Potomac St., NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20007 Patricia Larimore, Senior Paralegal plarimore@talisman-intl.com
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (High Level Waste Repository) Docket No. 63-001-HLW Letters from Secretary Brooke P. Clark to Representatives Titus, Horsford, and Lee State of Nevada Daniel Nubel, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General Nevada Attorney General Bureau of Government Affairs 100 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 dnubel@ag.nv.gov Gregg Ott, Esq.
Chief Deputy Attorney General Nevada Attorney General Bureau of Government Affairs 100 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 gott@ag.nv.gov Marta Adams, Esq.
Special Deputy Attorney General Nevada Attorney General Bureau of Government Affairs 100 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 madams@ag.nv.gov Adams Natural Resources Consulting Services, LLC.
1238 Buzzys Ranch Road Carson City, NV 89701 adamsnaturalresourcesllc@gmail.com Counsel for State of Nevada Egan, Fitzpatrick, Malsch & Lawrence, PLLC 1776 K Street, NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 Martin G. Malsch, Esq.
mmalsch@nuclearlawyer.com Susan Montesi:
smontesi@nuclearlawyer.com Counsel for State of Nevada Egan, Fitzpatrick, Malsch & Lawrence, PLLC 7500 Rialto Boulevard Building 1, Suite 250 Austin, TX 78735 Charles J. Fitzpatrick, Esq.
cfitzpatrick@nuclearlawyer.com John W. Lawrence, Esq.
jlawrence@nuclearlawyer.com Laurie Borski, Paralegal lborski@nuclearlawyer.com Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects Nuclear Waste Project Office 1761 East College Parkway, Suite 118 Carson City, NV 89706 Steve Frishman, Tech. Policy Coordinator steve.frishman@gmail.com Susan Lynch, Administrator of Technical Prgms szeee@nuc.state. nv.us Nye County Regulatory/Licensing Advisor 18160 Cottonwood Rd. #265 Sunriver, OR 97707 Malachy Murphy, Esq.
mrmurphy@chamberscable.com Nye Co. Nuclear Waste Repository Project Office 2101 E. Calvada Boulevard, Suite 100 Pahrump, NV 89048 Celeste Sandoval, Quality Assurance Records Spec.
csandoval@co.nye.nv.us Counsel for Lincoln County, Nevada Whipple Law Firm 1100 S. Tenth Street Las Vegas, NV 89017 Annie Bailey, Legal Assistant baileys@lcturbonet.com Eric Hinckley, Law Clerk erichinckley@yahoo.com Bret Whipple, Esq.
bretwhipple@nomademail.com Lincoln County District Attorney P. 0. Box 60 Pioche, NV 89403 Dylan Frehner, Esq.
lcda@lcturbonet.com Lincoln County Nuclear Oversight Program P.O. Box 1068 Caliente, NV 89008 Connie Simkins, Coordinator connie@lcnop.com Counsel for Nye, County, Nevada 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 1300 South Washington, DC 20004 Christopher Clare, Esq.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (High Level Waste Repository) Docket No. 63-001-HLW Letters from Secretary Brooke P. Clark to Representatives Titus, Horsford, and Lee Clark County, Nevada 500 S. Grand Central Parkway Las Vegas, NV 98155 Phil Klevorick, Sr. Mgmt Analyst klevorick@clarkcou ntynv.gov Elizabeth A. Vibert, Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth. Vibert@ClarkCountyDA.com Counsel for Eureka County, Nevada Harmon, Curran, Speilberg & Eisenberg, LLP 1726 M Street N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Diane Curran, Esq.
dcurran@harmoncurran.com Eureka County, Nevada Office of the District Attorney 701 S. Main Street, Box 190 Eureka, NV 89316-0190 Theodore Beutel, District Attorney tbeutel.ecda@eurekanv.org Nuclear Waste Advisory for Eureka County, Nevada 1983 Maison Way Carson City, NV 89703 Abigail Johnson, Consultant eurekanrc@qmail.com For White Pine County, Nevada James Beecher, District Attorney 801 Clark Street, Suite 3 Ely, NV 89301 j beecher@whitepinecou ntynv.gov White Pine Co. Nuclear Waste Project Ofc 959 Campton Street Ely, NV 89301 Mike Simon, Director wpnucwst1@mwpower.net For Eureka County, Nevada NWOP Consulting, Inc.
1705 Wildcat Lane Ogden, UT 84403 Loreen Pitchford, Consultant nwop@comcast.net Eureka County Public Works PO Box 714 Eureka, NV 89316 Ronald Damele, Director rdamele@eurekanv.org Counsel for Churchill, Esmeralda, Lander, and Mineral Counties, Nevada Armstrong Teasdale, LLP 3770 Howard Hughes Parkway Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Tara Baugh tbaugh@armstrongteasdale.com Kolesar & Leatham 400 S. Rampart Boulevard Suite 400 Las Vegas, NV 89145 Robert F. List, Esq.
rlist@klnevada.com Esmeralda County Repository Oversight Program-Yucca Mountain Project PO Box490 Goldfield, NV 89013 Edwin Mueller, Director muellered@msn.com Mineral County Nuclear Projects Office P.O. Box 1600 Hawthorne, NV 89415 Linda Mathias, Director yuccainfo@mineralcountynv.org For Lincoln and White Pine County, Nevada Jason Pitts, LSN Administrator P.O. Box 126 Caliente, NV 89008 jayson@idtservices.com 3
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (High Level Waste Repository) Docket No. 63-001-HLW Letters from Secretary Brooke P. Clark to Representatives Titus, Horsford, and Lee Counsel for Inyo County, California Gregory L. James, Attorney at Law 712 Owens Gorge Road HC 79, Box Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 E-Mail: gliames@earthlink.net Counsel for Inyo County, California Law Office of Michael Berger 479 El Sueno Road Santa Barbara, CA 9311 O Michael Berger, Esq.
michael@lawofficeofmichaelberger.com Robert Hanna, Esq.
robert@lawofficeofm ichael berger.com Inyo Co Yucca Mtn Repository Assessment Ofc P. 0. Box 367 Independence, CA 93526-0367 Cathreen Richards, Associate Planner crichards@inyocounty.us Counsel for State of Washington Office of the Attorney General P. 0. Box 40117 Olympia, WA 98504-0117 Todd R. Bowers, Esq.
toddb@atg.wa.gov Andrew A. Fitz, Esq.
andyf@atg.wa.gov Michael L. Dunning, Esq.
michaeld@atg.wa.gov H. Lee Overton, Esq.
leeo1@atg.wa.gov Danielle French, Esq.
daniellef@atg.wa.gov Teresa Trippel, Esq.
teresat@atg.wa.gov Florida Public Service Commission Office of the General Counsel 2540 Shumard Oak Boulevard Tallahassee, FL 32303 Samantha M. Cibula, Esq.
scibula@psc.state.fl.us California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Kirk C. Oliver, Esq.
Senior Staff Counsel kirk.oliver@energy.ca.gov California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General 1515 Clay Street, 20th Fl, PO Box 70550 Oakland, CA 94612-0550 Timothy E. Sullivan, Deputy Attorney General timothy.sullivan@doj.ca.gov California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General 300 S. Spring Street, Suite 1702 Los Angeles, CA 90013 Megan Hey, Esq.
megan.hey@doj.ca.gov Counsel for State of South Carolina Davidson & Lindemann, P.A.
1611 Devonshire Drive P.O. Box 8568 Columbia, SC 29202 Kenneth P. Woodington, Esq.
kwoodinqton@dml-law.com Counsel for Aiken County, SC Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA 1201 Main Street, Suite 2200 P. 0. Box 11889 Columbia, SC 29211-1889 Thomas R. Gottshall, Esq.
tgottshall@hsblawfirm.com Ross Shealy, Esq.
rshealy@hsblawfirm.com Nuclear Energy Institute Office of the General Counsel 1201 F Street NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20004 Jerry Bonanno, Esq.
jxb@nei.org Ellen C. Ginsberg, Esq.
ecg@nei.org 4
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (High Level Waste Repository) Docket No. 63-001-HLW Letters from Secretary Brooke P. Clark to Representatives Titus, Horsford, and Lee Counsel for Native Community Action Council Alexander, Berkey, Williams & Weathers LLP 2030 Addison Street, Suite 410 Berkeley, CA 94704 Curtis G. Berkey, Esq.
cberkey@abwwlaw.com Rovianne A. Leigh, Esq.
rleigh@berkeywilliams.com Scott W. Williams, Esq.
swilliams@abwwlaw.com Native Community Action Council P.O. Box 140 Baker, NV 89311 Ian Zabarte, Member of Board of Directors mrizabarte@gmail.com Counsel for Prairie Island Indian Community Public Law Resource Center PLLC 505 N. Capitol Avenue Lansing, Ml 48933 Don L. Keskey, Esq.
donkeskey@publiclawresourcecenter.com Counsel for Joint Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Group Levitan Law P.O. Box 5475 Sonora, CA 95370 Mark Levitan, Esq.
mark@levitanlaw.net Paige Oku, Esq.
paiqeoku@levitanlaw.net Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 28th day of September 2022 Counsel for Nuclear Energy Institute Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1200 Seventeenth Street NW Washington, DC 20036 Jay E. Silberg, Esq.
jay.silberg@pillsburylaw.com Timothy J.V. Walsh, Esq.
timothy.walsh@pillsburylaw.com Counsel for National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) 1101 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20005 James Ramsay, Esq.
jramsay@naruc.org Jennifer Murphy, Esq.
jmurphy@naruc.org For Joint Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Group Indian Village Road, P.O. Box 206 Death Valley, CA 92328-0206 Joe Kennedy, Executive Director joekennedy08@1ive.com Tameka Vazquez, Bookkeeper purpose driven12@yahoo.com
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